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Principal Investigator Email Address

• sigroth@iac.es

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 16.48

General Description

• We want to obtain high resolution (R~60,000) and very high S/N (~1000
   in the continuum) UVES spectra by using the RedArmCD3-50-750 centered at 600 nm
   taken with the 0.7" slit (see the submitted OBs). All targets stars (and the corresponding
   telluric stars) are very bright (with V magnitudes between 5 and 9) and they usually
   are the brightest stars in the field of view (see the finding charts, which are
   attached to the OBs and where the scale and orientation are indicated). It should
   be noted that telluric stars should be observed before or after the targets of our
   interest (see the section "Special Execution Requirements").
  
  We have submitted OBs, which according to the ETC avoid saturation for the best
   seeing conditions (0.5") but they will give sufficient S/N (~1000) for the worst
   seeing conditions (1.5"). The same applies to the telluric stars. The OBs of the
   telluric standard stars (B spectral type) are called CAL_science_Name and we have
   submitted one telluric star OB to be observed before or after the science targets.

Waiver Requests

• No waiver request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• As we have mentioned before, our OBs avoid saturation for the best seeing
   conditions (0.5") and they will give the requested S/N of 1000 in the continuum
   for the assumed worst seeing conditions of 1.5". Note that for a seeing worst than
   1.5" we will not reach the requested S/N.

Time-Critical Aspects

• The best date to observe our targets is April.

Special Execution Requirements

• We propose to make the observations of telluric stars as close to the
   science targets as possible, i.e. before or after the science targets. The proposed
   sequence of OBs (where we have used the user priority parameter) is the following:
  
  1) HD 114213_1; CAL_HD114213 (HD118991); and HD114213_2
  1) HD166734; CAL_HD166734
  1) HD167971; CAL_HD167971 
  1) HD168607; CAL_HD168607
  2) HD125241; CAL_HD125241
  2) HD142468; CAL_HD142468 
  2) HD147889; CAL_HD147889
  2) HD157038; CAL_HD157038
  2) HD168625; CAL_HD168625
  
  
  P.S.: Note that we have marked the OBs with the user priority parameter in order
   to try to follow this proposed sequence of observations.

Special Calibration Information

• We would need flat-fields with very high signal-to-noise (S/N~2000-3000).
   Please take this into account when doing the calibrations for our selected set-up.
   Also, standard calibration Th-Ar lamps are requested.

ToO Information

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ToO Activators List

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Do all your OBs comply with the instrument-specific requirements listed
 on the instrument-specific Phase 2 web page ?

• 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 ?

• YES

Have you specified the S/N ratio at given wavelength in the User Comments
 field of each OB?

• YES

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 ?

• 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 need secondary guiding, are there suitable objects within 30 arcsec
 from your target ?

• N/A