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Principal Investigator Email Address

• ohainaut@eso.org

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 2h

General Description

• This is a simple "point and shoot" imaging program for comet Hale-Bopp
  
  Set the coordinates and the tracking rates - shoot
  
  There should be a faint fuzzy object moving very slowly from frame to frame. Note
    that the coordinates are very accurate (<1.5").
  
  The idea of the program is to monitor the activity of the comet as it recedes away
   from the Sun. Currently, it is at almost 24AU, ie in a region where activity should
   have stopped already. The plan is to continue monitoring as long as possible

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• NO MOON.
  
  If you have really nothing to do and are about to do some C/C, you can relax CLT
   to THN   or   seeing 1.2 to 1.6. Would still be C/C, though, but probably usable.

Time-Critical Aspects

• If this program had been in queue A instead of @#$%$#! queue B,
  
  epoch1a and epoch1b  should be executed during the same moon/month, and
  
  epoch2a and epoch2b  should be executed during the same moon/month,
  
  with 2-3 months between epoch1 and epoch2.
  
  As this is B, do as you can.

Special Execution Requirements

• *
  
  *CRITICAL*
  
  - pick the correct line from the attached ephemerides file: chose the nearest UT.
  No need to interpolate. Make sure you chose the proper UT DAY, as it is probably
  already "tomorrow" in UT.
  
  - insert the RA and DEC in the target fields
  
  - replace the additional velocities RA and DEC in the acquisition (cols: dRA*cosD
  and dDec/dt)
  
  - check
  
  - shoot

Special Calibration Information

• none

ToO Information

• no

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 ?

• YES

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 ?

• YES

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

• YES

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 ?

• YES

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

• YES

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 ?

• YES