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Principal Investigator Email Address

• jscharwa@eso.org

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 45

General Description

• This is a programme for IFU observations of five nearby active galaxies
   using the HR_blue and HR_red grisms. Four identical OBs are submitted for each galaxy
   and each grism (i.e. a total of eight OBs per galaxy). All OBs are independent.
   Please try to complete a galaxy before starting a new galaxy.
  
  Each OB takes three exposures: object - sky - object (with 3" jitter). Please note
   that the sky offsets are large (~3-5 arcmin) and a suitable guide star has to be
   found. The sky position and its distance from the pointing position are clearly
   indicated in the finding charts and the user comments, respectively.
  
  In addition, OBs for three late-type giant stars from the catalog of "Pulkovo radial
   velocities for 35493 HIP stars" (Gontcharov, 2006) are submitted. These serve as
   template stars and are observed in HR_blue and HR_red like the galaxies. Each OB
   consists of three exposures with a 3" jitter on the source. 
  The stars have a more relaxed constraint set and can be observed during the period
   independent of the galaxy observations.

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• None other than specified in the OB constraint sets.

Time-Critical Aspects

• None

Special Execution Requirements

• Please try to complete the observations for one galaxy before starting
   a new one.

Special Calibration Information

• OBs for three late-type giant stars from the catalog of "Pulkovo radial
   velocities for 35493 HIP stars" (Gontcharov, 2006) are provided as template stars
   for the analysis of the galaxies' line-of-sight velocity distributions. Each star
   has one OB for the HR_blue and HR_red grism, respectively. The bright stars (Vmag
   ~ 7.2) have a more relaxed constraint set and can be observed during the period
   independent of the galaxy observations.

ToO Information

• N/A

ToO Activators List

• N/A

Is this a Pre-imaging run ?

• false

Pre-imaging Requirements

• N/A

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 ?

• 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

Did you specify suitable guide stars for all your OBs using Guidecam
 ?

• N/A

Did you check that the chosen guide stars are suitable for all the offset
 positions and that they do not produce unacceptable vignetting of the field of view
 ?

• N/A