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Principal Investigator Email Address

• mkissler@eso.org

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• <38h

General Description

• Our VIMOS IFU observations aim at studying four mergers (and specifically
   the nuclei and young star cluster complexes) 
  in different evolutionary stages - in order of advanced merger stage: NGC 4038/39,
   NGC 7764, NGC 3509, NGC 3256.
  
  We plan 2 pointings on each of the galaxies; with 3h integration per pointing (split
   into 3 OBs). 
  The obsvertions are carried out in a single grism: HR_blue, with the 27"x27" FoV
   (0.67" spaxels)
  
  We need the 5 Lick standards to be observed. They are bright (V=6 mag) and can be
   observed near twilight.
  
  Finding charts are shared by the OB of one galaxy with all poitings indicated (note
   that for NGC4038/4039 the IFU FoV should have PA=0 as for all otehr galaxies, i.e.
   not as indicated on the finding chart; although strictly speaking the PA does not
   matter too much).
  
  No finding charts were given for the Lick std, but all were checked on the DSS and
   none has any companion that could make the case ambiguous.

Waiver Requests

• 077.B-0184A.01: OB to have 1h exp time and run over the 1h total time
   by the VIMOS overhead. Granted Feb 7.
  077.B-0184A.02: Not to be accounted for the IFU nightcalib overheads (8min per OB)
   as they are part of the calib plan. Rejected

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• None. Airmass < 2.0, moon illu < 0.5, seeing < 1.2", even less
   constrained for Lick stds

Time-Critical Aspects

• N/A

Special Execution Requirements

• None. But please see the OB priorities - one pointing should get the full
   3h before the next is started, some galaxies/pointings have higher priorities than
   others at similar RA.

Special Calibration Information

• We need the 5 Lick standards to be observed.
  The Lick standards can probably also be observed close to Twilight.

ToO Information

• N/A

ToO Activators List

• N/A

Is this a Pre-imaging run ?

• false

Pre-imaging Requirements

• N/A

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 ?

• YES

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

Did you specify suitable guide stars for all your OBs using Guidecam
 ?

• N/A

Did you check that the chosen guide stars are suitable for all the offset
 positions and that they do not produce unacceptable vignetting of the field of view
 ?

• N/A