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Principal Investigator Email Address

• corsini@pd.astro.it

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 11:59:56.000

General Description

• This is a long-slit spectroscopy programme aimed to measure the
  kinematic signature (i.e. local minimum in the radial profile of the
  Gauss-Hermite h4 moment) that a peanut-shaped bar produce in face-on
  galaxies.
  
  We plan to take:
                                                                                 
   
  1) 1x45min+3x40min LSS spectra along bar major axis with the galaxy
     nucleus centered in the slit for the barred galaxies NGC4262,
     NGC4838, and NGC5839. 
  
  2) LSS spectra of 4 bright stars to be used as kinematical templates.
  
  The position angle of the bar major axis for NGC4262 (PA=16.6 deg),
  NGC4838 (PA=46.5 deg) and NGC5839 (PA=144.3 deg) have been measured
  from available surface photometry.
  
  Obtaining the 4 spectra for each sample galaxy is crucial to get the
  required SNR for fulfilling our scientific aim. Instead of having 2
  spectra for 2 different galaxies, we need to have 4 spectra for the
  same target. Therefore, if it is possible, all the OBs related to the
  same galaxy have to be completed before selecting a new target from
  this programme.
  
  The offset for nodding target galaxies on the slit are specified in
  the repeated spectra.
  
  Spectra of kinematical template stars have to be obtained with the
  slit oriented according to the parallacting angle.
  
  Kinematical template stars are:
  
  name      alpha(2000.0) delta(2000.0) type   B
  --------- ------------- ------------- ------ -----
  SAO101053  14:29:53.688  16:12:31.550 K5III   9.04
  SAO119387  12:25:22.478  05:54:28.950 K0III  10.64
  SAO119458  12:32:10.365  07:38:21.020 G0III  10.49
  SAO155816  10:12:29.942 -15:53:23.290 K1III  10.06
  
  Please check that their spectra have high SNR but do not
  saturate. Indeed exposure times have been estimated with ETC (v.3.0.4)
  to be useful in a wide range of seeing, airmass, and lunar phase.

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted.

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• None.

Time-Critical Aspects

• None.

Special Execution Requirements

• None.

Special Calibration Information

• None. Only standard calibration are needed for LSS spectroscopy
  (biases, screen flats, arc lamps, spectrophotometric standard stars).

ToO Information

• None.

ToO Activators List

• None.

Is this a Pre-imaging run ?

• false

Pre-imaging Requirements

• None.

Source(s) of Pre-imaging

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Pre-imaging sources not listed above

• ---(Empty)---

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

If you have prepared your finding charts with tools other than FIMS,
 do they comply with the specifications on the FORS2 Phase 2 web page ?

• N/A