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Principal Investigator Email Address

• saracco@brera.mi.astro.it

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 05:59:36

General Description

• Deep (4 hrs + overh) spectroscopic observations of a faint (K~20.6) galaxy
   with coordinates (J2000) 22:32:49.25 -60:32:11.7.  The instrument setup is: SPAXEL
   size 0.25 arcsec (8"x8" f.o.v.), K-band. The galaxy has a size of about 1.5 arcsec.
   No other sources are expected to fall in the Sinfoni f.o.v. in these observations.
  Each OB is composed by two templates: the acquisition template Sinfoni_ifs_acq_noAO
   and the science template Sinfoni_ifs_obs_GenericOffset.
  
  The acquisition template will point a brighter (K~16.5) reference star located at
   22:32:47.44 -60:31:59.9 (J2000), i.e. at a distance (arcsec) delta(RA)=13.6 and
   delta(Dec)=-11.8. After having pointed the reference star the acq. template  will
   move the telescope to the faint galaxy through a blind offset of RA=11.6" and Dec=-9.8".
   Thus, when the acquisition template is completed the faint galaxy is in the southern-eastern
   corner (position A) of the f.o.v.
  
  The science template executes the first DIT=300s exposure at the position A (offset
   0" 0"). Then, it moves to position B at the opposite corner with an offset 4" -4"
   and execute the 2nd exposure and so on. The faint galaxy will be observed following
   a dither pattern composed by 8 offset positions (ABBAABBA) with DIT=300s each.
  
  It is possible that the 6 OBs are carried out in different nights. To obtain a precise
   coaddition of the OBs the USD advised us to use the same guide star for all the
   OBs.
  For this reason, in the acquisition template, we give the coordinates [22:32:43.385;
   -60:28:35.76] of the guide star GSC0911800974  having a  magnitude m=12.6 selected
   from the Guide Star Catalog at ESO at a distance <8' from our faint target galaxy.

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• None

Time-Critical Aspects

• None

Special Execution Requirements

• None

Special Calibration Information

• None

ToO Information

• It is not a ToO

ToO Activators List

• It is not a ToO

Is this a Pre-imaging run ?

• false

Pre-imaging Requirements

• No pre-imaging required

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 ?

• 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 ?

• 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 the magnitude of the brightest object in the field in
 each SINFONI OB?

• N/A

If you are using the AO: Did you indicate for every OB the magnitude
 of the guide star, and its distance to the target (if any)?

• N/A

If you submitted OBs for standard stars, did you use the provided StandardStar
 templates?

• N/A

If you are using a specific offset pattern or position angle: did you
 check carefully the definition in the manual?

• YES

Did you make really sure that none of your OBs ever saturates the detector?

• YES

If you are using the AO: did you enter the correct Strehl Ratio (on-axis,
 K-band) AND the seeing value in the constraint set?

• N/A