2008 December 1st to 7th. FLAMES workshop, Garching, Germany
2009 January 6th to 14th. Taking compensation holiday in Chile although reading email every day
2009 March 20th to 29th. Taking compensation holiday in England although reading email every day
2009 April 4th to 12th. Holiday in Ecuador. Reading email every day.
2009 May 2nd to 16th. Science leave in Queen's University, Belfast.
2009 Aug 29th to Sept 04th. Conference in Heidleberg, Germany.
2009 Dec 29th to January 11th 2009. Holiday in Ecuador. Reading email every two days.
2010 Mar 13th to 27th. Compensation holiday and then science leave in Belfast. Reading email every two days.
2010 Dec 29th to Jan 16th. Compensation holiday and then holiday in Ecuador. Reading emails/responding to waivers every two days.
During these times, please contact crires@eso.org for visitor-run CRIRES-related questions, and usd-help@eso.org for service-run CRIRES questions.
I will be at the VLT (La Silla-Paranal Observatory) on the following dates;
Total for year 2 will be 109 nights so far
Total for first two years is 235 nights (c.f. 210)
Total for year 3 will be 89 nights or 323 total (c.f. 315)
Total for year 4 will be 105 nights total.
Total for year 5 will be 96 nights. Total for first five years is 525 nights c.f. 525 in contract.
Total for year 7 will be 85n (half time until 1st April)
2016 Nov 03rd to November 09th, IS, UT1 (6n)
2016 Nov 24th to December 2nd, IS, DA (8n)
2017 Jan 20th to 26th, UT1, IS (6n)
2017 Feb 23rd to 06th March, UT1, (10n)
2017 March 28th to 6th April, UT2 (9n)
2017 April to July, Reassignment, (18n)
2017 August 6th to 12th, SC, IS, (6n)
2017 August 27th to 4th September, SC, (8n)
2017 Sept 14th to 21st, UT1, IS, (7n)
2017 Oct 30th to 7th Nov, UT1, (8n),
Total for year 8 was 86n
2017 Nov 16th to 17th, IS workshop (2n),
2017 Nov 18th to 24th, SC (5n),
2017 Dec 8th to 18th, UT2, U1, (10n)
2018 Jan 16th to 26th, UT2, IS, (10n)
2018 Feb 22nd to 3rd March, UT1, UT3, UT1, (9n)
2018 Apr 10th to 17th, SC, IS, DA, (7n)
2018 May 17th to 25th, UT3, (8n)
2018 Jun 09th to 15th, UT3, VST, (6n)
2018 Jun 23rd to 30th, UT3 (7n)
2018 Aug 06th to 10th, Garching (5n)
2018 Aug 13th to 16th, RAF (4n)
2018 Aug 22nd to 31st, UT12 (9n)
2018 Sep 05th to 07th, CRIRES+ review (3n)
2018 Sep 16th to 23rd, SC (7n)
2018 Oct 8th, 9th, OpsMeeting (2n)
2018 Oct 11th, OD (1n)
2018 Oct 12th to 18th, SC (6n)
2018 Oct 24th to Nov 02nd, IS, UT1 (8n)
Total for year 8 was 101 nights plus whatever claimed for in tech feasibility.
2018 Nov 1st to Nov 02nd, IS, UT1 (1n)
2018 Nov 12th, 14th, 16th, OpsHub, (3n)
2018 Dec 3rd, 5th, 7th (3n), OpsHub,
2018 Dec 10th to 18th (8n), UT1&2
2019 Jan 14th to 25th (6n), Operations Hub
2019 Jan 28th to 01st (4n), SC
2019 Feb 04th to 08th (3n), Operations Hub
2019 Feb 25th to 04th (7n), SC, IS
2019 Mar 25th to 29th (3n), Operations Hub
2019 Apr 23rd to 30th (7n), IS, SC
2019 May 06th to 17th (6n), Operations Hub
2019 May 30th to 05th (11n), IS, UT3
2019 Jun 24th to 02nd (5n), Operations Hub
2019 Aug 07th to 13th (5n), SC, IS
2019 Aug 19th to 23rd (3n), Operations Hub
2019 Aug 26th to 03rd (8n), UT1,UT2
2019 Sep 09th to 13th (3n), Operations Hub
2019 Oct 07th to 11th (3n), Operations Hub
2019 Oct 21st to 27th (6n), UT3
Total for year 9 was 95 nights plus whatever claimed for in tech feasibility.
2019 Nov 13th to 24th (11n), UT3, IS
2019 Dec 02nd to 13th (6n), Operations Hub
2020 Jan 09th to 15th (6n), UT3
2020 Jan 27th to 03rd (7n), CRIRES+ comissioning
2020 Feb 16th to 25th (9n), UT3
2020 Then 5-2 turnos at home due to Covid-19
Total for year 10 was ???
2022 Nov 04th to 18th (14n), UT12,
2021 Jan 13th to 27th (14n), DA
2022 Feb 10th to 24th (14n), DA, IS
Contact details: While at Paranal Observatory, I am best contacted by email (jsmoker@eso.org), although the main number for the observatory is +56 55 43 5145 and they should be able to find me. If I am working nights, then I am likely to be at +56 55 43 5322 which is UT2 (Kueyen) console or +56 55 43 5321 which is UT1 (Antu) console.
When I am in Europe or the USA my phone number is: +44 7875-772946
The rest of the time I should be in Santiago, with phone number (09) 6801-6910 or from outside Chile (+56) 9680-16910.
My office number is +56 2 463 3104