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Principal Investigator Email Address

• as110@st-andrews.ac.uk

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 15.0

General Description

• Long-term Accretion Monitoring Project: the first season (LAMP-I)
  
  The idea of LAMP is to monitor the accretion in young stars by high/medium resolution
   spectroscopy. In run B, we want to use UVES to obtain 4 spectra for each of our
   11 targets. 
  
  We therefore submit four identical OBs for each target; the OBs are named in the
   following way: TargetName_x, where 'x' is a number running from 1 to 4. 
  
  The OBs essentially only differ in integration time, which vary due to the different
   brightness of our targets. In some cases, a second, very short integration is included
   to increase the dynamic range. We use standard UVES settings and require only standard
   calibrations.
  
  IMPORTANT:
  The science goal of this program is to monitor our targets over timescales of a
   few months. In an ideal scenario, the OBs for one particular target should be spread
   out over several months. To guarantee a minimum of time coverage, we ask NOT to
   execute two OBs for the same target in the same night. To achieve this goal, we
   have defined priorities in the OBs, which should be strictly followed. See below
   for further information on this issue.

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted.

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• N.A.

Time-Critical Aspects

• IMPORTANT:
  The science goal of this program is to monitor our targets over timescales of a
   few months. In an ideal scenario, the OBs for one particular target should be spread
   out over several months. To guarantee a minimum of time coverage, we ask NOT to
   execute two OBs for the same target in the same night. 
  
  To achieve this goal, we have defined priorities for the OBs: The first spectra
   for each target has priority 1, the second one priority 2, and so on. Please follow
   these priorities when carrying out the observations, i.e. do NOT take a second spectra
   for any target, before at least one spectrum per target has been taken.

Special Execution Requirements

• 1) Four of our targets are faint, but should still be within the limits
   for direct acquisition (they are well-detected in red DSS images). These are: 2M1207,
   GY310, LSRCrA1, GY5. All four are red sources and 1-2 magnitudes brighter in R compared
   with V (and even brighter in I). We provide an additional finding chart in 2MASS
   J-band for these sources.
  
  2) One of our targets (SCrA) is a binary with a separation of 1.3". We aim to put
   both components in the slit and have therefore defined a non-standard slit angle.
   This is adopted
  from previous UVES programs for the same target.
  
  3) Again, the goal of the project is to provide information about timescales of
   weeks and months. To accomplish this, we have defined priorities: The first spectra
   for each target has priority 1, the second one priority 2, and so on. Please follow
   these priorities when carrying out the observations, i.e. do NOT take a second spectra
   for any target, before at least one spectrum per target is available.

Special Calibration Information

• Standard calibrations are sufficient.

ToO Information

• N.A.

ToO Activators List

• N.A.

Do all your OBs comply with the instrument-specific requirements listed
 on the instrument-specific Phase 2 web page ?

• YES

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 ?

• 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 ?

• 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