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Principal Investigator Email Address

• pietrzyn@astrouw.edu.pl

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 8:59:26

General Description

• The aim of our project is to obtain J and K band photometry for  Cepheids
   in one HAWKI field in M33 galaxy. Our target stars are faint, so in order to obtain
   desired S/N ratio we need relatively long exposures. Therefore each J,K band exposure
    was splited into three about 1 hour OBs
  (only two OBs for the third night)
    
  THE FOLLOWING REQUEST WAS RELAXED ON 2008.12.30 (NOW ALL OBs ARE INDEPENDENT)
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  ! Please execute them together (e.g. one after another) on a given night. The
  ! waiver to execute our OBs in such a way was granted under the condition that
  ! if after one hour  of execution time the weather conditions degrade the 
  ! sequence of all OBs will not be re-executed.  If such a situation happens 
  ! (e.g. after one hour the seeing degrades significantly or thick clouds 
  ! comes) please stop the sequence and execute the remaining OBs on different 
  ! night (this still should be usefull for our program).  
  
  One set of  OBs (e.g. 3 OBs M33*-N1), should be  executed together with 7 OBs for
   the UKIRT standards. Since the main goal of our project is to measure precise distance
   to M33, we have to accurately calibrate our data onto the 
  UKIRT system. Therefore we would appreciate very much if some additional UKIRT or
   NICMOS standards could be observed on the twilight sky. 
  Due to observe Cepheids on significantly different pulsational phase the second
   epoch observations should be executed at least 4 days after ececuting the firts
   set of OBs. For the same reason please 
  execute the third set of OBs  et least 4 days after the second set.  There is no
   upper limit for the gap between the diferent sets of OBs.   
   Please note that the third 
  set of OBs are different (e.g. different observing template). Simple jittering should
   be OK for the 
  long period Cepheids in our field for which we need the third epoch.  
  All 10x10 arcmin finding charts were dane based on the DSS-IR survey (J band).
  On each map a 1' box is marked.
  Please note that our target galaxy could be observed at the X < 2.0 only during
   about 3.5 hours per night in October and November and the whole set of OBs lasts
   about 3 hours.

Waiver Requests

• The  Waiver for special execution of  our OBs together was granted.

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• no

Time-Critical Aspects

• no

Special Execution Requirements

• Please note that each J,K band exposition  are splitted into three (or
   two) OBs. 
  Please execute them together (one after another) on a given night.

Special Calibration Information

• Several sets of standard stars were selected to be observed together 
  with our science OBs on one night.

ToO Information

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ToO Activators List

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Is this a Pre-imaging run ?

• false

Pre-imaging Requirements

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Source(s) of Pre-imaging

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Pre-imaging sources not listed above

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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 ?

• 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 submitted OBs for standard stars, did you use the provided StandardStar
 templates ?

• YES

If you are using a specific offset pattern or position angle, did you
 check carefully the definition in the manual ?

• YES

Did you enter the magnitude of the brightest star in the field-of-view
 in the 'Instrument Comments' field of each OB ?

• YES

If you use the MoveToPixel acquisition, have you given clear instructions
 on the FC and in the OB comment section as to how the field should be centered ?

• N/A