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Principal Investigator Email Address

• Antonella.Barucci@obspm.fr

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 10.00

General Description

• IPOL program of moving targets with R Bessel filter. For each target,
   the observations (imaging linear polarization) should be repeated at different phase
   angles, as specified in Section "Time-critical aspects. 
  Each OB consists of acquisition plus16 exposures with the lambda/2 retarder waveplate
   at 0, 22.5, 45, ..., 337.5 deg, respectively. All OBs last 2h. OB execution cannot
   be 
  splitted. Target coordinates, as well as additional velocity, must be entered according
   to the ephemeris files (see Section "Time-Critical aspects").
  
  
  If possible at all, please avoid to observe Huya on March 11 because there is a
   background object closeby. For the same reason, if possible at all, please avoid
   to observe DE9 on December9, on February 11 and 12, on March 12

Waiver Requests

• Waiver 178.C-0036H.01 was requested and granted to have OBs that exceed
   1h as maximum length, with the restriction that if the conditions degrade in violation
   of the constraints after the first hour, the OB will not be repeated.

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• None

Time-Critical Aspects

• Observations should be performed within the dates explicitely indicated
   in the OB names.

Special Execution Requirements

• Target coordinates and additional tracking velocity must be typed in before
   OB execution based on the ephemeris provided as function of UT with the OB.
  
  OB execution cannot be splitted in two or more parts: if OB is interrupted for any
   reason, observations must be resumed immediately, otherwsie the entire OB has to
   be classified "C", and its execution repeated. In other words: one cannot execute
   half of the OB onenight, and the remaining half another night.
  
  Please have a look at the photon counts and check carefully for (unlikely) saturation
   of our target (the magnitude of our targets may be slightly different than expected).
   (Perhaps other objects in the field will saturate)

Special Calibration Information

• No need for calibrations outside of the FORS1 calibration plan

ToO Information

• This is not a ToO

ToO Activators List

• N/A

Is this a Pre-imaging run ?

• false

Pre-imaging Requirements

• N/A

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 ?

• N/A

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?

• YES

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 you have prepared your finding charts with tools other than FIMS,
 do they comply with the specifications on the FORS1 Phase 2 web page ?

• N/A