README web version of /home/usg/OPS/MTS/readme_xml/readme_83017903

Principal Investigator Email Address

• delbo@oca.eu

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 8.00

General Description

• This program aims at obtaining accurate sizes and thermal properties of
   binary and slow rotators (period>10h) near Earth asteroids. Thermal properties
   are derived from the color temperature of the targets. For this reason we require
   thermal infrared observations at two or more wavelengths.
  
  Ephemeris:
  Our targets are moving ob jects. Coordinates and differential rates in RA and DEC
   are given around the epoch of best observing conditions. We used the ephemeris calculator
   program JPL-HORIZON to produce ephemeris files that include RA, DEC, DiffRA, and
   DiffDEC for each target. 
  Ephemeris are given every 10 min within the window of observatbility of each target.
  
  Finding charts:
  We attached example of our finding charts. 
  The full array of charts one for each target and each day can be found online at:
   
  www.oca.eu/kwalsh/ESO83/ and www.astro.umd.edu/~kwalsh/ESO83/

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• See constraint set

Time-Critical Aspects

• There are time critical aspects:
  Our targets are only observable within the window specified in "TIME INTERVALS".
  See the secific time sequence in the "Special Calibration Information"
  
  Execute SCI_MOV_1998MT24, SCI_MOV_1998MT24-Q, and CAL_HD123123 on the same night.
  we suggest to do execute first SCI_MOV_1998MT24 and then SCI_MOV_1998MT24-Q.
  This will avoid the execution of the VISIR_img_acq_Preset block for the Q-band gaining
   about 6min.

Special Execution Requirements

• Additional calibrations are requested. We provide our own additional standards.
  We would like to receive in the data products both our standards and those taken
   by ESO.
  Thank you.
  
  See special calibration information.

Special Calibration Information

• For each science target asteroid OB starting with prefix SIC_MOV_ we provide
   a calibration standard star from the Selected list of 81 Standard Stars from Cohen
   et al.
  http://www.eso.org/sci/facilities/paranal/instruments/visir/tools/Cohen_81sel.dat
  
  Here is the observing sequence:
          standard      When    	Target			Notes
  Execute CAL_HD123123  AFTER 	SCI_MOV_1998MT24	at the beginning of the observing
   window
  Execute CAL_HD123123  BEFORE 	SCI_MOV_1998MT24	at the end of the observing window

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?

• YES

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 the provided finding chart is at a different wavelength than the observations,
 did you clearly describe in the README file how to identify the target?

• YES

Did you specify a guide star brighter than V=12mag within a field of
 r=5arcmin around the science target?

• NO