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Principal Investigator Email Address

• radostin.kurtev@uv.cl

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 02:00:00.000

General Description

• This is one of three runs with spectroscopy of a peculiar star V838 Mon.
   One of the aims of the whole project is to investigate spectral time variability
   of the taget on time scales of weeks. 
  
  A single run is composed of three OBs, i.e. two scientific exposures and one flux
   calibration observation. They all have the same spectrograph standard setting RedArm580
   with IS#1 and slitwidth 0.8 arcsec.

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• None

Time-Critical Aspects

• These OBs are requested to be executed between:
  
  run C: 2009.03.20 - 2009.04.10 
  
  The OB named CAL_HILT600_C is an observation of a spectrophotometric standard and
   should be obtained directly after V838MON_RED580_C_EXP2. These two OBs have total
   execution time of 1.0 h.
  
  The OBs: V838_RED580_C_EXP1 and (V838MON_RED580_C_EXP2 + CAL_HILT600_C), can be
   executed in any order. We are going to average the spectra of V838 Mon from the
   two OBs. We expect the target to be variable on time scales of weeks, so we request
   for obtaining all the OBs within time span not longer than 5-6 days. The shorter
   the time span between execution of V838_RED580_C_EXP1 and (V838MON_RED580_C_EXP2
   + CAL_HILT600_C), the better for the project. The most preffered situation is obtaining
   them on consecutive nights.

Special Execution Requirements

• The OBs: V838_RED580_C_EXP1 and (V838MON_RED580_C_EXP2 + CAL_HILT600_C),
   can be executed in any order. We are going to average the spectra of V838 Mon from
   the two OBs. We expect the target to be variable on time scales of weeks, so we
   request for obtaining all the OBs within time span not longer than 5-6 days. The
   shorter the time span between execution of V838_RED580_C_EXP1 and (V838MON_RED580_C_EXP2
   + CAL_HILT600_C), the better for the project. The most preffered situation is obtaining
   them on consecutive nights.

Special Calibration Information

• The OB CAL_HILT600_C is a flux-calibration observation that should be
   executed directly after V838MON_RED580_C_EXP2, i.e. when the standard star has a
   similar airmass as the scientific target. 
  
  The observation of a spectrophotometric standard is crucial for our project, since
   we are going to perform detailed analysis of fluxes in forbidden emission lines.
   
  
  The spectrophtometric standard star Hiltner 600 (HLTR600) is one of the UVES standards
   (sp. type B1, V=10.44 mag).

ToO Information

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ToO Activators List

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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 ?

• YES

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 ?

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

• N/A