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Principal Investigator Email Address

• setiawan@mpia.de

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 16:00 (15:20 from P2PP report)the add. 40min, see special. exec. require.

General Description

• This program is a follow-up observation program to search substellar companions
   around intermediate-mass stars.
  In this program we use FEROS in simultaneous calibration mode with ThAr+Ne.
  We found that the instrument can perform a precise radial velocity measurement as
  accurate as 5 m/s (thanks to the works of John Pritchard).
  
  For this observing period we request a service mode.
  *If possible*, we would like to ask J. Pritchard, Ms. Karla Aubel or Mr. Mauro Stephanon
   to run this program, since they know well about the targets from our previous observing
   runs.

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• Seeing must be better than 2.5

Time-Critical Aspects

• none

Special Execution Requirements

• A. Calibration:
  standard calibration as usual.
  --> saved session should be included in the archive which will be sent to us.
  --> please all files in fits format (please no MIDAS format).
  
  B. Beginning of the observations:
  In the beginning of the observing night or if there is a long time intervall
  between different observations (pause due to bad weather, switch to different obs.)
  --> please warm up the ThAr+Ne for 120 s before taking the
  first object spectrum.
  
  C. Data reduction:
  
  -->  Extraction mode, please set the extraction mode to M (in MIDAS DRS)
  SET/FEROS ext_mode = M
  
  -->  Rebinning, please separate the orders (no merging of the reduced spectra),
  by the command
  SET/FEROS merged_mtd = NOA (No Append)
  
  If you need further infos about the DRS, please ask me (e-mail below) or Mr. John
   Pritchard.
  
  D. General remaks:
  Every spectra of this program will be observed in the "Object-Calibration" mode.
  For each spectra a signal-to-noise ratio per pixel of 100-200 in the
  wavelength region around 550 nm is required.
  You may check the SNR by using the command @@ snr .... (MIDAS procedures)
  
  Pixel counts: 2000 - 10000 are good, but not a must.
  Please repeat the observation with another exposure time if the
  signal-to-noise ratio is less than 100 (higher exposure time)
  or the spectra is saturated (smaller execution time).
  
  E. Data
  Please burn all reduced data (FITS, no MIDAS format) and raw data on a DVD.
  Please add the ThAr and Flatfield-Sessions of each day.
  
  Address:
  Dr. Johny Setiawan
  Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astronomie
  Koenigsstuhl 17
  69117 Heidelberg
  Germany
  
  F. Special Notes:
  
  075A9008_T001
  (10 exposures each observation) 2 times per night, separated with a time-interval
   of
  1 hour between the observations. Star is only at the
  beginning of the night visible (until 20 july, after that not visible)!
  
  075A9008_T005
  2 times pro night, separated with a time-interval of 1 hour
  between the observations, at the beginning of the night (star not visible after
   August 4.)
  
  075A9008_T024
  2 times a night, separated with a time-interval of 1 hour between the observations
  
  075A9008_T055
  2 times a night, separated with a time-interval of 3 hours between the observations
  
  075A9008_T056
  (10 exposures each observation) 2 times pro night with time-interval of 4 hours
   between the observations.
  
  075A9008_T070
  2 times a night, each night during the run with a gap of 5 hours between the observations
  
  Each other observation:
  only once during the observation run

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 ?

• 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 ?

• 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 ?

• YES

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?

• YES