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Principal Investigator Email Address

• larsen@astro.uu.nl

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 21

General Description

• The aim of this programme is to obtain high dispersion spectroscopy with
   UVES for a set of four extragalactic star clusters. EMMI spectra have revealed emission
   lines from planetary nebulae in the spectra of these clusters but UVES data are
   necessary to constrain their detailed physical properties. The spectra of the clusters
   themselves will generally be of fairly low S/N, but we are primarily interested
   in the various emission lines which are expected to be present in the PN spectra
   (e.g. [O II] 3627/3729 AA, [Ne III] 3869/3968 AA, [O III] 5007 AA, Hgamma, Hbeta,
   Halpha, [N II] 6548/6584 AA).
  
  Three of the targets (NGC5236-209, NGC5236-487 and NGC3621-1106) are relatively
   faint (V~20, B~20-21) so offset stars are used for target acquisition. The finding
   charts are labelled accordingly (e.g. n5236-209-PN for science target and and n5236-209-offset
   for the offset star).
  
  We have assigned our four targets priorities from 1 - 4. In case the programme is
   only partially completed, we prefer to have complete data for a subset of the targets
   rather than incomplete data for all targets.
  
  We also include 6 late-type giant and supergiant stars which will be used as templates
   for deriving velocity dispersions of the clusters. These are all very bright and
   can be observed under essentially any conditions.

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• N/A

Time-Critical Aspects

• N/A

Special Execution Requirements

• N/A

Special Calibration Information

• N/A

ToO Information

• N/A

ToO Activators List

• N/A

Is this a Pre-imaging run ?

• false

Pre-imaging Requirements

• N/A

Source(s) of Pre-imaging

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Pre-imaging sources not listed above

• ---(Empty)---

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 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 ?

• YES

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 ?

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

• N/A