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Principal Investigator Email Address

• pvdwerf@strw.leidenuniv.nl

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 20

General Description

• This is a program to observe a QSO with AO.  The NGS is the QSO which
   is a point source, but it may be surrounded by extended structure (<1arcsec)
   from the host galaxy. Thus the strehl ratio could be less than expected.
  
  It is ESSENTIAL for our program to have a good knowledge of the PSF. Therefore EVERY
  target OB also has a corresponding PSF OBs. THESE SHOULD ALWAYS BE OBSERVED TOGETHER!!
  
  So for instance:
  when OB RXJ1249-0059-K-10 is observed, observe ALSO OB PSF-RXJ1249-star-K-10,
  IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS!
  NEVER execute one of the PSF OBs if it has not been preceded by the corresponding
   target OB.
  
  The corresponce between target and PSF OBs is as follows:
  
  Target OB                PSF OB
  RXJ1249-0059-J-1         PSF-RXJ1249-star-J-1
               J-2                          J-2
               H-1                          H-1
               H-2                          H-2
               K-1                          K-1
               .                            .
               K-10                         K-10
  
  Note that the PSF star does not serve as telluric standard. So separate normal telluric
   
  
  standard observations are still required.
  
  Change request:
  ---------------
  we have obtained ESO approval to drop the target for 077.A-0543(B), and instead
   use all the allocated time on 077.A-0543(A).
  This is because the PSF observations significantly erode the available integration
   time.
  The reference number of the request was USD-15896.
  
  The brightest object in each field is our target, which is also the NGS. 
   
  OB name   R(NGS)          target          separation    comments
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  RXJ1249*   16.1     J,H,K~15.2,14.4,13.7  target=NGS   there may be extended structure
   < 1arcsec surrounding the target/NGS

Waiver Requests

• There was one approved Change request:
  
  we have obtained ESO approval to drop the target for 077.A-0543(B), and instead
   use all the allocated time on 077.A-0543(A).
  This is because the PSF observations significantly erode the available integration
   time.
  The reference number of the request was USD-15896.

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• There are no observing constraints.

Time-Critical Aspects

• There are no time critical aspects.

Special Execution Requirements

• It is ESSENTIAL for our program to have a good knowledge of the PSF. Therefore
   EVERY
  target OB also has a corresponding PSF OBs. THESE SHOULD ALWAYS BE OBSERVED TOGETHER!!
  
  So for instance:
  when OB RXJ1249-0059-K-10 is observed, observe ALSO OB PSF-RXJ1249-star-K-10,
  IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS!
  NEVER execute one of the PSF OBs if it has not been preceded by the corresponding
   target OB.
  
  The corresponce between target and PSF OBs is as follows:
  
  Target OB                PSF OB
  RXJ1249-0059-J-1         PSF-RXJ1249-star-J-1
               J-2                          J-2
               H-1                          H-1
               H-2                          H-2
               K-1                          K-1
               .                            .
               K-10                         K-10

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 ?

• 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 ?

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

• YES

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)?

• YES

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?

• N/A

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?

• YES