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Principal Investigator Email Address

• lvanzi@ing.puc.cl

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 26:23:42.000

General Description

• The main characteristics of the observations are as follows.
  
  - The targets have the following priority:
     1) DeLa-Field1 : 5 OBs
     2) PSFField01-Alessi53 : 1 OB
     3) DeLa-Field2 : 5 OBs
     4) PSFField02-Alessi53 : 1 OB
     5) DeLa-Field3 : 5 OBs
     6) PSFField03-Alessi53 : 1 OB
  - Sensitivity is a key parameter for our science goals. It is more important
    to complete all observations for the highest priority target before starting
    the observations for the next ones, in order of priority.
  - There is no priority among the OBs for a given target.  OBs are named after
    the targets and with "-0", "-1", "-2", etc. appended for different OBs.
  - The NACO pointings have field center coordinates and position angles so as
    to cover the science target and the TTS. This will provide the PSF calibration
   
    simultaneously with the science data, minimizing overheads associated with PSF
   calibration.
  - The magnitude of the brightest source in each field (TTS) is specified in the
    "comments" field of the OB templates.
  - All fields include 4-5 science targets (DRGs galaxies).
  
  Finding Charts:
  - the target galaxies are shown as red circles
  - the yellow circle labelled as R1 is the TTS for the AO system
  - the blue square is the NACO field of view in the S54 Camera used here

Waiver Requests

• A Waiver Requests were submitted:
  
  082.A-0253.01.WAV: for an increase of the OB execution time limit to 1h45.
                      (submitted on July 25, 2008; Approved on August 1, 2008)

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• Transparency constraints:
  - For all OBs, CLEAR sky transparency conditions is acceptable, as specified
    in the proposal.
  
  Seeing constraints:
  - Seeing < 0.8"
  
  Time critical aspects:
  - None

Time-Critical Aspects

• None

Special Execution Requirements

• None

Special Calibration Information

• We also have three 30' OBs to observe a star field with a TTS similar
   to the science field.
  These observations will be used to calibrate the variation of the PSF across the
   field of view 
  in laser configuration, as was done for NGS mode (Cresci et al. 2005). We raccomend
   not to 
  observe all the PSF fields one after the other under the same sky conditions. It
   would be 
  important to keep the priority order specified above.

ToO Information

• None

ToO Activators List

• None

Is this a Pre-imaging run ?

• false

Pre-imaging Requirements

• None

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 ?

• 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 have PSF reference star OBs, do the names of those OBs begin with
 PSF_ ?

• YES

If there are Finding Charts attached to your OBs, is the field-of-view
 of at least one of these charts 2' x 2' (with clearly labelled field orientation)
 ?

• YES

Have you clearly marked and labelled your wavefront reference objects
 R1, R2, R3, ... (as specified in the NAOS Preparation Software) on your Finding
 Charts ?

• YES

Have you specified the magnitude of the brightest object in the field-of-view
 for each OB ?

• YES

Are there objects in any of your fields (including standard stars) which
 are brighter than the limits specified in the User Manual and on NACO web Pages
 ?

• NO

If the previous answer is yes, have you given a list of OBs and a justification
 for the brightness limit violation in the general description field ?

• N/A