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Principal Investigator Email Address

• crb@ing.iac.es

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 24

General Description

• We are observing 3 BAL QSO's. Our analysis processes require high spectral
   resolution and high signal-to-noise ratios, which are outlined in the Instrument
   Comments (note that this is S/N per 2760s observation). We also require telluric
   standard stars that will allow us to carefully remove the absorption bands from
   our science spectra (outlined in Special Execution Requirements, and User Comments
   in the OBs).

Waiver Requests

• We submitted a Waiver Request for 083.B-0604(A) on 02/02/2009 to require
   that our telluric OBs be executed immediately following our science OBs. The Waiver
   was approved on 02/03/2009. We have included the exposure time and overhead associated
   with the telluric OBs in our total time calculations, and included instructions
   of execution in the Special Execution Requests section of this README.

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• No additional Critical Observing Condition Constraints.

Time-Critical Aspects

• The target SDSSJ0935+0924 must be observed in April due to the relatively
   low R.A., while the other 2 targets are visible nightly through July.

Special Execution Requirements

• We require telluric standard star observations that correspond to each
   science target observation. Thus 1 observing block for the science target and 1
   observing block for the telluric standard must be executed consecutively (e.g. the
   OB SDSSJ0935+0924-1 followed by OB  CAL_0935Tell-D1-1). These are specified in the
   User Comments for the OBs. In the event that 2 science OBs are executed consecutively,
   only 1 telluric OB needs to be executed. We request that the additional time maybe
   be split between the two science OBs as additional exposure time.

Special Calibration Information

• Our spectra require telluric calibration spectra from standard stars,
   as approved via Waiver. We have included the additional overhead time into our science
   observations, and request that the telluric standard OBs be placed consecutively
   following our science OBs.

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 ?

• 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 ?

• 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