README web version of /home/usg/OPS/MTS/readme_xml/readme_82023301

Principal Investigator Email Address

• mickael.coriat@cea.fr

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 1.3 h

General Description

• (The general description for ISAAC (run A) and FORS2 (run B) are the same
   because we use both instruments in the same objective and during a same trigger)
  
  
  
  This is a ToO program that will be triggered once a new or already known black hole
   binary (BHB) will be detected in outburst.
  
  We plan to divide our allocated time into 4 visits. Once the first visit will be
   triggered, the following ones will be separated by intervals from ~1 week to ~2
   months depending of the evolution of the outburst. 
  
  
  Since BHB are rapidly varying sources (of the order of days), it is important for
   our objectives to get quasi-simultaneous optical and infrared data to obtain workable
   Spectral Energy Distributions (SEDs). So, each visit will use both ISAAC and FORS2
   instruments consecutively and will combine several Observation Blocks.
  
  Typically, we plan to compose the 4 visits in this way (all the times given below
   include overheads):
  
  
  
  Visit 1
  ------------------------------------
  	FORS2:  ToO Jet opt bright	(18 min 30 sec)
  
  	ISAAC:  ToO Jet JHK		(23 min 04 sec)
  		ToO Jet L		(09 min 18 sec)
  
  	Total execution time visit 1:	 51 min 
  
  
  Visit 2
  ------------------------------------
  	FORS2:  ToO Jet opt bright	(18 min 30 sec)
  
  	ISAAC:  ToO Jet JHK		(23 min 04 sec)
  		ToO Jet L		(09 min 18 sec)
  		ToO CAL Jet Pol 1	(32 min 41 sec)
  		ToO CAL Jet Pol 2	(32 min 41 sec)
  		ToO Jet Pol		(32 min 41 sec)
  
  	Total execution time visit 2:	 2 h 29 min  
  
  
  Visit 3
  ------------------------------------
  	FORS2:  ToO Jet opt bright	(18 min 30 sec)
  
  	ISAAC:  ToO Jet JHK		(23 min 04 sec)
  		ToO Jet L		(09 min 18 sec)
  
  
  
  
  	Total execution time visit 3:	 51 min
  
  
  Visit 4
  ------------------------------------
  	FORS2:  ToO Jet opt faint   	(23 min 25 sec)
  
  	ISAAC:  ToO Jet JHK	    	(23 min 04 sec)
  		ToO Jet L 	     	(09 min 18 sec)
  
  	Total execution time visit 4 :	 56 min
  
  
  FORS2 Total execution time for the 4 visits:  1 h 18 min  (allocated time: 1 h 30
   min)
  
  ISAAC Total execution time for the 4 visits:  3 h 47 min  (allocated time: 3 h 18
   min)
  
  Total ISAAC+FORS2 execution time for the 4 visits: 5 h 06 min
  
  
                          ------------------------------------- Comments ---------------------------------------
  
  - The estimated total execution time exceed the allocated time, but some time will
   be saved by skipped acquisitions during the ISAAC procedures.
  
  - In case the remaining time after the first 3 visits is insufficient to perform
   the fourth visit, we will skip it.

Waiver Requests

• Waiver Request 082.D-0233B.01 was accepted to be allowed to perform continuous
   observations during more than 1 hour for visit 2.

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• No critical observing conditions constraints are associated with this
   run

Time-Critical Aspects

• No time-critical aspects are associated with this run

Special Execution Requirements

• ---(Empty)---

Special Calibration Information

• ---(Empty)---

ToO Information

• This a Target of Opportunity run

ToO Activators List

• PI:			Mickael Coriat		mickael.coriat@cea.fr
  
  Approved activators:	Stephane Corbel		stephane.corbel@cea.fr
  			
  			Michelle Buxton		michelle.buxton@yale.edu
  			
  			Sera Markoff		sera@science.uva.nl
  			
  			Phil Kaaret		philip-kaaret@uiowa.edu	 
  
  			John Tomsick		jtomsick@ssl.berkeley.edu

Is this a Pre-imaging run ?

• false

Pre-imaging Requirements

• ---(Empty)---

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 ?

• N/A

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 prepared your finding charts with tools other than FIMS,
 do they comply with the specifications on the FORS1 Phase 2 web page ?

• N/A