README web version of /home/usg/OPS/MTS/readme_xml/readme_83059200

Principal Investigator Email Address

• tanio@damir.iem.csic.es

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 15.5

General Description

• This is a proposal for imaging 3 Luminous Infrared Galaxies using 6 filters:
   3 features + 3 continua.
  ESO320-G030 will be observed with all filters: J8.9 (8.6um PAH), J9.8(8.6um PAH
   continuum),
  B11.7 (11.3um PAH), SIV (11.3um PAH continuum), NeII_2 ([NeII] emission line) and
   NeII_1 ([NeII] continuum).
  Only the 11.3um PAH and [NeII] features (plus their continua) will be observed for
   NGC7130 and IC5179.
  
  Each OB contains the observation of a feature-continuum pair and is divided in 8
   subsets:
  feat. -> cont. -> feat. -> cont -> ... of 560s of on-source integration
   time each. The total integration time
  for each OB is 2h 13m (including acquisitions and overheads; a waiver has been approved).
   All OBs sum
  a total integration time of ~15.5h.
  
  3 finding charts are attached for each galaxy:
  
  (1) A 2MASS K-band image of the galaxy covering the central 4 arcmin. A red square
   (showing approx. the
  VISIR FOV) marks the location of the target.
  
  (2) A 2MASS K-band image of the galaxy covering the central 1 arcmin. The red square
   is as in (1) and the red cross marks the position of the target, but see (3)!!!
  
  (3) A HST Pa-alpha image of the central ~15"x15" of the galaxy. The morphology of
   the PAH, [NeII] and MIR continuum emissions obtained with VISIR will be similar
   to that of this image. The red cross marks the center of the pointing --->
  
  Note that the red cross in the Pa-alpha image of NGC7130 is not centered in the
   nucleus of the galaxy but it is located 4 arcseconds to the north. Thus, for this
   galaxy, we have defined TEL.TARG.OFFSETDELTA = 4. This would ensure that not only
   the nucleus but the HII region at 9" to the north fall within the top-left quadrand
   of the detector. (Please contact me in the case this is not clear).
  
  For the acquisition we do a simple blind preset using the "VISIR_img_acq_Preset"
   template.  Science observations are always "VISIR_img_obs_AutoChopNod", SEQ.CHOPNOD.DIR
   = PERPENDICULAR and TEL.CHOP.POSANG = TEL.ROT.OFFANGLE = 0 (as in the acquisition
   template). A random jitter of 1 arcsec has been set.
  
  The (preferably  "Cohen") photometric standard star provided by the observatory
   should be observed close
  in time (before/after) to the target so that it matches its airmass. Besides it
   should be observed with all the filters defined in the OBs that have been executed.
  
  Thank you very much in advance!

Waiver Requests

• A waiver request allowing for OB executions up to 2h 15m long has been
   approved.

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• As requested in the proposal, the observing conditions should be _photometric_
   and the seeing always lower than 0.6",
  which implies diffraction limited observations (0.35") at ~10um. The airmass should
   be also lower than 1.3.

Time-Critical Aspects

• There are not time-critical aspects associated with the run.

Special Execution Requirements

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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 ?

• 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 ?

• 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 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?

• YES