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Principal Investigator Email Address

• barbara.lanzoni@oabo.inaf.it

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 05:28:10.000

General Description

• AIM:
  This part of the program aims at determining the innermost portion of the velocity
   dispersion profile of the Galactic globular cluster NGC 6388.
  Together with run B of the same program, this will allows us to determine the entire
   cluster velocity dispersion profile, which is needed to (possibly) confirm the existence
   of an intermediate-mass black hole in the centre of the system.
  
  To this purpose, we aim at measuring the radial velocity of as much as possible
   (>70) stars (with K<16) in the center of NGC 6388.
  Thus accurate spectroscopy with SINFONI of the innermost 3.2"x3.2" of the cluster
   is the goal for this run.
  5 pointings of the same field (organised in 5 OBs) are planned for this purpose.
  
  
  NGS:
  Following the e-mail message by Sabine Mengel on 08/05/08, we changed the NGS with
   respect to the original OB submission.
  The NGS is the same star in all the OBs.
  It has magnitude R=13.5.
  It is located at 9.2 arcsec from the FoV centre.
  
  
  NOTE:
  Once the NGS has been acquired and the loop is closed, no need to center the target
   since we provided very accurate coordinates. Moreover, the target coordinates correspond
   to the cluster C_grav, and no to a specific source.
  
  
  SKY: 
  When choosing the telescope guide probe, please be aware that during the science
   template ("FixedSkyOffset") the SKY positions will be taken about 2.5 arcmin north-east
   from the target.
  
  During the acquisition of the NGS, before closing the loop, there is no need to
   take sky, because the surrounding fields are still too crowed to get a reliable
   estimate of the background.
  
  
  BRIGHTEST STARS:
  Within the SINFONI FoV the brightest stars have the following H, J, and K band magnitudes
   (the first star in the list is the NGS):
    H     J     K  
  -------------------------
  10.1   9.2   9.0 (NGS)
  10.6   9.6   9.5
  11.2  10.6  10.5
  
  Following the ETC for the chosen setupt, none of them exceed the saturation level.
  
  
  FINDING CHARTS:
  NGS2_6388sinf_K3.jpg, NGS2_6388sinf_K4.jpg, NGS2_6388sinf_K5.jpg: 3 squares are
   marked on the chart, 60", 8", 3.2" in size, respectively.
  NGS2_6388sinf_K3_zoom.jpg, NGS2_6388sinf_K4_zoom.jpg, NGS2_6388sinf_K5_zoom.jpg:
   2 squares are marked on the chart, 8" and 3.2" in size, respectively.

Waiver Requests

• On february the 7th, we have submitted a waiver request (WaiverID:  381.D-0329A.01)
   for organizing the observations in 5 OBs of 1h 6m each (for optimizing the observing
   run).
  The waiver request has been approved on february the 11th.

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• none

Time-Critical Aspects

• none

Special Execution Requirements

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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 ?

• 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 ?

• N/A

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?

• YES

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)?

• YES

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

• N/A

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

• YES

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?

• YES