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Principal Investigator Email Address

• linda@mpe.mpg.de

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 15:41:36.000

General Description

• This is an H-band integral field spectroscopy program with SINFONI to
   derive the stellar dynamics (velocity dispersions and rotation) in 4 QSOs that have
   black hole masses measured through reverberation techniques.  We want to compare
   the black hole masses that we will derive by placing the objects on the well-known
   M-sigma relation with those determined through reverberation mapping.  The H-band
   contains several absorption features, which we will use independently to derive
   the most accurate velocity dispersions.  
  
  Even with the high throughput of SINFONI, integration times of ~2 hours on target
   are necessary to extract the very weak (1-2%) absorption features, so several OBs
   per source are necessary.  We expect some emission from the QSO host to fill the
   entire 3"x3" SINFONI field of view (using the 100 mas scale), so we alternate source
   and sky observations in our integration.  We use a slightly different dither pattern
   for each OB to move the source around on the detector.
  
  There are 16 OBs for the program:  
  
  PG1211+143-1; PG1211+143-2; PG1211+143-3; PG1211+143-4; PG1211+143-5; PG0003+199-1;
   PG0003+199-2; PG0003+199-3; PG0003+199-4; Mrk509-1; Mrk509-2; Mrk509-3; Fairall9-1;
   Fairall9-2; Fairall9-3; Fairall9-4
  
  On the finding charts, the targets appear as point sources, and they should be centered
  in the FoV.  In all cases they are bright enough to be used for the tip-tilt correction,
   and no additional reference star is needed.

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• We require excellent seeing conditions (<0.6") in order to screen against
   the (hot dust)
  emission from the bright compact central engine.  This is necessary to measure the
   weak
  stellar sbsorption features of the host galaxy close to the AGN.

Time-Critical Aspects

• none

Special Execution Requirements

• none

Special Calibration Information

• We are not submitting calibration OBs.  The ESO standard spectroscopic
   calibrations will be sufficient for this program.  We have a preference that the
   telluric standards be hot, early-type stars (B4 or earlier if possible). We, of
   course, accept solar-type stars if they are more convenient for a given OB.

ToO Information

• This is not a ToO program.

ToO Activators List

• ---(Empty)---

Is this a Pre-imaging run ?

• false

Pre-imaging Requirements

• No pre-imaging is required for this program.

Source(s) of Pre-imaging

• ---(Empty)---

Pre-imaging sources not listed above

• ---(Empty)---

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 ?

• N/A

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