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Principal Investigator Email Address

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emsellem@obs.univ-lyon1.fr
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Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

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20.8
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General Description

SINFONI observations of the central regions of a sample of nearby galaxies,
to probe the so-called sigma-drops: we will derive the stellar kinematics
and populations.
There are 4 galaxy targets to be acquired, all with the SINFONI Field of View
being centred on the nucleus, with a PA=0 (aligned North/East).
One star is to be done (a supergiant) with a lower priority.

We are using SINFONI with the 8x8 arcsec^2 field of view, 0.25 arcsec sampling,
 
WITHOUT the AO capabilities, and in the H band (R=3000).

We are nodding with a distance to sky = 120 arcsec to avoid catching too much
signal from the galaxy. We defined 5 OBs of 20mn integration on target for
each galaxy except for IC5063 (the faintest) for which we have 6 of them + 1 short
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231s.
We provide 3 finding charts (4', 1', 16" diameter) for the galaxies.
And only 1 finding chart (1') for the standard star (as a zoomed version does not
 bring anything here).

Waiver Requests

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No Waiver Request was submitted
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Critical Observing Condition Constraints

Observing conditions should follow the constraints set in the OBs, namely
a seeing better than 0.8 arcsec, and photometric conditions for
the galaxies.

For the star B110, these constraints can be relaxed as all we wish
is to have enough S/N to derive a single spectrum from the sum
of all contributing pixels.

Time-Critical Aspects

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No Time critical aspects
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Special Execution Requirements

OBs of different galaxies can be started during the same period.
But priority should be to finish a set of OBs on one galaxy 
to maximise the S/N.

Special Calibration Information

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ToO Information

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ToO Activators List

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Is this a Pre-imaging run ?

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false
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Pre-imaging Requirements

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Source(s) of Pre-imaging

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Pre-imaging sources not listed above

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Do all your OBs comply with the instrument-specific requirements listed on the instrument-specific Phase 2 web page ?

If this is a pre-imaging run, did you select PRE-IMAGING for the Observing Category for each Observing Template ?

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N/A
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Do all your finding charts comply with both the general and instrument-specific Phase 2 Web Pages ?

If you submitted OBs for standard stars, did you specify the magnitude and spectral type of all standard stars in the OBs ?

Have you included OBs for any calibrations that you need but which are not part of the Calibration Plan ?

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N/A
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If you are observing Moving Targets, have you attached suitable ephemeris files to your OBs?

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N/A
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If you have preferences which OBs should be executed first, did you make use of the User Priority field in the OBs ?

If this is a run that requires coordinated observations with other facilities, did you give proper instructions in the Time-Critical Aspects Section ?

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N/A
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Did you indicate the magnitude of the brightest object in the field in each SINFONI OB?

If you are using the AO: Did you indicate for every OB the magnitude of the guide star, and its distance to the target (if any)?

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N/A
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If you submitted OBs for standard stars, did you use the provided StandardStar templates?

If you are using a specific offset pattern or position angle: did you check carefully the definition in the manual?

Did you make really sure that none of your OBs ever saturates the detector?

If you are using the AO: did you enter the correct Strehl Ratio (on-axis, K-band) AND the seeing value in the constraint set?

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N/A
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