| 1. | UT will provide blueprints and expertise in exchange for observing time.
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| 2. | These observations are known as Observed Time Difference ( OTD ).
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| 3. | Astronomers nonetheless are thrilled to have so much observing time.
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| 4. | About 45 % of the observing time is available to external astronomers.
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| 5. | Five percent of observing time is further reserved for astronomers of other nationalities.
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| 6. | Each of the three agencies considered applications separately for its allocated observing time.
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| 7. | Partners have guaranteed shares varying from 10 to 30 percent of the observing time.
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| 8. | Observing time on this instrument was shared between Lowell astronomers and the Ohio State University.
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| 9. | The observing time is mostly assigned for the photometry of asteroids and comets and astrometry.
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| 10. | This leads to a basic minute value ( observed time / 100 * rating ).
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