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Principal Investigator Email Address

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davies@mpe.mpg.de
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Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

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23.5hrs
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General Description

This project aims to map out the gas and stellar kinematics in the central
 region of a few nearby spiral galaxies (mostly Seyfert). The galaxies are known
 to have nuclear disks. Based on 2 other objects where we have seen these, they are
 expected to be around 0.5-1arcsec (50-100pc) diameter. We will use the kinematics
 and distributions of the gas and stars measured to determine the properties of these
 disks (i.e. size, mass, age of star formation, etc) and their likely influence on
 fuelling the central supermassive black holes.

The K-band view of each target is dominated by the nucleus - which on seeing-limited
 scales is single. Please centre the nucleus in the field of view each time.

For each target there are 3 OBs, each with 40mins on source. While the emission
 lines are likely to be quickly visible, long integrations are needed to reach sufficient
 signal-to-noise to measure the kinematics of the stellar absorption features.

Waiver Requests

A Waiver Request was granted, requesting that the OB length can be 1hr20mins.

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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none
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Special Calibration Information

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none
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ToO Information

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none
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ToO Activators List

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none
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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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none
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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 ?

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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