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Principal Investigator Email Address

• hkorhone@eso.org

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 2 hours

General Description

• In this programme a detailed map of stellar surface structures on zeta
   Andromedae is constructed using high resolution spectra. It is crucial that the
   9 spectra needed for the programme are evenly distributed over the 17.8 day stellar
   rotation period. 
  
  These observations are complementary to a visitor mode run with VLTI scheduled for
   the nights starting 14th, 16th and 18th of September (second half of the night).
   Ideally part of the UVES observations (OBs: zeta_And_2, zeta_And_3 and zeta_And_4)
   should be obtained during the same nights as the VLTI observations. Also, a radial
   velocity standard (OB: zeta_And_RVstd) should be observed once (anytime between
   12-30 Sep).

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• No strict constraints. 
  Airmass < 2.0, Seeing < 2.0 and no restriction on Moon phase.

Time-Critical Aspects

• It is crucial that the OBs are executed during the specified dates:
  
  OB		time interval
  zeta_And_1	13 Sep (00:00 UT) - 14 Sep (12:00 UT)			
  zeta_And_2	15 Sep (00:00 UT) - 16 Sep (12:00 UT)		
  zeta_And_3	17 Sep (00:00 UT) - 18 Sep (12:00 UT)		
  zeta_And_4	19 Sep (00:00 UT) - 20 Sep (12:00 UT)
  zeta_And_5	21 Sep (00:00 UT) - 22 Sep (12:00 UT)
  zeta_And_6	23 Sep (00:00 UT) - 24 Sep (12:00 UT)
  zeta_And_7	25 Sep (00:00 UT) - 26 Sep (12:00 UT)
  zeta_And_8	27 Sep (00:00 UT) - 28 Sep (12:00 UT)
  zeta_And_9	29 Sep (00:00 UT) - 30 Sep (12:00 UT)
  
  Note that the scientific goals of the programme can still be reached if one phase
   is missing, i.e. the observations should still be continued even if one observation
   is missed.  
  
  The radial velocity standard (OB: zeta_And_RVstd) can be observed anytime during
   the interval 12-30 Sep.

Special Execution Requirements

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Special Calibration Information

• These observations have very high S/N. Thus the normal daytime calibration
   of 5 flat flields with ~25 000 counts each is not enough. Instead of obtaining 5
   flats, we would like to have 15-20 flats with ~25 000 counts each.

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 specified the S/N ratio at given wavelength in the User Comments
 field of each OB?

• 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 ?

• YES

If you need secondary guiding, are there suitable objects within 30 arcsec
 from your target ?

• N/A