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Principal Investigator Email Address

• colina@damir.iem.csic.es

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 39

General Description

• For this observing period we propose the observation of a total of 7 galaxies
   (2 LIRGs with 1 pointing, 2 other LIRGs with 2 pointings and 3 ULIRGs with 1 pointing
   each; details in the User Comments Field of each OB). The SINFONI configuration
   selected is the non-AO FoV 8"x8" (slices size 0".25), spectral resolution R=3000(in
   H-band) and 4000 (in K-band). The ULIRGs (IRAS17208-0014, IRAS21130-4446 and IRAS22491-1808)
   and 1 LIRG (IRASF12115-4656) will be observed in K-band, while the remining 3 LIRGs
   (NGC3110, IRASF17138-1017, IC5179) will be observed in H-band too.
  
  We have divided the proposal in 42 observing blocks, and 39 of them can be executed
   independently.
  
  NOTE: In order to secure the needed S/N with SINFONI, each galaxy has to be observed
   for the 2 (or 5) requested OBs of 1 hour each (the OBs *K_5 and *H_5 are about 30
   minutes long). The observations will not be completed for a given galaxy + setting
   combination until the 2 (or 5) corresponding OBs have been done successfully. Note
   however, that the OBs have not to be back-to-back provided the separated OBs are
   executed with similar observing conditions (seeing, zenital distance, transparency).
  For example, if the first OB executed is the pointing for IRASF17138-1017 in the
   H-band, we will need to have the 5 OBs on this galaxy pointing+setting completed.
   In this particular case the OBs names are:
  
  IRASF17138-1017_H_1
  IRASF17138-1017_H_2
  IRASF17138-1017_H_3
  IRASF17138-1017_H_4
  IRASF17138-1017_H_5

Waiver Requests

• We want to request a Waiver for our standard star OB (Cal_HD103295_K_1).
   The P2PP verification recommends this request... despite we have observed (during
   previous semesters) our tempalte stars in exactly the same configuration without
   the necessity of a Waiver (?).

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• We require a seeing less or equal than 0".8 (IR) and sky transparency
   Clear.

Time-Critical Aspects

• N/A

Special Execution Requirements

• We have selected one standard star (HD103295; OB= Cal_HD103295_K_1) that
   must be observed right after (or right before) the 2 OBs of the galaxy NGC3110 in
   the K-band (OBs= NGC3110_K_1, NGC3110_K_2). Thus, the Galaxy+Standard OBs should
   be executed in a row in one of the following ways:
  NGC3110_K_1
  NGC3110_K_2
  Cal_HD103295_K_1
  
  or
  
  Cal_HD103295_K_1
  NGC3110_K_1
  NGC3110_K_2

Special Calibration Information

• N/A

ToO Information

• N/A

ToO Activators List

• N/A

Is this a Pre-imaging run ?

• false

Pre-imaging Requirements

• N/A

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 ?

• YES

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?

• N/A

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)?

• N/A

If you submitted OBs for standard stars, did you use the provided StandardStar
 templates?

• YES

If you are using a specific offset pattern or position angle: did you
 check carefully the definition in the manual?

• N/A

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?

• N/A