Last updated 2025-10-24 Polaris beta version.

Add a Technical Goal

A fresh proposal will have no Technical Goals and you will be presented with the following page:

To add a Technical Goal click the Add + button, which will bring up the New Technical Goal form.

The field values can be freely entered but the units are selected via a drop-down menu. These values are what you would like the observation to achieve rather than strict requirements. The Performance Parameters are the minimum amount of information required to Save a Technical Goal.

Spectral Windows are optional but if provided consist of a start and end frequency defining the range of the EM-spectrum you are interested in, the resolution of that range, a polarization option, and whether the frequency of the range is a sky frequency. The Spectral point of the Performance Parameters should be related to this range.

After clicking Save you will be brought back to the technical goals summary page, which should now display your newly added Technical Goal.

In the screenshot you can see we have filled out the Performance Parameters with some values and their corresponding units; the values in the screenshot are contrived for this guide.

Unlike Targets, you can also Edit and Copy Technical Goals as well as Delete them. This allows you to change the attributes of an existing Technical Goal, or quickly add other Technical Goals that may have similar Performance Parameters and/or Spectral Windows without having to re-input all the data. If a Technical Goal currently belongs to an Observation then it cannot be deleted, unless the corresponding Observation is deleted first. However, the Edit and Copy functions are still available.

Next Step

If you haven't already added a Target then please follow the guide here. If you have now added at least one Target and one Technical Goal to your proposal then please follow the link to Building an Observation.