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Principal Investigator Email Address

• ae@astro.keele.ac.uk

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 3h

General Description

• This programme is to obtain optical spectra of novae (Galactic or Magellanic
   Cloud) observed as ToO by the Spitzer Observatory.
  
  Finders are not therefore available but will be made available if ESO ToO is invoked.
  
  Observation times will be updated (according to brighness of target) when the ToO
   is invoked.

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• None other than as specified in proposal.

Time-Critical Aspects

• ToO observations to be carried out close to Spitzer Observatory observations.
  
  Several days' notice of a Spitzer visit to a nova will be available; EMMI obsrtvations
   within 2-3 days if possible please, irrespective of photometric, seeing and moon
   conditions that prevail at the time of the observation.
  
  Integration times etc will be updated according to brightness of target when ToO
   is invoked.
  
  
  The observations should be straightforward.

Special Execution Requirements

• None

Special Calibration Information

• Standard spectrophotometric and wavelength calibration please. Please
   use a calibrator as close in airmass as possible to ToO target.

ToO Information

• Finders are not available as the targets are novae declared ToO for Spitzer
   observations. Finders etc will be provided when ToO is invoked.
  
  Several days' notice of a required EMMI observation will be available. EMMI observation
   to be executed within 2-3 days of Spitzer visit to target please, irrespective of
   photometric, seeing and moon conditions that prevail at the time of the observation.

ToO Activators List

• ---(Empty)---

Is this a Pre-imaging run ?

• false

Pre-imaging Requirements

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Source(s) of Pre-imaging

• ---(Empty)---

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 ?

• N/A

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 ?

• YES