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Principal Investigator Email Address

• pg@ast.cam.ac.uk

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 04:15:32

General Description

• Aim: To measure the black hole mass in the Seyfert 1 galaxy MCG--6-30-15
   by mapping absorption line kinematics, e.g., CO(6,3) 1.62 micron line, in the vicinity
   of the nucleus. The target is observed 4 times -- the OBs are identical.
  
  Setup: 100 mas, H band, usual ABBA patterns with fixed offsets (~30") to sky. We
   have kept the jitter box width small (0.4 arcsec) so that we can completely cover
   as much of the nuclear regions in all offset patterns as possible.
  
  NGS: is the target nucleus itself, which is mostly point-like. NOTE that the magnitude
   of point-like nucleus itself is not known (due to absence of high spatial resolution
   images, and AGN variability, with literature values differing by about a magnitude)
   but is estimated to be R~13.3-14.3 and H~13. Even if it turns out to be fainter,
   we can still do some useful (though not optimal) science with S/N worse by a factor
   of ~1.5-2. Note that our mag estimate in the proposal text was probably a bit too
   conservative.
     If AO on the target itself does not work, there is a brighter star 5.2" S and
   0.2" W of the nucleus. Please contact me and I will update the OBs accordingly.
  
  Acqusition: Since target mag is not known very accurately, it may be best to go
   through the whole acqusition sequence using the full, and then the smaller field
   of view.
  
  Exposures: Note that an extra AB cycle (with DIT=150s) has been appended to the
   end of each OB simply to use the full observing time granted (following 4 ABBA cycles
   of DIT=300s). If this is a problem, please just skip this cycle.
  
  Brightest star in SINFONI field has H of between 12 and 13 (not known exactly, but
   should not be any problem for saturation).

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• None

Time-Critical Aspects

• None

Special Execution Requirements

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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 ?

• 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?

• 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?

• 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?

• YES