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Cycle 08 Recommended Targets: Statistics

Statistics for all proposals submitted to the peer review, including the GTO proposals which were competed. This does NOT include GTO time which was uncompeted or Calibration observations. Units for time are given in kiloseconds.

1. Proposals by Type

                 Requested  
Type           #Prop   #Tgts  #TC=Y    ReqTime
----------------------------------------------
GO              489    1817   387     53346.35  
GTO               3      14     0       187.10  
LP               72     992    57     33275.30  
TOO              42      85     9      5134.50  
TOO/LP            1       2     0       300.00  
VLP               8      48     1     10604.00  
ARCHIVE          67       0     0      4677.13  
THEORY           43       0     0      2692.52  
                ---    ----   ---    ---------  
                725    2958   454    102847.25  
  Approved 
#Prop   #Tgts  #TC=Y    AppTime  Units
------------------------------------------------
 118     312    28      8965.80  ksec
   2      13     0        37.10  ksec
  10     131     2      3753.60  ksec
  24      41     4      2100.50  ksec

   2      37     0      2400.00  ksec
  16       0     0      1124.81  1000 US dollars
  12       0     0       676.60  1000 US dollars
 ---    ----   ---    ---------  
 184     534    34     17257.00  

2. Proposals by Subject Category

#Props includes Archive/Theory.
                                            Requested 
Category                                   #Prop   #Tgts     ReqTime
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
ACTIVE GALAXIES AND QUASARS                  161     931     25801.25
BH AND NS BINARIES                            76     486      7924.60
CLUSTERS OF GALAXIES                          88     224     10052.00
EXTRAGALACTIC DIFFUSE EMISSION AND SURVEYS    33     512     10500.60
GALACTIC DIFFUSE EMISSION AND SURVEYS         20     124      3789.80
NORMAL GALAXIES: DIFFUSE EMISSION             40      85      5496.60
NORMAL GALAXIES: X-RAY POPULATIONS            59     132      8635.20
SN, SNR AND ISOLATED NS                      101     179     10687.00
SOLAR SYSTEM                                   3       3       347.00
STARS AND WD                                 118     218     15185.50
WD BINARIES AND CV                            26      64      4427.70
                                             ---    ----    ---------
                                             725    2958    102847.25
   Approved 
  #Prop   #Tgts    AppTime
  -------------------------
   32     162      3592.80
   23      70      1551.50
   24      41      1852.00
    8     127      3003.60
    7      19       176.10
   11      10       410.00
   12      19       971.00
   28      40      2172.00
    2       2       188.00
   28      32      2119.00
    9      12      1221.00
  ---    ----     --------
  184     534     17257.00

3. Targets,Exposure Time by Detector

                         Requested
Detector  Grating    #Tgts      Time
------------------------------------
ACIS-I    NONE        1072  30396.90
ACIS-S    HETG          96  13332.60
ACIS-S    LETG          11   2320.00
ACIS-S    NONE        1679  50400.15
HRC-I     NONE          59   1063.60
HRC-S     HETG           3    300.00
HRC-S     LETG          24   4470.00
HRC-S     NONE          14    564.00
                      ---- ---------
                      2958 102847.25
     Approved
 #Tgts      Time
----------------
   116   6048.00
    18   2629.00
     3    580.00
   362   7132.40
    22     88.60

     7    545.00
     6    234.00
  ----  --------
   534  17257.00

4. Targets by Exposure Time Range

            Requested
Time            #Tgts
---------------------
  0>T<=2          557
  2>T<=4          126
  4>T<=8          507
  8>T<=16         485
 16>T<=32         518
 32>T<=64         397
 64>T<=128        227
128>T<=256         85
256>T<=512         45
512>T<=10000       11
      Approved
         #Tgts
         -----
            28
            20
           178
            83
            71
            89
            46
            12
             6
             1

5. Proposals by Exposure Time Range

            Requested
Time            #Prop
---------------------
  0>T<=2            0
  2>T<=4            0
  4>T<=8            3
  8>T<=16           8
 16>T<=32          39
 32>T<=64         119
 64>T<=128        185
128>T<=256        166
256>T<=512         70
512>T<=10000       25
      Approved
         #Prop
         -----
             0
             0
             3
             4
            19
            45
            52
            21
            10
             2

6. Number of Proposals per P.I.

   Requested
#Prop   #P.I.
-------------
  1       329
  2       118
  3        34
  4         8
  5         1
  6         1
  7         1
  8         1
 Approved
     #P.I.
 ---------
     143
      17
       1
       1




7. Proposals by Country

                  Requested
Country       #Prop         Time
--------------------------------
AUSTRALIA         4       659.80
BELGIUM           2        35.00
BRAZIL            1        50.00
CANADA            5       700.00
CHINA             2       132.00
FINLAND           1        55.50
FRANCE            4       500.00
GERMANY          17      3097.00
GREECE            2        90.00
INDIA             1       139.40
ISRAEL            1       150.00
ITALY            29      4172.00
JAPAN            12      1725.00
NETH             18      3660.00
RUSSIA            3       123.00
S AFRICA          1        80.00
SPAIN             9       915.00
SWEDEN            1       130.00
SWITZ             7       621.00
SWITZERLAN        3       410.00
TURKEY            1       550.00
UK               50      7496.70
USA             551     77355.85


Total Foreign   174     25491.40
        Approved
    #Prop         Time
    ------------------



        1        80.00


        3       430.00
        4       202.00

        1        30.00

        6       650.00
        3       220.00
        6       392.00


        2       100.00

        4       125.00


       12      1260.00
      142     13768.00


       42      3489.00