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Principal Investigator Email Address

• dbaade@eso.org

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 17.6 (maximum, but this a ToO project)

General Description

• This is a ToO project on relatively bright (V about 16 at discovery) SNe.
    During the first 2-4 weeks after the explosion, we may trigger 3-5 times.  For
   unusually bright SNe, the monitoring may also be longer and more frequent.  
  
  The aimed-for accuracy is 0.1% in the polarization.  
  
  We have prepared OBs for SNe and standard stars.  They come in different flavors:
    with and without order-sorting filter and with and without offset along the slit.
    Observations of SNe and associated standards must use the same flavor.  We will
   inform at the time of trigger which ones to use.
  
  Finding charts will be provided with the first trigger.

Waiver Requests

• The limit of 1 hour total execution time per OB may often be exceeded.
  
  Waiver 080.D-0107A.01.WAV was granted as communicated by Magda Arnaboldi on Aug.
   3.
  I appreciate the very fast processing, which I had to request because of my forgetfulness.

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• None.

Time-Critical Aspects

• None.  But because of the time dependency of the polarization, we may
   ask the OBs to be executed within 1 day after the trigger.

Special Execution Requirements

• None.

Special Calibration Information

• None.  But we will request observations of a spectrophotometric standard
   (at one retarder plate PA) to be made within 2-3 days of the SN observations so
   that multiple SN observations may share the standard star data.  Observations of
   a polarized standard (part of the Calibration Plan) may also be asked for.

ToO Information

• This is a ToO project on SNe.

ToO Activators List

• dbaade@eso.org
  fpatat@eso.org
  lwang@physics.tamu.edu

Is this a Pre-imaging run ?

• false

Pre-imaging Requirements

• None.

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 ?

• N/A

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

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