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Principal Investigator Email Address

• aederocl@eso.org

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 20 hrs

General Description

• This program is aimed to monitor the spectroscopic evolution of Classical
   Novae in the Galaxy and in the Magellanic Clouds from maximum light to the nebular
   phase.
  
  We prepared a large variety of OBs with different exposure times and number of exposures
   to minimize the intervention by the support astronomer. The total execution time
   of these OBs exceeds the allocated time.
  
  Observations will be triggered through the ToO activation form and we will specify
   each time
  the OB to be executed, the exposure time and the exposure number.

Waiver Requests

• We requested for OBs longer than 1hr.
  The waiver was approved. We received announcement by Alexei Kniazev on Feb23.

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• Being a ToO Observing constraints are very loose for the maximum and near
   maximum observation
  (i.e. THICK, 2.0, 2.0 1.0, 30).
  We will require somehow more stringent constraints (i.e. THIN rather than thick
   -for OB lasting 40 min or more-, and CLR -for OB lasting 2hr or more-), for later
   evolutionary phases, once the decline speed of the nova is slower and its magnitude
   fainter.

Time-Critical Aspects

• According to the ToO nature of the program

Special Execution Requirements

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Special Calibration Information

• Only standard calibrations (specphot standard stars, arcs, flats, and
   bias) are needed

ToO Information

• This Program is a ToO

ToO Activators List

• A.Ederoclite
  
  contacts:	email: aederoc@eso.org
  		phone (office): 02 463 3076
  		phone (home Chile): 02 207 1975
  		phone (cell. Chile): 09 473 5755
  		phone (cell. Europe): +39 339 3751543
  E.Mason
  
  contacts:	email: emason@eso.org
  		phone (office): 02 463 3272
  		phone (home): 02 436 0049
  
  M.Della Valle
  
  contacts	email: massimo@arcetri.astro.it

Is this a Pre-imaging run ?

• false

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 ?

• 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

Did you set 'New Preset' flag in all acquisition templates to 'True'?

• YES

If you use any lamp, did you check that it should never be left on at
 the end of any OB?

• N/A