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Principal Investigator Email Address

• thatte@astro.ox.ac.uk

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 5 hrs 16 mins 42 secs

General Description

• This program aims to obtain high SNR spectra of the planetary candidate
   2M1207b. The target itself is ~0.75" from the parent star. The parent star is a
   brown dwarf (M8) with K=12, H=12.4, J=13.0, R=15.6, B=18.9.  The target itself is
   K=17, H=18.1, J~19. (B and R values are from USNO-B2, J, H and K from 2MASS), located
   at PA 125 degrees from the parent.
  
  Two sets of OBs are submitted, one for NGS, the other for LGS. In the NGS case,
   the very red parent star is to be used as the NGS reference. For the LGS, the parent
   star has too faint a V magnitude (it is below the V=17 limit), so instead we chose
   a blue object ~7" away. This blue object is at 2MASS coordinates 12:07:34.001, -39:32:58.68,
   and has K=14.9, H=14.9, J=15.4, R=15.9, B=16.5 (B and R values are from USNO-B2,
   J, H and K from 2MASS).  It should work well as a tip-tilt NGS reference.

Waiver Requests

• Waiver 078.C-0800B.01 was submitted, requesting NGS observations alone,
   and also requesting that tellurics be taken at 0.1" scale for all OBs, so that there
   would not be a need to define additional OBs for tellurics. 
  The request for NGS observations alone has been accepted (on 22.09.06), so I would
   like to request NGS observations as soon as possible. If the LGS is up and running
   by then, the LGS set of OBs should be used, but please do not delay program execution
   due to lack of availability of the LGS. NGS only operations should be commenced
   as soon as conditions permit.
  The latter request (tellurics at 0.1" pixel scale as part of the standard calibration)
   was accepted, as it is normal procedure for SINFONI anyway, and was just a misunderstanding
   by the PI.

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• none

Time-Critical Aspects

• none

Special Execution Requirements

• Please note that the offsets values are precisely chosen so as to keep
   both parent and planet within the field. Thus, it is essential that the parent star
   be centered in the FoV as well as possible in the acquisition sequence.

Special Calibration Information

• We request that tellurics at air-mass similar to the object are observed
   at 0.1" pixel scale, so that correct telluric calibration of the data can be carried
   out. Correct telluric calibration is very critical to this program. We would also
   like to request that the tellurics are of "hot" type, namely O or early B stars.
   The J band calibration for solar-type tellurics is much more difficult.

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

• YES

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)?

• YES

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

• N/A

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

• YES

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

• YES

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?

• YES