README web version of /home/usg/OPS/MTS/readme_xml/readme_83063701

Principal Investigator Email Address

• reunanen@ftml.net

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 3.967

General Description

• Imaging of a merging triple LIRG galaxy IRAS 19115-2124 (dubbed "The Bird";
   z=0.0487) both at 11 micron PAH feature and at the continuum redwards of it. 
  
  Priority is given to the observations at the PAH feature with PAH2ref2 filter. OBs:
     * Bird - PAH2_2 - OB1
     * Bird - PAH2_2 - OB2
  
  The observations of the continuum with NEIIref1 filter are to be done once both
   PAH2ref2 OBs have been completed. OBs:
     * Bird - NeII_1 - OB1
     * Bird - NeII_1 - OB2
  
  The object will likely have a two (or more) relatively clear sources in mid-IR.
   The extended emission is likely to have a low surface brightness (possible maximum
   extent around 15 arcsec in N-S direction and a bit more in E-W direction
  
  TECHNICAL DETAILS:
  - Parallel nodding mode. The smallest chopping amplitude - 15 arcsec -  which avoids
   significant overlap between the "positive/negative" beams has been selected (determined
   from NaCo K-band images). Target coordinates are those of the "middle" nucleus obtained
   from NaCo K-band images after checking the WCS of the image by using stars from
   GSC-2
  - As the object is faint, blind acquisition has to be used. Finding charts have
   nevertheless been provided.
  - A guide star has been selected using the guidecamVisir software (11.8 mag at USNO,
   12.68 at GSC, distance 3.5 arcmin)
  - Observing constraints: 0.6 arcsec optical seeing should guarantee diffraction
   limited images at 11 micron (and consequently relative stability of the PSF)

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• 0.6 arcsec optical seeing should guarantee diffraction limited images
   at 11 micron (and consequently relative stability of the PSF)

Time-Critical Aspects

• None

Special Execution Requirements

• None

Special Calibration Information

• None

ToO Information

• None

ToO Activators List

• None

Is this a Pre-imaging run ?

• false

Pre-imaging Requirements

• None

Source(s) of Pre-imaging

• ---(Empty)---

Pre-imaging sources not listed above

• ---(Empty)---

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 ?

• 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?

• N/A

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

• YES