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Principal Investigator Email Address

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m.sarzi@herts.ac.uk
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Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

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16h
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General Description

These are simple VIMOS observations for two galaxies with exisiting AO
 spectroscopic observations for their nuclear regions. The OBs include, beside acquisition
 on the galactic nucleus and the standard nightime calibration, two 1200s exposures
 on source bracketing a single 400s exposure on the sky. The only exception to this
 rule is the last OB for NGC3705 (IFU_NGC3705-6), which feature only one 1600s on-source
 exposure followed by a 500s exposure on the sky. Both galaxies are observed with
 the same setup, i.e. using the HR-blue grism and a Field of View of 27"x27" sampled
 by 40x40 0".67x0".67 spaxels.

Waiver Requests

A waiver request for OBs 1h15m long was submitted and accepted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

Limiting the sky background is the most important aspect of these observations.
 For
this I have set a lunar illumination upper limit of 0.1
Seeing below 1".4 will also be good.

Time-Critical Aspects

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N/A
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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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N/A
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ToO Activators List

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N/A
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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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N/A
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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 specify suitable guide stars for all your OBs using Guidecam ?

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N/A
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Did you check that the chosen guide stars are suitable for all the offset positions and that they do not produce unacceptable vignetting of the field of view ?

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N/A
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