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Principal Investigator Email Address

• guenther@tls-tautenburg.de

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 35

General Description

• The aim of the project is to search for extra-solar planets by means of
  precise RV-measurements with HARPS (simultaneous ThAr
  calibration). Thus, standard calibrations for high precision
  RV-measurements are needed (As described in the HARPS manual page
  14). The aim of this project is to take during the semester many 
  spectra (up to 10) of the candidates found in semester 74 and 75 in order to
  derive the orbits of the companions. For this, it is best to carry out
  the OBs at random times during the semester. Any spacing between the OBs
  for one star down to one night is fine, as the orbital periods can be as
  short as 3 days. The RV-variations are often as large as 100
  m/s!  There are only 5 OBs for those stars that can only be observed at
  the beginning, or at the end of the semester.
   (priority: 1: high)

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• The program is not weather critical. The brightest objects can even be
  observed under very bad conditions (clouds and bad seeing), the
  rest even under bad conditions (thin clouds and bad seeing).

Time-Critical Aspects

• The observations are not time-critical. The OBs for all stars should be
  distrubuted over the whole semester, if possible. Spacings of the OBs for
  the same star down to one night are fine.

Special Execution Requirements

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Special Calibration Information

• Just standard calibrations for high precision RV-measurements are
  needed (As described in the HARPS manual page 14).  That is at the
  beginning of the night: 1xbias, Flat fiber A, Flat fiber B, 5xFlat fiber
  AB, 2xThAr fiber AB.

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 ?

• YES

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