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Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)
General Description
The aim of this program is to get the UBVRI-photometry of hundreds of
thousands of stars close to the galactic plane and to distinguish giants from main
sequence stars using color-color-plots. The precision needed is 0.01-0.03 mag in
all bands. In order to achieve this precission, we submit Ladolt calibration field
OBs which schould be observed in addition to the ESO Standard calibration plan.
Please see "Special Execution Requirements" and "Special Calibration Informations"
for details.
Waiver Requests
Critical Observing Condition Constraints
Time-Critical Aspects
Special Execution Requirements
We submit a total of eight Landolt calibration OBs (named SA 104 and SA
113) out of which four are covering filter B, V, R and I and four are U-band only.
Also our target field OBs are seperated in this way. In each night in which one
or more of our U-band target field OBs are executed, one or more of our U-band Landolt
calibration OBs should be executed (the actual number of calibration OBs should
compare to the fraction of target OBs executed in the particular night). The same
applies to the B-,V-,R- and I-observations.
Special Calibration Information
Of course it is preferable to have the observations in as few nights as
possible. Best would be e.g. to observe all of our U-band target OBs (10) together
with all of our U-band calibration OBs (4) in one night. The total execution time
would be 4h54m50s. Analogous if all of our BVRI-band target OBs (6) are observed
together with all of our BVRI-band calibration OBs (4) in one night, the total execution
time would be 5h05m09s. If it is not possible to observe all U-band (or BVRI-band)
OBs in one night please split up the calibration OBs according to the fraction of
target OBs executed per night.
For the execution of the calibration OBs within a night it is preferred to select
airmasses and times which have not been observed before by the ESO standard calibration
plan, in order to get an as best as possible fit in the photometric calibration
equations. Please take also into account that the field SA 113 is observabel in
the second half of the night.
ToO Information
ToO Activators List
Is this a Pre-imaging run ?
Pre-imaging Requirements
Source(s) of Pre-imaging
Pre-imaging sources not listed above
Do all your OBs comply with the instrument-specific requirements listed
on the instrument-specific Phase 2 web page ?
If this is a pre-imaging run, did you select PRE-IMAGING for the Observing
Category for each Observing Template ?
Do all your finding charts comply with both the general and instrument-specific
Phase 2 Web Pages ?
If you submitted OBs for standard stars, did you specify the magnitude
and spectral type of all standard stars in the OBs ?
Have you included OBs for any calibrations that you need but which are
not part of the Calibration Plan ?
If you are observing Moving Targets, have you attached suitable ephemeris
files to your OBs?
If you have preferences which OBs should be executed first, did you make
use of the User Priority field in the OBs ?
If this is a run that requires coordinated observations with other facilities,
did you give proper instructions in the Time-Critical Aspects Section ?
Did you set 'New Preset' flag in all acquisition templates to 'True'?
Have all your submitted OBs the same filter for the acquisition template
and for the first science template?
Did you combine calibration templates with science templates for any
OB?
Did you combine imaging and spectroscopic templates for any OB?
Did you submit any Focus template?
Last creation of page: Tue Oct 6 15:40:14 2009
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