Jes Jørgensen

Wow, apparently I had not paid enough attention to the plans for the announcement of the JWST results – but while it seems reasonable to postpone those until after the ALMA deadline, perhaps a bit more than three hours would have been in place?

...and it is a wrap: the last ALMA proposal I have recorded was number 1679 submitted 7 minutes before the deadline. Additional numbers in the Google form are more than welcome. In the meantime: kick back, relax, and have a nice "Radio Astronomers' International Holiday".

T - 5 minutes: this is the last chance for that new proposal you have been working on for the last hours... (...but feel free to add numbers to the Google-form also after the deadline:-)

T-50 minutes: about 1.5 hours before the ALMA Cycle 10 deadline we dropped slightly below the Cycle 5 numbers but seem to be tracking those now. Any last proposals being started now? Additional numbers still welcome at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

At T-2.5 hours: it looks like ALMA Cycle 10 might end-up below Cycle 5...

T-4 hours to the ALMA Cycle 10 deadline: the slow-down compared to Cycle 8 is clearly seen (a similar drop in the rate was seen around this time last year). Keep the numbers coming at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

ALMA Cycle 10 day: 8.5 hours to the deadline perhaps a very small slow-down compared to Cycle 8 but otherwise still tracking that one well...

Pulling away slightly from the ALMA Cycle 8 numbers right now. Where will we end up in Cycle 10 ( – and what happened with the early submissions in Cycle 9?). Add your numbers here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

30 hours to the ALMA Cycle 10 deadline: it seems that we are tracking the Cycle 8 numbers well right now – but significantly below those from Cycle 9. What happened last year? Keep the numbers coming (please give submission times in UTC; thanks!): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

Updated plot three days before the ALMA Cycle 10 deadline: submission rate is not that high up to now. Perhaps we will pick up a bit after the weekend but it does not look like any records will be broken this year.

Approximately 80 ALMA Cycle 10 proposals in as of yesterday evening UTC. Will the later deadline this year affect the submission number/rate? Fill in the Google form to add your numbers. I will circulate updated plots as we approach the deadline: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

Hi @SAS. Have been trying since yesterday to check in for a flight this afternoon via. your iPhone app - but get an error that “you are facing system issues”. Any indication when those will be solved?

Had a great day celebrating the 60-year anniversary of @ESO in Copenhagen. Was a pleasure welcoming our guests from ESO, the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science and Danish universities. A special thanks to all of those lending a hand behind the scenes! #ESO60Years

Tatooine and Margrathea might be different after-all! Check out our just published @Nature paper combining observations from @almaobs with MHD simulations by @reggiekuruwita and others. nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

Last datapoint I have received was for an ALMA Cycle 9 proposal submitted 50 minutes before the deadline. Looks like we are ending at around 1800 proposals – but if you have any info about late proposals, please submit them through the Google form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

Two hours to the ALMA deadline: after slowing down to about 0.8 submitted proposals per minute, we are now back at a rate of around 1 proposal per minute. It will definitely not be a record this year; perhaps around 1800 proposals in the end?

T-3 hrs: now completely in line with the Cycle 6 numbers and not yet any clear sign of a sprint toward the finish (~ 1 proposal submitted per minute).

T-6 hrs: Currently 2% above the ALMA Cycle 6 numbers – with about one proposal being submitted per minute right now. Please contribute your proposal numbers and submission times through: docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS…