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Principal Investigator Email Address

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hquintana@astro.puc.cl
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Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

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37:51:00
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General Description

Deep (from 2.5 hrs to 9 hrs) spectroscopic observations of 9 faint (I>23)
host galaxies (HG) of GRB. 
Seven galaxies will be observed in noAO mode while the remaining two 
(021211 and 990506) will be observed in AO mode. 
In all the observations (both AO and noAO) the instrument setup is
SPAXEL size 0.25 arcsec (8"x8" f.o.v.).

Each OB is composed by two templates: an acquisition template
(Sinfoni_ifs_acq_noAO for noAO observations and Sinfoni_ifs_acq_NGS for the
AO observations) and the science template Sinfoni_ifs_obs_GenericOffset.
For the faint galaxies to observe in noAO mode, a blind  offset from a nearby 
bright star has been specified in the Sinfoni_ifs_acq_noAO.
For the two galaxies to observe in AO mode, the coordinates of the
relevant AO Guide Star have been specified in the  Sinfoni_ifs_acq_NGS
template.
When the execution of the acquisition template is completed, the target 
galaxy is in the center of the Sinfoni f.o.v.
The science template Sinfoni_ifs_obs_GenericOffset will then perform sequences of
 
AB (O, S) exposures.
The template proceeds repeating the dither pattern ABAB. 
Each exposure is a single DIT (NDIT=1) which 
can vary from 150 sec to 300 sec.

K-band magnitude of the brightest object in the 1'x1' fields:
020405 K>18 
970228 K~16 
041006 K>18
030528 K~15 
000210 K>19 
040924 K~14
021211 K~11 
000911 K>19 
990506 K~13

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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Source(s) of Pre-imaging

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Pre-imaging sources not listed above

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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 indicate the magnitude of the brightest object in the field in each SINFONI OB?

If you are using the AO: Did you indicate for every OB the magnitude of the guide star, and its distance to the target (if any)?

If you submitted OBs for standard stars, did you use the provided StandardStar templates?

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N/A
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If you are using a specific offset pattern or position angle: did you check carefully the definition in the manual?

Did you make really sure that none of your OBs ever saturates the detector?

If you are using the AO: did you enter the correct Strehl Ratio (on-axis, K-band) AND the seeing value in the constraint set?

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