README web version of /home/usg/OPS/MTS/readme_xml/readme_77072800

Principal Investigator Email Address

• reunanen@strw.leidenuniv.nl

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 16.0

General Description

• Summary:
  Diffraction limited imaging of nearby AGN in N-band (PAH2_2) and Q-band (Q2 filter).
   1 OB / target / band + 1 photometric+PSF standard OB / target / band. The pixel
   scale is 0.075"/px
  
  The target list has been modified according to the results obtained during P76 (Program
   Change Request USD-16046; this solution was suggested in USD-15524 when the P76
   program was retroactively scheduled for execution in November)
  
  02 May, 2006 : The acquisition for M87_N was changed for blind acquisition
  09 Aug, 2006 : The acquisition of N1097 (both Q & N) was changed to blind acquisition
  21 Aug, 2006 : The acquisition of N1566 (both N & Q) was changed to blind
  
  The seeing constraints specified in the constraint sets are optical seeing needed
   to provide diffraction-limited images in Q & N-bands.
  
  Photometric/PSF standard stars:
  One PSF/photometric standard per target per band. The stars have been selected from
   Cohen's list of mid-IR standard stars. A photometric standard should be  observed
   immediately before or after the science OB(s) - the name of the relevant calibration
   OB is indicated also in OB (user comments). 
  
  Science OB:  PSF/Photometric standard OB
  
  Circinus_N:  CAL Circinus_N
  MCG05_N:  CAL MCG05_N
  M87_N:    CAL M87_N
  Mrk1239_N: CAL Mrk1239_N
  Mrk1239_Q: CAL Mrk1239_Q
  N1097_N: CAL N1097_N
  N1097_Q: CAL N1097_Q
  N1386_N: CAL N1386_N
  N1386_Q: CAL N1386_Q
  N1566_N: CAL N1566_N
  N1566_Q: CAL N1566_Q
  N3783_N: CAL N3783_N
  N5506_N: CAL N5506_N
  N5506_Q: CAL N5506_Q
  N7469_N: CAL N7469_N
  N7469_Q: CAL N7469_Q
  N7582_N: CAL N7582_N
  N7582_Q: CAL N7582_Q
  
  Position angles:
  All OBs use TEL.ROT.OFFANGLE = 0 apart from Circ_N (and CAL Circ_N) which use TEL.ROT.OFFANGLE
   = TEL.CHOP.POSANG = 45
  
  Chopping/Nodding:
  Both Parallel and Perpendicular modes are used, depending on the object. Photometric/PSF
   standard stars use the same configuration as the science targets. When perpendicular
   mode is used, all four beams are kept within the FOV. In parallel mode, only the
   centermost beam (effectively two centermost beams, which are visible as one) is
   kept in FOV. 
  
  Acquisition:
  For acquisition, PAH2_2 filter is generally used; however, blind acquisition is
   used for M87_N as the object is expected to be too weak in mid-IR.  Finding charts
   are either NACO L-band or K-band, or seeing limited K-band observations. The acquisition
   object is always the brightest source within the field, and in most cases no other
   sources are expected to be visible.
  N1097_N/Q: the ring (radius ~ 10 arcsec) may be visible. The target (=the nucleus
   of the galaxy) is expected to be much brighter than the clumps in the ring.
  N7582_N/Q: the ring (radius ~ 2 arcsec) may be faintly detected even in short integrations.
   The target (=the nucleus of the galaxy)  is likely to be much brighter than the
   starforming complexes in the ring
  Circinus: there is a significant (10 arcsec) difference in RA/DEC reported by NED
   and SIMBAD - the coordinates given are from NED (2MASS data)
  NGC 1386: The difference between SIMBAD and NED coordinates is 5 arcsec - NED is
   used in OBs
  
  Other Notes:
  Circinus is bright in N, approximately 10Jy - the rest of the are fainter.

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• No special constraints - diffraction limited observations at 10 &
   20 micron can be carried out when the optical seeing is better than 0.6 and 0.8,
   respectively

Time-Critical Aspects

• Observations are not time-critical

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 ?

• YES

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

If the provided finding chart is at a different wavelength than the observations,
 did you clearly describe in the README file how to identify the target?

• YES

Did you specify a guide star brighter than V=12mag within a field of
 r=5arcmin around the science target?

• N/A