Astronomer's Proposal Tool

The Astronomer's Proposal Tool (APT) is software that can be used to submit Phase I/DD proposals and Phase II proposals for the Hubble Space Telescope. APT is an integrated toolset consisting of editors for filling out proposal information, an Orbit Planner for determining feasibility in Phase II, a Visit Planner for determining schedulability, diagnostic and reporting tools, a Bright Object Tool for performing bright object checks, and an integrated tool based on Aladin for viewing exposure specifications overlaid on FITS images and querying the HST Archive via StarView.

The APT installers and documentation are available on the left hand side of this page. "Training Materials" is a compact table of contents of all APT documents. The "Roadmaps" are step-by-step guides to the proposal process with links to both proposal and APT documentation.

		Release Information
		APT 17.2.6 was released on November 17, 2008 This release is to support the Supplemental Call for Proposal. APT 17.2.5 was released on September 18, 2008 This switches the Target Selector to use the SIMBAD4 server. The old SIMBAD3 server will be turned off soon. APT 17.2.4 was released on August 28, 2008 This has a fix for problems reprocessing some COS and STIS proposals in the Orbit Planner. APT 17.2.3 was released on June 25, 2008 This has both chips displayed in Aladin when WFC3 UVIS1 or UVIS2 are the specified at the aperture. APT 17.2.2 was released on June 17, 2008 This has the WFC3 UVIS-CENTER aperture. APT 17.2.1 was released on June 12, 2008 This includes mostly bug fixes. APT 17.2 was released on May 28, 2008 What's new for Cycle 17 Phase II? APT 17.0.2 was released on February 12, 2008 APT 17.0.1 was released on February 5, 2008 APT 17.0 was released on January 17, 2008