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Principal Investigator Email Address

• sfolkes@star.herts.ac.uk

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 39:46:07

General Description

• The observations requested here are of SoFI HK long slit (0.6") spectroscopy
   (red grism) to confirm the status of candidate objects (point sources) in this target
   list as either brown dwarfs or contaminant objects. The targets are in the RA range
   of ~12.5hrs to 15.5hrs. The Ks-band magnitudes for each of the targets has been
   given in the user comments section of the OBs.
  
  Standard calibrations have been requested.
  
  It is preferred that HIP Telluric standard stars of spectral type between B5V and
   A5V be used with this data (A0V would be ideal). 
  The finder charts which have been provided are 5 arcminutes in size and are Ks-band
   images from 2MASS.
  
  Phase 1 of this proposel originally had 60 objects listed. This has now been reduced
   to 44 (there are 5 repeat OB in this list) due to subsequent analysis since the
   submission of the phase 1 proposal.

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• No critical observing conditions required.

Time-Critical Aspects

• There is no time-critical aspect to this phase 2 proposel.

Special Execution Requirements

• There are seven targets in the OB list which have been marked as user
   priority (1), while the rest have been given priority (2) or (3). If possible I
   would like the priority (1) targets to be completed first, followed by the priority
   (2) and then priority (3), in that order, but not at the dettriment of service time
   beeing given to this proposal. i.e. if only a priority (3) object is observable
   when there are priority (1's) or (2's) remaining to be completed, then please do
   that one. 
  
  As these targets are in the Galactic plane some of the fields are quite crowded.
   There may be a few occasions where the slit may fall across some nearby objects
   to the target as well. If this happens could the observer please align the slit
   to a PA intersecting as few of these objects as possible, but not at the detriment
   to the OBs being completed if this increases the overheads too much.

Special Calibration Information

• Standard calibrations have been requested.

ToO Information

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ToO Activators List

• ---(Empty)---

Is this a Pre-imaging run ?

• false

Pre-imaging Requirements

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Source(s) of Pre-imaging

• ---(Empty)---

Pre-imaging sources not listed above

• ---(Empty)---

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 ?

• 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