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Principal Investigator Email Address

• barbara.lanzoni@oabo.inaf.it

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 00:59:24.000

General Description

• AIM:
  This run aims at measuring the centroid position of the stars in the core of the
   globular cluster NGC 6388. 
  Thus, deep imaging and high spatial resolution are the main requirements for this
   run.
  
  
  SKY: 
  When choosing the telescope guide probe, please be aware that during the Science
   templates the SKY positions are taken about 4.7 arcmin north-west from the science
   target.
  The same offset for the sky has been used in the Acquisition template, because of
   the sever crowding conditions of the fields adiacent to the target. However, if
   such an offset is too large and the Reference Star is bright enough, the RA and
   DEC offsets can be set to zero in the Acquisition Template.
  
  
  BRIGHTEST STARS:
  The 5 brightest stars in the field have the following H-band magnitudes and coordinates
   (the third and fourth stars correspond to the R2 and R3 reference stars):
   H        RA                DEC
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  8.8   17 36 17.232    -44 44 13.850
  8.85  17 36 17.458    -44 44 13.692
  9.0   17 36 17.240    -44 44  9.056 (R2)
  9.0   17 36 17.394    -44 44  8.664 (R3)
  9.05  17 36 17.552    -44 44  8.999
  
  In the attached finding chart (naco_findchart_zoom.jpg) they correpond to the 5
   bright stars in the southern part of the FoV (R2, R3, the star on the left of R3,
   and the two southern brightest objects).
  
  Since the planned observations will exceed the saturation limit by a factor larger
   than 2, a waiver request for exceeding this limit has been submitted on february
   the 7th (WaiverID:  381.D-0329C.01).

Waiver Requests

• WaiverID:  381.D-0329C.01
  
  Since the planned observations will exceed the saturation limit by a factor larger
   than 2, a waiver request for exceeding this limit has been submitted on february
   the 7th. 
  On february the 10th we have received the following (positive/conditionally granted)
   authorisation: 
  
  After consideration of this request I am happy to report that it has been conditionally
   granted.  As the actual saturation level depends on the quality of the AO correction,
   Paranal must be allowed the right to adjust the DIT (and, correspondingly the NDIT)
   if in exceptional conditions the saturation level is exceeded by a factor deemed
   to be too large.

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

If you have PSF reference star OBs, do the names of those OBs begin with
 PSF_ ?

• N/A

If there are Finding Charts attached to your OBs, is the field-of-view
 of at least one of these charts 2' x 2' (with clearly labelled field orientation)
 ?

• YES

Have you clearly marked and labelled your wavefront reference objects
 R1, R2, R3, ... (as specified in the NAOS Preparation Software) on your Finding
 Charts ?

• YES

Have you specified the magnitude of the brightest object in the field-of-view
 for each OB ?

• YES

Are there objects in any of your fields (including standard stars) which
 are brighter than the limits specified in the User Manual and on NACO web Pages
 ?

• NO

If the previous answer is yes, have you given a list of OBs and a justification
 for the brightness limit violation in the general description field ?

• N/A