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Principal Investigator Email Address

• dnuernbe@eso.org

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 10.0

General Description

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  NOTE ADDED IN PROOF (2008-07-18): Based on already obtained SINFONI data 
  the center position of the science target = center of the silhouette disk 
  has been re-determined, and the coordinates of the science target in the 
  remaining 6 SINFONI OBs have been corrected accordingly. Now the correct 
  coordinates of the science target (i.e., center of the silhouette disk) 
  are RA = 18:20:26.174 , DEC = -16:12:10.490 !!! 
  
  Please note that the old coordinates given for the science target in the 
  finding charts (at the bottom of each finding chart) are obsolete. 
  
  Since we have already sufficiently deep K band data of the jet located 
  in the Northeast of the silhouette disk, please note that the remaining 
  2 K band OBs focus on the jet located in the Southwest of the silhouette 
  disk (i.e., the silhouette disk should appear roughly shifted towards the 
  Northeast of the FOV when one looks at the pipeline result). 
  
  Both the remaining 1 J band OB and the remaining 3 H band OBs should cover 
  the jets on both sides of the silhouette disk (i.e., the silhouette disk 
  should appear roughly centered in the FOV when one looks at the pipeline 
  result). 
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  This program aims at deep (DIT = 900sec), AO supported SINFONI observations 
  in the K band (in total 6 independent OBs), H band (in total 3 independent 
  OBs) and J band (only 1 independent OB), using the 100 mas spaxel size. 
  All OBs use a GenericOffset template with a Object-Sky-Object sequence with 
  sky offset of the order deltaRA = -100 arcsec and deltaDEC = -45 arcsec. 
  All Object pointings together apply well-defined jitter offsets along the 
  outflow axis (roughly oriented Southwest - Northeast) of the science target, 
  with small offsets in the range from +/- 0.3 arcsec to +/- 0.7 arcsec. 
  
  Please note that there is a bright source (our AO reference source; B=11.34, 
  V=9.72, J=6.70, H=5.95, K=5.69) at a distance of 22.7 arcsec towards the 
  east of our target (see Finding Chart #1). 
  Therefore, NGS DITs are kept short (0.83 sec) during the initial acquisition. 
  
  Please also note that the silhouette disk, the associated jet and the central 
  protostar (about K = 19.5) are faint, most likely too faint to be identified 
  in the acquisition images. 
  Therefore, please trust the coordinates and acquire the AO reference source 
  in the center of the SINFONI 3x3 arcsec^2 FOV. 
  In addition, most likely there are no other point sources located within the 
  SINFONI 3x3 arcsec^2 FOV.

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted.

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• None.

Time-Critical Aspects

• None.

Special Execution Requirements

• None.

Special Calibration Information

• None.

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

• ---(Empty)---

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 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