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Principal Investigator Email Address

• celine.peroux@gmail.com

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 15hrs01min48sec

General Description

• The programme aims at detecting the Halpha emission lines from faint galaxies
   next to fairly bright quasars situated at a different redshifts. The positions in
   the FoV of the galaxies searched for are unknown, but their redshifts (hence their
   Halpha emission observed wavelengths) are well constrained. Four pointings per OB
   are used for the sky removal and the optimization of the search area. 
  
  The list below provides QSO R mag, QSO redshifts, and galaxies redshifts.
  Only in some cases, do we expect to see the galaxy Halpha emission line in a single
   on/off frame.
  The continuum emission of the quasar should be visible always however.
  
  QSO	mode		QSO mag	z_QSO	z_abs
  Q0134	noAO		18.2	1.520	0.842
  Q0302	NGS, TTS=QSO	16.0	1.409	1.009
  Q1009	noAO		17.2	1.242	0.843,0887	
  Q0405	LGS		19.0	2.562	2.562
  Q1228	LGS		19.5	3.528	3.528
  
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  FOR TARGETS Q0405 and Q1228:: 5 additional OBs with the TTS as NGS rather than the
   4 initial LGS OBs have been prepared (named Q0405_*_NGS and Q0405_*_LGS respectively).
   Only OBs in NGS should be observed if the first one is NGS or only OBs in LGS should
   be observed if the first one is LGS. A mix of OBs should NOT be used because the
   two modes do not use the same spaxel size and thus will prevent co-addition at the
   data reduction stage.
  ****

Waiver Requests

• URGENT: 080.A-0742A.01.WAV granted
  
  
  Dear Celine,
  
  We anticipate that 10 extra days (i.e. August 15) or less should be
  sufficient for us to submit the P2PP for programme 080.A-0742(A).
  
  No problem, please submit by August 15 then.
  I hope the data will fulfil your expectations!
  
  Cheers, have a good weekend,
  Sabine
  
  
  
  080.A-0742A.02.WAV granted
  
  Dear Celine,
  
  Your waiver request to have OBs with a duration of up to
  1h10m was granted, with the usual restriction that an OB
  will not be aborted or repeated if conditions degrade
  below your specifications after the first hour.
  
  In about ~15min you should be able to check in your OBs.
  
  Cheers,
  Sabine

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• No critical observing conditions constraints

Time-Critical Aspects

• NA

Special Execution Requirements

• ****
  FOR TARGETS Q0405 and Q1228:: 5 additional OBs with the TTS as NGS rather than the
   4 initial LGS OBs have been prepared (named Q0405_*_NGS and Q0405_*_LGS respectively).
   Only OBs in NGS should be observed if the first one is NGS or only OBs in LGS should
   be observed if the first one is LGS. 
  In other words, the first execution of an OB on targets Q0405 or Q1228 will determine
   the mode in which the observations will be taken (LGS versus NGS). The name of the
   OBs clearly states the mode used. 
  A mix of OBs should NOT be used because the two modes do not use the same spaxel
   size and thus will prevent co-addition at the data reduction stage.
  ****

Special Calibration Information

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ToO Information

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ToO Activators List

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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 ?

• 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 ?

• YES

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