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Principal Investigator Email Address

• bd@ast.leeds.ac.uk

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 5h 35min + spectrophotometric std?

General Description

• High-res spectroscopy of luminous blue variables (LBVs), to do quantitative
   spectroscopy with. Objects are photometrically variable (obviously!) and have variable
   H alpha emission. Strategy is to achieve a SNR of >~100 through a series of shorter
   exposures. For those objects known to have strong Halpha emission, more individual
   exposures are required to achieve the target SNR in the continuum whilst avoiding
   saturating the CCD. 
  
  Flux standards may not necessarily required, as we could flux calibrate with the
   data from the other part of the proposal (078.D-0790(A)). However, if observing
   conditions are good we would like a few spectro-photometric standards doing as well,
   probably a few of this guy throughout the night (do you do this anyway?):
  HR3454       084313.46  +032355.1   2000.0  0. 0.  4.30  B3V 
  We would appreciate some feed-back on this, as if we don't need to allow for specphot
   stds we could spend longer on our targets.
  
  I think the day-time flats and arcs will be sufficient for our needs, although we
   are open to comments on this as you guys know more about the instrument stability
   than us!

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• none

Time-Critical Aspects

• none

Special Execution Requirements

• Certain objects are higher priority than others. See individual OBs.

Special Calibration Information

• see general desc.

ToO Information

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ToO Activators List

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Is this a Pre-imaging run ?

• false

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 ?

• 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

Did you set 'New Preset' flag in all acquisition templates to 'True'?

• N/A

If you use any lamp, did you check that it should never be left on at
 the end of any OB?

• N/A