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Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)
General Description
Readme file for Conselice (PI) program to obtain SINFONI
observations.
Note that a waiver request was submitted and approved to
extend the nominal OB limit of 1 hour.
Afternoon darks, arcs and lamps (flat-fields) should be taken
for our setup.
The finding charts provided are in the K-band with a typical
depth of K = 20.5. The object with a thick red circle
is the target, while the blue box is the offset star.
The black box shows the size and position of SINFONI for
the initial observation.
We are using the H grating with a field of view of 8''x8''.
Our observing strategy is to take exposures in the bottom
left corner of SINFONI and then to move to the upper right,
offsetting by 4'' x 4'' and then back to the original.
The jitter is 0.5''.
Thus the procedure should be: go to offset star, centre, then
move to the object with the offset and then do another offset
of -2'' x -2''.
(Not that the observing form now has this additional -2, -2 offset
added into the ra, dec offsets amounts. Thus, the centre of the galaxy
is not the ra,dec given. The ra,dec offset on the phase II form
will put the galaxy in the location on the finders.)
Typical galaxy size is a few arcsecs.
NOTE that these offsets below DO NOT contain the additional -2,-2 offset.
These offsets are included in the OBs.
Fields:
32007614 (powir 1)
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Object: K = 18.24
23:30:58.4
00:02:35.4
Bright nearby star K = 16.6
23:30:58.2
00:02:27.5
offsets: ra: +3"
dec: +7.9"
32013051 (Powir 2)
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Object: K = 18.65
23:31:09.3
00:06:40
Nearby bright star is at: K = 16.6
23:31:08.2
00:06:38.5
offsets: ra: +16.5"
dec: +1.5"
32015443 (powir 3)
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Object: K = 18.47
23:30:01.000
00:08:46.900
Nearby bright star: K = 16.5
23:29:59.2
00:09:20.8
offsets: ra: +27"
dec: -33.9"
32015501 (powir 4)
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object: K = 17.97
23:30:07.1
00:06:10.4
Nearby bright star: K = 18.2 (note slightly fainter than object)
23:30:12.2
00:06:03.8
offsets: ra: -76.5"
dec: +6.6"
32021317 (powir 5)
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Object: K = 18.26
23:29:57.7
00:09:42.5
bright star: K = 16.6
23:29:58.5
00:10:07.1
offsets: ra: -12"
dec: -24.6"
32021394 (powir 6)
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Object: K = 17.9
23:29:46.7
00:09:33.6
Bright star: K = 16.1
23:29:45.4
00:09:08.4
offsets: ra: +19.5"
dec: +25.2"
32029850 (powir 7)
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Object: K = 18.26
23:31:04.3
00:16:58.4
bright star: K = 16.6
23:31:02.4
00:16:52.6
Offsets are: ra:+28.5"
dec:+5.8"
32037003 (powir 8)
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Object: K = 18.38
23:30:13.7
00:20:05.3
bright star: K = 16.5
23:30:13.8
00:20:17.0
Offsets are: ra: -1.5"
dec: -11.7"
32100059 (powir 10)
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Object: K = 18.71
23:30:59.2
00:01:26.8
bright star: K = 16.7
23:30:57.8
00:01:15.0
offsets are: ra: +21"
dec:+11.8"
32100778 (powir 11)
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Object is at: K = 18.34
23:30:38.700
00:14:07.500
bright offset star: K = 18.2
23:30:41.7
00:14:55.2
offsets: ra: -45"
dec: -47.7"
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1. Observing pattern is to go to the star, which I put
in as the target ra, dec on the p2pp form
2. Take 3 * 60s exposures to centre the object.
3. Guide star selection should be from the internal
catalogue.
4. After this star is centre, go to the main science object
by offseting in arcsec. These
values are put in the observing science template.
5. Once on the object observe in the ABBA pattern for
1.8 hours.
The goal here is to have the object on the detector
for each exposure. Since the object has a size of
no greater than 2'', this should work and has worked
in previous programs with SINFONI. The object will
be in the lower left for the A, and upper right for
the B, with a 0.5'' jitter
Waiver Requests
Critical Observing Condition Constraints
Time-Critical Aspects
Special Execution Requirements
Special Calibration Information
ToO Information
ToO Activators List
Is this a Pre-imaging run ?
Pre-imaging Requirements
Source(s) of Pre-imaging
Pre-imaging sources not listed above
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 ?
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 ?
Have you included OBs for any calibrations that you need but which are
not part of the Calibration Plan ?
If you are observing Moving Targets, have you attached suitable ephemeris
files to your OBs?
If you have preferences which OBs should be executed first, did you make
use of the User Priority field in the OBs ?
If this is a run that requires coordinated observations with other facilities,
did you give proper instructions in the Time-Critical Aspects Section ?
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?
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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