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Principal Investigator Email Address

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russell.smith@durham.ac.uk
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Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

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8
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General Description

The target is a large nearby elliptical galaxy, which fills the IFU field
 of view (and much more -- the effective radius is 12.5 arcsec, cf 13x13 arcsec fov).
 

Eight OBs each containing one long (31min) science exposure plus a short (2min)
 offset sky. The skies have been checked to exclude any bright objects; they are
 ~10xReff from the field centre, i.e. about 2 arcmin.

Aquisition should be straightforward -- just put the peak of the galaxy flux at
 the centre of the IFU. 

Each science exposure is offset slightly from the reference position (in a centre-less
 3x3 grid with 5.5 lenslet offsets between neighbouring positions) to dilute bad
 fibres and recover spatial undersampling if seeing very good.

Waiver Requests

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No Waiver Request was submitted
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Critical Observing Condition Constraints

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None
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Time-Critical Aspects

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None
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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 ?

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false
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Pre-imaging Requirements

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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 ?

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N/A
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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 ?

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N/A
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Have you included OBs for any calibrations that you need but which are not part of the Calibration Plan ?

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N/A
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If you are observing Moving Targets, have you attached suitable ephemeris files to your OBs?

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N/A
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If you have preferences which OBs should be executed first, did you make use of the User Priority field in the OBs ?

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N/A
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If this is a run that requires coordinated observations with other facilities, did you give proper instructions in the Time-Critical Aspects Section ?

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

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N/A
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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 ?

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N/A
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