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Principal Investigator Email Address

• dgeisler@astro-udec.cl

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 5

General Description

• We want to observe 18 cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud with FORS2/low-resolution-spectroscopy
   facility. Our aim is to measure metallicities from the Ca tripplet. Spectroscopic
   measurements of the iron content couppled with photometric-age 
  obtained from this PRE-IMAGING run, will allow us to obtain an accurate age-metallicity
   relation for the galaxy. The parallel observations of field
  stars will permit us a comparison of chemical evolution in clusters to the field.
  This run (082.B-0505(A)) is a PRE-IMAGING observation. PhaseII OBs for spectroscopic
  observations (082.B-0505(B)) will be prepared and submitted after the present run.

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• We had the observations approved with variable sky (thin cirrus),
  seeing<=1.0, lunar illumination<=1.0, and the moon at least at 30 degrees
  away from our targets.
  For our observations airmass is not a critical parameters.
  All out targets are close to the South Pole, so it is always lower than 1.5.

Time-Critical Aspects

• No

Special Execution Requirements

• In all our 18 PRE_IMAGING observations coordinates were choosen in order
   to have the cluster centered on the FORS2-upper CCD (master). 
  For this reason in the attached finding charts, which cover exactly the FORS2 field
   of view (6.8x6.8 arcmin), clusters are not located at the center of the chart itself,
   but in the 
  upper part (about 1.5 arcmin north with respect to the chart-center itself).

Special Calibration Information

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ToO Information

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ToO Activators List

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Is this a Pre-imaging run ?

• true

Pre-imaging Requirements

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Source(s) of Pre-imaging

• FORS2

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 ?

• 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 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