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Principal Investigator Email Address

• barbara.lanzoni3@unibo.it

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 05:57:36.000

General Description

• OVERVIEW:
  
  the aim of this part of the program to measure the radial velocity of individual
   stars with V<18.5 in three differen regions of the Galactic globular cluster
   NGC 6752:
  (1)the central region 
  (2)a region around the millisecond pulsar MSP-E (about ~2.5" NE from the cluster
   centre)
  (3)a region around the millisecond pulsar MSP-B (about ~4.5" N from the cluster
   centre)
  
  The observations are organized in 6 OBs (2 for each pointing), each one lasting
   less than 1h:
  6752sinf_c1: 1st pointing in the centre
  6752sinf_c2: 2nd pointing in the centre
  6752sinf_e1: 1st pointing around MSP-E
  6752sinf_e2: 2nd pointing around MSP-E
  6752sinf_b1: 1st pointing around MSP-B
  6752sinf_b2: 2nd pointing around MSP-B
  
  
  
  NGS:
  
  The NGS is the same for the centre and the MSP-E pointings. It is another star (0.5mag
   brighter) for the MSP-B pointing.
  Its R magnitude and distance from the FoV centre are the following:
  
  pointing     R    dist["]
  ------------------------
  centre      12    3.4
  MSP-E       12    1.6
  MSP-B       11.5  1.8
  
  
  BRIGHTEST STARS:
  
  As apparent from the finding charts, the brightest stars situation is the following:
  
  pointing       
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  centre      no bright stars    
  MSP-E       only the NGS (V~12.7, K~9.7) is at the east-side border on the SINFONI
   FoV
  MSP-B       only the NGS (V~12.1, K~9.1) is at the east-side border on the SINFONI
   FoV
  
  
  
  NOTES:
  
  + When choosing the telescope Guide Probe, please be aware that during the science
    template ("FixedSkyOffset") the SKY position will be taken about 2.4' north and
   30" west
    from the science target. If possible, we would prefer a unique GP for both sky
   and
    target position.
  
  + During the acquisition of the NGS, before closing the loop, there is no need
    to take sky because the surrounding fields are still too crowded to get a
    reliable estimate of the background.
  
  + Once the NGS has been acquired and the loop is closed, no need to center
     the target since we provided very accurate coordinates. Moreover, the target
     coordinates correspond to the cluster C_grav(6752sinf_c1,c2), and the nominal
     position of 2 MSPs (6752sinf_b1,b2,e1,e2), so not to specific visible sources.
  
  + Since it's a very crowded field you might want to reduce the size of the MACAO
    diaphragm in order to maintain the loop closed on the NGS.

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• none

Time-Critical Aspects

• none

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 ?

• 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

Did you indicate the magnitude of the brightest object in the field in
 each SINFONI OB?

• YES

If you are using the AO: Did you indicate for every OB the magnitude
 of the guide star, and its distance to the target (if any)?

• YES

If you submitted OBs for standard stars, did you use the provided StandardStar
 templates?

• N/A

If you are using a specific offset pattern or position angle: did you
 check carefully the definition in the manual?

• YES

Did you make really sure that none of your OBs ever saturates the detector?

• YES

If you are using the AO: did you enter the correct Strehl Ratio (on-axis,
 K-band) AND the seeing value in the constraint set?

• YES