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Principal Investigator Email Address

• antonella.barucci@obspm.fr

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 12:00

General Description

• IPOL program of moving targets with R Bessel filter. For each target,
   the OBs (imaging linear polarization) should be executed at different phase angles,
   as specified in Section "Time-critical aspects". Each OB consists of acquisition
   plus 8 or 16 exposures with the lambda/2 retarder waveplate at 0, 22.5, ... deg.
   Several OBS have a execution time >> 1h.  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").

Waiver Requests

• 178.C-0036I.01: OB execution longer than 1h
  Note also that this program will need R Bessel filter in polarimetric mode!

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• None

Time-Critical Aspects

• Each OB should be executed in the time intervals specified below. These
   intervals have been selected according these criteria:
  
  1) to satisfy the observing constraints (visibility and and lunar illumination);
  2) to cover adequate target phase coverage
  3) to avoid background crowdness (i.e., we have avoided those observing when our
   targets are too close to brighter objects). 
  
  TIME CONSTRAINTS ARE WELL SPECIFIED IN THE OB NAMES (and refer to UT!!!) 
  We are aware that time constraints will be respected on a best efford basis.
  
  OB ID 
  317406  From July 1 UT 00:00 to August 01 UT 00
  317445  From September 5 UT 00:00 to September 14 UT 00:00
  317448  From April 1 UT 00:00 to April 11 UT 00:00
  317449  From April 30 UT 00:00 to May 8 UT 00:00
  317450  From May 29 UT 00:00 to June 7 UT 00:00
  317455  From April 29 UT 00:00 to May 11 UT 00:00
  317456  From June 1 UT 00:00 to June 8 UT 00:00

Special Execution Requirements

• Target coordinates and additional tracking velocity must be typed in prior
   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 one night, and the remaining half another night.
  
  Please have a look at the photon counts and check carefully for saturation (the
   magnitude of our targets may be slightly different than expected)

Special Calibration Information

• None

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