THEMIS 2021 observing campaign will take place approximately from May 15th to Sep 15th 2021 for about 70 days. Incoming information or confirmation will be posted here and on the front page as soon as it becomes available. We encourage everyone to apply.

Rules of access
Use of the THEMIS telescope is granted by rights to the French and Spanish partners, but also to the European and international community under the SOLARNET(1) and CCI-ITP time allocation mechanisms. The International Scientific Committee (CCI) overseeing the Canary Islands telescopes awards observing time through its International Time Program (ITP). SOLARNET awards observing time under its transnational ACCESS program in 2021. Proposals for ITP and SOLARNET time are both allocated by the EAST-TAC, a joint European time allocation committee of the European Association for Solar Telescopes (EAST), and sharing the same deadlines.

• Applicants to “French time”: 75% of the campaign,about 55 days in 2021. French users must take care of their travel and subsistence expenses.
  • As a EU or associated state member, you can apply to the same french time within the SOLARNET/Trans National Access program (see for your eligibility and others details on the same page). The SOLARNET/Access program offers travel and subsistence (T&S) grants for the observing run.
• Applicants to “Spanish time”: 20% of the campaign, 14 days for 2021.
• Applicants to the “CCI time Solar ITP”: 5% of the total, or 5 days in 2021.

How to apply
Beeing updated.

Deadlines

• For french time:                                                    Feb 1st 2021
• For spanish time:                                              Jan 25th 2021 (IAC solar CAT)
• For SOLARNET TNA and CCI-ITP: Jan 25th 2021 ( Solarnet TNA)

Summary of telescope and instrumentation for 2021 at THEMIS
We encourage everybody to contact us directly to express your needs or concerns. For 2020 we plan to make as available instrumentation:

• MTR2 spectroscopic mode on 2' field (note: spectropolarimetry available starting fall 2020 in shared risk mode)
• Broad band imaging on 2×2' (concurrently available with the spectrograph)
• THEMIS adaptive optics OBAO shall be available to users at the beginning of the campaign

Proposal processing and calendar
As soon as the appropriate refereeing steps for each community and TAC have been passed, we will quickly inform you of the outcome of your proposal.

Inquiries: Please email to — Bernard Gelly or by phone: +34 619015893 (WET timezone).

(1) SOLARNET: EU Project ID: 824135 Call: H2020-INFRAIA-2018-1 Programme: H2020 Rdg: RTD