README web version of /home/usg/OPS/MTS/readme_xml/readme_80064300

Principal Investigator Email Address

• a.j.levan@warwick.ac.uk

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• ~1 hour for a typical RRM trigger

General Description

• This is an RRM run for observations of short duration GRBs visible from
   Paranal within two hours of their discovery. We will trigger these observations
   in the event that a burst with i) an apparent duration from its publically available
   lightcurve of <3s or ii) is suggested by the initial GCN cicrcular to belong
   to short duration class.
  
  Under normal conditions we will activate an imaging run (VRI with duration depending
   on the time frame for which the burst is visible from Paranal). Alternatively we
   may active the spectroscopic 300V template (for example if the UVOT has reported
   a bright optical counterpart), with the aim of obtaining an absorption redshift.

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• Given the nature of these ToO observations we do not place constraints
   at this stage, but will fill these in upon the ToO/RRM request when submitted. In
   general no constraints will be placed on RRM observations since they will be the
   first of a given GRB. Constraints on ToO observations will depend upon the known
   information about the burst at the time of the trigger

Time-Critical Aspects

• This is an RRM run. Observations should begin as soon as possible after
   receipt of a trigger

Special Execution Requirements

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Special Calibration Information

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ToO Information

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ToO Activators List

• The proposal can be activated by the following people:
  The following people may place a request to ESO for observations under this programme:
  
  Andrew Levan (a.j.levan@warwick.ac.uk or anl@star.le.ac.uk)
  Nial Tanvir  (nrt3@star.le.ac.uk)
  Evert Rol    (er45@star.le.ac.uk)
  Pall Jakobsson (P.Jakobsson@herts.ac.uk)
  Robert Priddey (R.S.Priddey@herts.ac.uk)
  Daniele Malesani (malesani@astro.ku.dk)
  Jens Hjorth      (jens@astro.ku.dk)
  Johan Fynbo      (jfynbo@astro.ku.dk)
  Paul Vreeswijk   (pmv@dark-cosmology.dk)
  Ralph Wijers     (rwijers@science.uva.nl)
  Klaas Wiersema   (kwrsema@science.uva.nl)
  Rhaana Starling  (rlcs1@star.le.ac.uk)
  Andrew Fruchter  (fruchter@stsci.edu)
  Melissa Nysewander (mysenwan@stsci.edu)
  Javier Gorosabel (jgu@iaa.es)
  David Bersier (dfb@astro.livjm.ac.uk)

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

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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