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Principal Investigator Email Address

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montalto@usm.uni-muenchen.de
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Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

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6.0
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General Description

The main purpose of this proposal is the spectroscopic follow-up of three
 planetary transiting candidates located in the field of the open cluster NGC 6253.
 We want to derive RV variations to constrain the masses of the transiting objects,
 and  estabilish candidates' cluster membership.   Moreover, we will maximize the
 scientific return of our survey, targeting also a sample of variable stars detected
 in our photometric database, as long as probable cluster members and field stars,
 thanks to the UVES/MEDUSA configuration.

Because of the location of our transiting candidates it was necessary to prepare
 two different configurations for FLAMES which have been labelled with the letters
 A, and B.  We prepared 4 couples of OBs of type A and B, which are exactly the same,
 apart from the names used to distinguished them.

Waiver Requests

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No Waiver Request was submitted
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Critical Observing Condition Constraints

There are no other critical observing conditions apart from those directly
 reported on the OBs:
seeing<=0.8 arcsec; airmass<=1.5; night=clear; moon='n'

Time-Critical Aspects

As stated in the proposal, the observations should be carried out on 4
 possibly (although not necessarily) consecutives nights.

Special Execution Requirements

We suggest to observe consecutively 1 OB of type A and 1 OB of type B
 on each given night, to increase the S/N on our faintest candidate which is in common
 to both plates. The order is not important.

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 ?

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false
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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 ?

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 ?

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N/A
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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 in your OBs the hour angle range for which your Target Setup files are valid ?

Did you specify in your OBs the magnitudes of FACBs and Guide Star for all your fields ?

Are the FACBs and Guide Star in the brightness ranges specified in the FLAMES manual ?

Did you enter the expected signal to noise in your OBs ?

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