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Principal Investigator Email Address

• jgu@laeff.esa.es

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 00:59:55

General Description

• This is a ToO projecty aimed to measure the redshift (z) of  a sample
   of 3 X-ray flashes (XRFs). Our final goal is to compare the z distribution of XRFs
   with the one of classical gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). The programme has a granted total
   time of 9 hours, distributed in 4.5 hours at the NTT (equipped with EMMI, Prop.
   ID. 0.75.D-0407(A)) and 4.5 hours at the 3.6m (equipped with EFOSC2, Prop. ID. 
   0.75.D-0407(B)). This readme file refers to the EMMI part
  of the project (Prop. ID. 0.75.D-0407(A)).

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• No critical observing conditions.

Time-Critical Aspects

• No time-critical aspects.

Special Execution Requirements

• No special execution requirements.

Special Calibration Information

• No special calibration plan.

ToO Information

• This is a ToO programme. Our proposal is NOT designed to discover optical
   counterparts of XRFs. Our proposal is just aimed to take spectra of counterparts
   already discovered using other facilities (by us or by other groups).
  
  All the OBs are prepared to perform low resolution longslit spectroscopy in RILD
   mode. We include OBs accounting for the seven EMMI grisms and for four longslit
   widths (0.5",1.0",1.5" and 2.0").
  
  Finding charts will be submitted at the time of the activation.  Details on the
   slit alignemnt will be also described at the time of triggering. By default all
   the OBs have been set at parallactic angle.
  
  All the OBs (with the exception of the ones based on a 0.5" slit width, which use
   a 1x1 binning) make use of a 2x2 binning.
  
  We have constructed three types of OBs, for 1hr, 45 min and 30 min. The observations
   planned for grisms #1, #2, #3, and #7 consider the CG375#644 filter to eliminate
   the contamination of the second order.
  
  No special calibration is required. The default calibration plan is OK for us.
  
  We would appreciate that the data are transferred to us as soon as they are acquired.
   This would allow us to optimize further observations as well as coordinate observations
   with other facilities.

ToO Activators List

• Javier Gorosabel        jgu@laeff.esa.es
  Alberto Castro-Tirado ajct@iaa.es
  Antonio de Ugarte     deugarte@iaa.es
  Martin Jelinek        mates@iaa.es
  Sergei Guziy          gss@iaa.es
  Arne Rau              arau@mpe.mpg.de
  Jochen Greiner        jcg@mpe.mpg.de
  Aybuke Yoldas         ayoldas@mpe.mpg.de
  Sylvio Klose          klose@tls-tautenburg.de
  Klaas Wiersema        kwrsema@science.uva.nl
  Rhaana Starling       starling@science.uva.nl
  Peter Curran          pcurran@science.uva.nl
  Ralph Wijers          rwijers@science.uva.nl
  Paul Vreeswijk        pvreeswi@eso.org
  Evert Rol             er45@star.le.ac.uk
  Nicola Masetti        masetti@bo.iasf.cnr.it
  Eliana Palazzi        palazzi@bo.iasf.cnr.it
  Elisabetta Maiorano   maiorano@bo.iasf.cnr.it
  Giulia Stratta        gstratta@ast.obs-mip.fr
  Elena Pian            pian@bo.iasf.cnr.it
  Andy Fruchter         fruchter@stsci.edu
  James Rhoads          rhoads@stsci.edu
  Nial Tanvir           nrt@star.herts.ac.uk
  David Bersier         bersier@stsci.edu
  Robert Priddey        priddey@star.herts.ac.uk
  Andrew Levan          anl@star.le.ac.uk
  Jens Hjorth           jens@astro.ku.dk
  Johan Fynbo           jfynbo@astro.ku.dk
  Holger Pedersen       holger@astro.ku.dk
  Brian L. Jensen       brian_j@astro.ku.dk
  Michael Andersen      mandersen@aip.de
  Palle Moller          pmoller@eso.org
  Pall Jakobsson        pallja@astro.ku.dk
  Darach Watson         darach@astro.ku.dk
  Jose Maria Castro Ceron josemari@alumni.nd.edu
  Jesper Sollerman      jesper@astro.su.se
  Chryssa Kouveliotou   Chryssa.Kouveliotou-1@nasa.gov

Is this a Pre-imaging run ?

• false

Pre-imaging Requirements

• No Pre-imaging requirements.

Source(s) of Pre-imaging

• ---(Empty)---

Pre-imaging sources not listed above

• ---(Empty)---

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

• YES

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

• N/A

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

• N/A

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

• N/A

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

• N/A

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

• N/A

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

• N/A

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

• N/A