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Principal Investigator Email Address

• boehnhardt@mps.mpg.de

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 22h55min

General Description

• Imaging monitoring of Deep Impact target comet 9P/Tempel 1 during month
   after the event.
  
  Attention: a moving target program!!!! ==> update of RADEC and motion rates in
   OB necessary.
  
  Comet position: RA = 13:50  DEC = -12     on 11 July 2005
  RA = 15:02  DEC = -23     on 10 August 2005
  
  OBs have RA = 14:30  DEC = -17 for preset
  
  
  The program has two main parts:
  
  (1) R filter imaging of the coma and dust tail: to be done daily for PHO, CLR or
   THN.
  OBs: MOV_9PTempel1_R_daily
  
  (2) BVRI filter imaging of the coma: to be done once per week for PHO or CLR.
  OBs: MOV_9PTEMPEL1_BVRI_weekly
  
  Parts (1) and (2) can be done during same night.
  
  
  Some details:
  - Center of cometary coma is to be acquired to pixel area at X=5400,
  Y=5850. Approx. positioning within a few pixels is ok.
  - Subsequent science exposures use fix pattern jitter.
  - please perform acquistion for each OB in order to achieve the proper start
  position for the jitter pattern (and do not skip it if more than one OB is executed
   in a row)
  - Telescope tracking is essential for program success (check image quality of coma
   center).
  
  
  Comet appearance: coma may overlap on chips, tail direction is towards East-South-East.
  
  
  FCs: not req

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• OBs MOV_9PTempel1_R_daily_1-30: in PHO, CLR and THN conditions. Seeing
   & Moon no critical.
  
  OBs MOV_9PTempel1_BVRI_weekly_1-4: in CLR or PHO conditions. Seeing and Moon not
   critical.

Time-Critical Aspects

• OBs MOV_9PTempel1_R_daily_1-30: if possible, to be done daily in CLR and
   THN conditions, one OB per day.
  
  OBs MOV_9PTempel1_BVRI_weekly_1-4: to be done typically once per week in CLR or
   PHO conditions.

Special Execution Requirements

• Moving target program: differential tracking and autoguiding of the telescope
   at motion rate of the comet is required.
  
  The service observer needs to enter in OB before execution:
  
  - exact RA and DEC closest in time to start of OB
  - exact motion rate in RA and DEC closest in time to start of OB
  
  RA and DEC as well as the respective motion rates can be found in the attached ephemeris.
  
  Good tracking of the comet during individual exposures is important for program
   success!
  
  In case the "daily" OBs cannot be done, it can be executed during the following
   day in addition to the one foreseen for the daily monitoring.

Special Calibration Information

• none

ToO Information

• This ia a ToO program for follow-up observations of the Deep Impact target
   comet 9P/Tempel 1. ToO trigger depends on success of impact event and the detection
   of observable effects during impact week 4-10 July 2005.

ToO Activators List

• Hermann Boehnhardt (MPS Katlenburg-Lindau): boehnhardt@mps.mpg.de
  Luisa Lara (IAA Granada): lara@iaa.es

Is this a Pre-imaging run ?

• false

Pre-imaging Requirements

• not applicable

Source(s) of Pre-imaging

• ---(Empty)---

Pre-imaging sources not listed above

• N/A

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?

• YES

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

Have all your submitted OBs the same filter for the acquisition template
 and for the first science template?

• YES

Did you combine calibration templates with science templates for any
 OB?

• NO

Did you combine imaging and spectroscopic templates for any OB?

• NO

Did you submit any Focus template?

• NO