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Principal Investigator Email Address

• klose@tls-tautenburg.de

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 3.0

General Description

• Target of Opportunity FORS2 I-band imaging of a GRB afterglow.
  
  These observations should be carried out as a 2nd epoch run either >~4 hrs after
   the  first observing run ( performed with VIMOS and ISAAC; 076.D-0695(A) and (B)
   ) but still during the same night, or as soon as possible during the following night.
  
  The science goal is to catch the afterglow and, together with the 1st epoch VIMOS
   observation,
  determine the decay slope of its light curve. Why this time constraint? The proposal
  aimes to detect the so-called dark bursts, which most likely start very faint. So,
   it
  is well possible that after about 1 day they are already too faint for further imaging.

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• none

Time-Critical Aspects

• see Special Execution Requirements

Special Execution Requirements

• Observations shall be performed either >~4 hrs after the 1st epoch
   observations carried out
  with VIMOS and ISAAC ( 075.D-0695(A) and (B) ) or in the following night as soon
   as possible.

Special Calibration Information

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ToO Information

• This is a ToO program

ToO Activators List

• Antonio de Ugarte Postigo   
  Alberto J. Castro-Tirado    
  Javier Gorosabel urkia      
  
  Nial Tanvir                 
  Evert Rol                   
  Andrew Levan                
  Robert Priddey              
  
  Elena Pian                  
  Nicola Masetti              
  Eliana Palazzi              
  Elisabetta Maiorano         
  
  Rhaana Starling             
  Peter Curran                
  Klaas Wiersema              
  Ralph A.M.J. Wijers         
  
  Paul Vreeswijk              
  
  Jens Hjorth                 
  Johan Fynbo                 
  Pall Jakobsson              
  
  Arne Rau                    
  Jochen Greiner              
  Aybuke Yoldas               
  Sylvio Klose                
  Andreas Zeh                 
  Alexander Kann              
  
  Chryssa Kouveliotou         

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

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