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Principal Investigator Email Address

• aboehm@aip.de

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 25

General Description

• MXU spectroscopy of low-luminosity intermediate-redshift disk galaxies
   in the FORS Deep Field. 2 MXU setups. MXU slits are aligned with the disks' apparent
   major axes to extract rotation curves. Since the target galaxies are very faint
   (I~22..23), 3 brighter stars (I~20.5) are included in each MXU setup for the through-slit
   acq image. 
  
  10 exposures per mask of ~3500 sec each (OB extension approved under Waiver-ID 079.B-0246A.01)
   -> 25 hrs total execution time including overhead.
  
  The 20 science OBs are named 
  sciMXU_sublsp45_01, ..., sciMXU_sublsp45_10 (1st MXU setup, Priority 1)
  sciMXU_sublsm45_01, ..., sciMXU_sublsm45_10 (2nd MXU setup, Priority 2)
  
  Since we do not have special calibration requirements, no calibration OBs were submitted.
  
  Two finding charts are assigned to each of the two MXU setups:
  079.B-0246A.001.jpg (full FOV of OBs sciMXU_sublsp45_xx) 
  079.B-0246A.002.jpg (magnification of OBs sciMXU_sublsp45_xx)
  079.B-0246A.003.jpg (full FOV of OBs sciMXU_sublsm45_xx)
  079.B-0246A.004.jpg (magnification of OBs sciMXU_sublsm45_xx)
  
  Please note:
  We need 10 hrs net integration time per setup, i.e. 10 MXU exposures of ~3500sec
   each per setup, to reach our scientific goals. Please make sure that _all_ 10 exposures
   of one setup are taken before exposures of the other setup are started (the user
   priority is set accordingly).

Waiver Requests

• A Waiver Request for OB extension to 75 min including overheads was submitted
   on Feb 6 and approved on Feb 7. 
  
  WaiverID: 079.B-0246A.01

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• Seeing must positively be below 1.0 arcsec - we intend to extract spatially
   resolved rotation curves from the data.

Time-Critical Aspects

• None

Special Execution Requirements

• We need 10 hrs net integration time per setup, i.e. 10 MXU exposures of
   ~3500sec per setup, to reach our scientific goals. Please make sure that _all_ 10
   exposures of one of the two MXU setups are taken before exposures of the other setup
   are started (the user priority is set accordingly).
  
  Special Requirement with respect to another FORS program:
  
  The _same PI_ has another FORS2 program in P79 at _very similar coordinates_ and
   with the _same_ observational constraints (PID 079.B-0603(A)). 
  Please finish _all_ OBs belonging to one program first before executing any of the
   OBs from the other program. The reason for this request is that we really need the
   full S/N to achieve our science goals.

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 ?

• false

Pre-imaging Requirements

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Source(s) of Pre-imaging

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Pre-imaging sources not listed above

• FORS2 old CCD

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

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