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Principal Investigator Email Address

• boehnhardt@linmpi.mpg.de

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 8.0 h

General Description

• Fast IPOL of a moving target. The target is a faint comet, that most likely
   will not exhibit activity (coma). Please take care of entering the right coordinates
   and the additional tracking velocity according to the ephemeris file provided.
  The aim of this programme is to sample its orbit from phase angle 18 to about 3.
   The OBs are therefore named according to the best time intervals in which they should
   be executed. However, it an observing window is missed, the corresponding OB can
   be executed at any other time. 
  We have relaxed the seeing conditions from 0.8" (as requested in the proposal) to
   1.0". It would be highly desirable not to further exceed this limit.
  no finding charts are provided, because this is a moving target.

Waiver Requests

• N/A

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• None

Time-Critical Aspects

• The OBs should be executed within three time window clearly indicated
   in the OB names, but if a time window is missed, the corresponding OB can be executed
   at another time.
  
  The following dates should be preferentially avoided, due to the presence of strong
   background objects.
  
  2010-01-02
  2010-01-07
  2010-01-13 after UT=08:00
  2010-01-18
  2010-01-20
  2010-01-29
  2010-02-12 after UT=06:00
  2010-02-15
  2010-02-15
  2010-02-23
  2010-02-24
  2010-02-25
  2010-02-26
  2010-02-28
  2010-03-02
  2010-03-04 before UT=04:30
  2010-03-10
  2010-03-11
  2010-03-12 after UT=04:30
  2010-03-14
  2010-03-17
  2010-03-21 before UT=03:00
  2010-03-23 before UT=06:00
  2010-03-24 after UT=08:00
  2010-03-25 before UT=06:00
  2010-03-26
  2010-03-28
  2010-03-29

Special Execution Requirements

• This is a moving targets. RA and DEC, as well as differential tracking,
   must be entered manually accoding to the ephemeris file.
  
  If OB execution is interrupted for any reason, and cannot be resumed immediately
   or within a few minutes, then the entire OB must re-executed.

Special Calibration Information

• We do not request special calibrations. The usual standard star for linear
   polarization can be obtained with any readout mode and any slit-width, provided
   same grims and filter is used.

ToO Information

• This is not a ToO

ToO Activators List

• N/A

Is this a Pre-imaging run ?

• false

Pre-imaging Requirements

• N/A

Source(s) of Pre-imaging

• ---(Empty)---

Pre-imaging sources not listed above

• 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 ?

• N/A

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?

• YES

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 have prepared your finding charts with tools other than FIMS,
 do they comply with the specifications on the FORS1 Phase 2 web page ?

• N/A