README web version of /home/usg/OPS/MTS/readme_xml/readme_81013702

Principal Investigator Email Address

• go@scn.jpl.nasa.gov

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 5

General Description

• Overall Goal:  Monitoring the continuing evolution and sudden changes
   in the Jovian atmosphere.
  
  This is a target of opportunity request, so we have created these observation blocks
   in a general way.  Dates have been set to the August-September 2008 timeframe.
  
  Spectral observation blocks (MR 7.5-9.3 microns and HR 8.02 microns) have been generated
   for non-specified targets (likely to be Jovian vortices, belt disturbances), which
   will be specified closer to the dates of the observations.  Imaging observation
   blocks containing seven filters have been created to cover the north and south hemispheres.
  
  It is likely that we will request observations of specific targets on Jupiter.
  
  POINTING FOR SPECTROSCOPY: Rotate slit so that it lies north-south across the target.

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• Weather flag must be set to P.

Time-Critical Aspects

• Third of three nights of observations, spaced equally between April and
   September 2008.

Special Execution Requirements

• The total integration time on each filter is 60 seconds. Each sequence
   must be repeated two times at each epoch with an offset of few pixels to correct
   for bad pixels. Do not run the acquisition again, just offset the telescope by 3
   pix in RA and 3 pix in DEC, ask the telescope operator to do so.
  
  IMAGING SEQUENCE:
  Our priority is to survery the north and southern hemisphere, with imaging of the
   calibration star.  The LRS and GRS should be available on the same hemisphere (drift
   rates pending), but to capture the alternative hemisphere, imaging of the north
   and south should be repeated, if time, at the end of the spectroscopic OBs (this
   was given priority 3) if time permits.  Spectroscopic OBs have been given priority
   2.
  
  INTEGRATION TIME:
  With the Q-filters, integration times of 20s would be sufficient to produce a good
   image.  The key priority of this observing run is good images.  10s of integration
   is sufficient for the calibration star imaging (shortening the execution time dramatically).
  
  WEATHER FLAG:
  The weather flag must be set to P because Jupiter is bright and would otherwise
   produce prominent horizontal striping.
  
  POINTING
  Second chop position will be discarded, so ensure chop throw is sufficient to minimize
   overlap on the planet's southern hemisphere.  
  
  Jupiter should be centered right-left, with the southern limb some 3-4 pixels above
   the bottom of the field of view (for southern hemisphere imaging) or with the northern
   limb 3-4 pixels below the top of the FOV (for northern hemisphere imaging).
  
  POINTING FOR SPECTROSCOPY: Rotate slit so that it lies north-south across the target
   (see finding charts)

Special Calibration Information

• Imaging of standard stars in all filters.
  
  Observations of bright standard stars for spectral calibration.
  
  Multiple calibration blocks have been created in case observations aren't conducted
   concurrently, but these may not all be necessary.  One spectral calibration per
   wavelength and one image per wavelength is all that is required if all observations
   are conducted on the same night.
  
  Spectroscopic calibration on Gamma Aql.

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 ?

• 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?

• YES

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

If the provided finding chart is at a different wavelength than the observations,
 did you clearly describe in the README file how to identify the target?

• N/A

Did you specify a guide star brighter than V=12mag within a field of
 r=5arcmin around the science target?

• N/A