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Principal Investigator Email Address

• verma@mpe.mpg.de

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 25.6hrs

General Description

• No-AO SINFONI observations of faint extended host galaxies (angular diameter
   ~3-4") to reach stellar absorption features. OBs are repeated (rotated and dithered)
   to reach the required sensitivity (indicated in the OB name). The NIR emission may
   be dominated by the QSO. Depending upon the source z and targeted spectral feature
   J, H & K gratings are used.
  
  - Naming convention: TARGET LINE BAND nosky NUMofRPT - eg F12514 CaII J nosky 1
  - 600s DITs in J, H & K
  - Acquistion: F12514, Z12207 on offset star, PG1254 & H1413 on-source
  - 8"x8"FOV, on-IFU nodding & dithering for sky-subtraction
  - Some OBs are executed with 90deg FOV rotation
  
  ACQUISITION: Please always acquire in the centre of the FOV, the OB offsets take
   care of the source position for science OB. The chosen acquisition stars are not
   reported to be binaries, however, if they appear to be, please use the position
   of the brighter source.
  
  FINDING CHARTS:
  - 2MASS Ks or HST F814W 3'x3' showing target (and acq. star for F12514/Z12207)
  - 2MASS Ks 30"x30" or HST F814W 20"x20" centred on acq. star or target
  - HST F814W 20"x20" centred on target
  
  Magnitudes of the brightest sources in the 8"x8" FOV are given in the User Comments.

Waiver Requests

• 075.B-0675(A).02.WAV A waiver request to extend some of the OBs to between
   one hour and fifteen minutes was submitted (original version Thu, 17 Feb 2005 09:36:15
   modified version Thu, 17 Feb 2005 18:05:47) and subsequently approved by Sabine
   Mengel (Thu, 17 Feb 2005 20:01:27). The reason for this request was to enhance the
   efficiency of our observing strategy for our faint extragalactic targets.

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• None other than those specified in the OBs.

Time-Critical Aspects

• None.

Special Execution Requirements

• The priorities given in the OBs are the order in which we would prefer
   our observations to take place. These are prioritised by spectral feature and by
   source. We would like to observations to be carried out according to this priority
   list (from 1 - 10).

Special Calibration Information

• None.

ToO Information

• Not Applicable

ToO Activators List

• Not Applicable

Is this a Pre-imaging run ?

• false

Pre-imaging Requirements

• Not Applicable

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 ?

• YES

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 ?

• YES

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 indicate the magnitude of the brightest object in the field in
 each SINFONI OB?

• YES

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)?

• N/A

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

• N/A

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

• N/A

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

• YES

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?

• N/A