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Principal Investigator Email Address

• koppenh@usm.uni-muenchen.de

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 10h

General Description

• The aim of this project is to confirm a very promising transiting planet
   candidate, POTS-C1, using high precision RV measurements. In addition, two less
   reliable candidates (POTS-C3 and POTS-C4) and a few eclipsing binaries are being
   followed-up with UVES/FLAMES in 7+1 fibre mode. Simultaneously, we use MEDUSA to
   take a large number of low resolution spectra (two regions) of selected stars in
   the FOV. The execution time of one OB is exactly 1h. There are some time critical
   aspects for the execution (see below).

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• no critical observing constraints

Time-Critical Aspects

• Since measurements close to the transit and secondary trasit are at almost
   zero RV, the information we get from these measurements is very low. The OBs should
   preferebly be executed close to 0.25 or 0.75 orbital phases, and therefore wihtin
   the following observational windows:
  
  night          start     end     
  
  03/04.08.2009  23:36:57  02:07:58
  06/07.08.2009  23:37:57  01:56:11
  09/10.08.2009  23:38:55  01:44:23
  12/13.08.2009  23:39:53  01:32:36
  15/16.08.2009  23:40:51  01:20:48
  22/23.08.2009  23:41:48  01:09:00
  25/26.08.2009  23:42:45  00:59:14

Special Execution Requirements

• apart from the time-critical aspects (see above), there are no other special
   execution requirements

Special Calibration Information

• no special calibrations are needed

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 ?

• 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

Did you specify in your OBs the hour angle range for which your Target
 Setup files are valid ?

• N/A

Did you specify in your OBs the magnitudes of FACBs and Guide Star for
 all your fields ?

• YES

Are the FACBs and Guide Star in the brightness ranges specified in the
 FLAMES manual ?

• YES

Did you enter the expected signal to noise in your OBs ?

• YES