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Acknowledging 4MOST

If you are using 4MOST data or data products in a publication please cite de Jong et al. (2019, The Messenger, 175, 3) and Walcher et al. (2019, The Messenger, 175, 12). In addition, please include the following three elements of text in the publication's acknowledgements section:

  1. Always include:
    Based on 4MOST observations collected at the European Southern Observatory under ESO programme 116.29EL.001.
  2. Only inlcude if using L1 and/or L2 data:
    If using non-public L1 and/or L2 data:
    Based on processed data and/or additional 4MOST data products obtained from the 4MOST Public Archive.
    If using public L1 and/or L2 data obtained from the 4MOST Public Archive:
    Based on processed data and/or additional 4MOST data products obtained from the 4MOST Public Archive with DOI https://doi.org/10.XXXX/4most/dr.N1.
    If using public L1 and/or L2 data obtained from ESO's Science Archive Faility:
    Please follow ESO's acknowledgment policies.
  3. Always include:
    Funding for the construction of 4MOST, its science operations, and data processing has been provided by the 4MOST Consortium: https://4most.eu/cons.

1 The "XXXX" in the DOI prefix will be replaced with the actual registrant code as soon as it is known. Please replace the "N" with the number of the 4MOST Public Data Release used in the publication.