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Principal Investigator Email Address

• lclose@as.arizona.edu

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 15:54:24.000

General Description

• Programme Description
  =====================
  
  Use the SDI mode to detect extrasolar planets around these bright guide stars
  
  Acquistion should be easy -- just place the bright star shown in the finding chart
   to the CENTRE of the 
  SDI FOV (about ~5x5" in size)
  
  General Overview
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  we have 2 1hr OBs for each star (it doesn't matter which is started first
  since they are identical, but they BOTH must be executed)
  
  Note that the V mag and H mag of each guide star/target is given in the name of
   the OB
  
  For example my OB: "DX_Leo_SDI_V7_H5.5.obx"
  is to target the bright star DX Leo
                               V mag = 7 mag
                               H mag = 5.5 mag
  
  The DITs are adjusted so that only 0.1-0.2" diameter (the inner core) of each image
   is saturated.
  I need the inner core to be saturated at this level to go deep enough for the science.
  
  If the operator needs to adjust DIT slightly so the image is saturated between 0.1-0.2"
   diameter 
  that is OK as long as the DIT is adjusted as well so the total time is the same.
  
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  NOTE: we have submitted OBS to observe HIP1481 (instead of GJ 803) and GJ862 (instead
   of HD92945) since these new 2 stars are better targets for follow-up than the orginial
   phase I targets GJ803 and HD92945 --- whose candidates planets were very weak and
   have dissapeared with our latest pipeline reduction code. But HIP1481 and GJ862
   both have good candidate planets that need follow-up in P76. 
  
  Hence the total time for our P76 run is the same (16 hours) and the number of targets
   is the same (8 stars)
  
  We hope ESO will allow us to observe these 8 best follow-up stars from our survey
   (as is the goal of run 076.C-0094(A) the other 6 stars are all the same as in phase
   I.

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• seeing better (or equal) to 0.8"
  sky clear
  any Moon phase

Time-Critical Aspects

• none

Special Execution Requirements

• 1) IN the Aqc Move_to_pixelSDI templates 
  Please place the guide star in the CENTRE of each SDI ~5x5" FOVs
  
  2) We have picked DITs that run the inner 0.2" diameter to saturation. This is 
  OK for this program (and is required to beat down the readnoise). If 
  the Guide star is badly saturating > 0.2" diameter core the DIT should be decreased.
   Some saturation of the inner 0.2" diameter is good.

Special Calibration Information

• 1) IN the Aqc Move_to_pixelSDI templates 
  Please place the guide star in the CENTRE of each SDI ~5x5" FOVs
  
  2) We have picked DITs that run the inner 0.2" diameter to saturation. This is 
  OK for this program (and is required to beat down the readnoise). If 
  the Guide star is badly saturating > 0.2" diameter core the DIT should be decreased.
   Some saturation of the inner 0.2" diameter is good.

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 ?

• 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

If you have PSF reference star OBs, do the names of those OBs begin with
 PSF_ ?

• N/A

If there are Finding Charts attached to your OBs, is the field-of-view
 of at least one of these charts 2' x 2' (with clearly labelled field orientation)
 ?

• YES

Have you clearly marked and labelled your wavefront reference objects
 R1, R2, R3, ... (as specified in the NAOS Preparation Software) on your Finding
 Charts ?

• N/A

Have you specified the magnitude of the brightest object in the field-of-view
 for each OB ?

• YES

Are there objects in any of your fields (including standard stars) which
 are brighter than the limits specified in the User Manual and on NACO web Pages
 ?

• NO

If the previous answer is yes, have you given a list of OBs and a justification
 for the brightness limit violation in the general description field ?

• N/A