README web version of /home/usg/OPS/MTS/readme_xml/readme_76079800

Principal Investigator Email Address

• delbo@to.astro.it

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 5

General Description

• The aim of the program is to obtain visibilities on selected asteroids,
   and from these to derive the size of the targets. In addition, together with spectrophotometric
   information, these data can be used to derive the albedo and possibly to check and
   improve the current thermal models.

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• No critical constraints apart from the observability windows (see "Time-Critical
   aspects").

Time-Critical Aspects

• The observing date constraints for each target are selected based on the
   expected evolution of the correlated flux during the observing period. In general,
   the brightness of the target is related to its distance from Earth and therefore
   on its size. The visibility tend to decrease when the brightness of the object increases.
   Outside of the indicated time limits the target is expected to be too faint or too
   resolved to allow successful fringe detection.
  HERE ARE REPORTED THE TIME SLOTS FOR EACH TARGET
  
  951 GASPRA   2005-11-01T04:00:00 - 2005-12-15T04:00:00
  64  ANGELINA 2005-12-15T07:30:00 - 2006-01-15T10:00:00
  234 BARBARA  2005-11-01T02:00:00 - 2005-12-31T10:00:00
  21  LUTETIA  2005-11-26T07:00:00 - 2005-12-31T10:00:00

Special Execution Requirements

• As described in the proposal, we would like, if at all possible, the two
   visibility points for 951 Gaspra (plus calibrator) to be executed one immediately
   after the other (i.e. with one hour time difference), in order to make sure that
   one of the visibility points is obtained close to the maximum brightness (the rotation
   period being 7 hours).

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 ?

• 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?

• YES

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

Did you indicate for each science star OB the corresponding calibrator
 star OB (and vice versa) in the 'Instrument Comments' field ?

• YES

If you use calibrator stars which are not in the CalVin database, did
 you specify their characteristics in the README file and in the OBs ?

• N/A