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Principal Investigator Email Address

• michele.bellazzini@bo.astro.it

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 19:57:00.000 (Execution time report)

General Description

• This programme is to obtain V,I photometry of several fields within and
   in the surroundings of the 
  newly discovered Canis Major dwarf galaxy. Since the structure covers several deg
   in the sky you 
  can't recognise any overdensity by inspecting a WFI image and/or the associated
   finding charts.
  The FCEN series of OBs is to achieve a mosaic of four WFI pointings: one of the
   OBs must be executed under PHOTOMETRIC conditions, CLEAR conditions are sufficient
   for the other three. The same is true for the FWARP series of OBs. The FC_CEN and
   FC_WARP series are mosaics of 2 WFI pointings: also in this case at least one of
   the two OBs of the series must be executed under PHOTOMETRIC conditions.
  The F-XMM series of OBs is again a 4WFI pointings mosaic (in B,V) but CLEAR conditions
   are acceptable for all the OBs since we have already calibrated photometry in this
   field.
  The typical scheme of these OBs is: 2 X 600s V, 2 X 600s I, 1 X 60s V, 1 X 60s I
   exposures. 
  The dither mode is STARE for all the observations, i.e. no dither at all.
  All the other OBs are aimed at obtaining V,I (or B,V) photometry of single WFI fields,
   
  with different exposure times. All of them require PHOTOMETRIC conditions.

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• It is absolutely crucial that one of the four OBs of the series FCEN (FCEN-1,
   FCEN-2, FCEN-3, FCEN-4)
  is executed under PHOTOMETRIC conditions, to achieve the photometric calibration
   of the whole 1 deg^2 mosaic that is to be obtained with the four OBs. The same is
   true for the FWARP series (of four OBs)
  and the (F239.775m07.775, F239.775m07.925, F240.225m07.775, F240.225m07.925) series
  and for the FC_CEN and FC_WARP series (of two OBs). We have indicated one of the
   OB of each series as the one to be executed under photometric conditions but, obviously
   any of the four (two) would serve equally well to the same purpose.
  
  All the other OBs must be executed under PHOTOMETRIC conditions.

Time-Critical Aspects

• All the fields to be observed are well accessible (with AirMass <=
   1.5) from La Silla for at least a couple of months during period 76.

Special Execution Requirements

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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 ?

• 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 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