README web version of /home/usg/OPS/MTS/readme_xml/readme_84019300

Principal Investigator Email Address

• fletcher@jpl.nasa.gov

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 6.8 hours

General Description

• Run A will be triggered as soon as possible after February 15th 2010 when
   Saturn is available, to observe Saturn close to ring-plane crossing (August 2009).
  
  In order or priority, the goals of this program are:
  
  1.  Imaging of Saturn 8 filters: 7.9, PAH1, SIV_2, NeII_2, Q1, Q2, Q3, NeII_1. 
   Two OBs are provided, to be executed 5 hours apart (or multiples of 10 thereafter)
   to capture the opposite side of the planet.
  2.  Spectroscopy at MR10.1, MR10.3, MR12.3, HR8.02, HR 17.03 microns and HRX13.364,
   with the slit north-south along the central meridian.  Short slit spectroscopy for
   the south polar region only, longslit spectroscopy for the whole planet.

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• Seeing less than 0.8\" is desired.
  
  Ensure negative beam does not obscure the target in both imaging and spectroscopy.

Time-Critical Aspects

• Ephemeris and rates have been supplied from January 1st through to April
   1st.
  
  Please execute the OBs in the following order (Finding charts are included to locate
   the targets):
  
  Mov_img_saturn_hemis1 = First imaging set.
  Mov_spect_sat_MR = Slit along central meridian.
  Cal_spect_star_MR = Calibration of spectra
  Mov_spect_sat_HR = Slit along central meridian.
  Cal_spect_star_HR = Calibration of spectra
  Mov_spect_saturn_spole_HRX = Slit along central meridian, centred on south pole.
  Cal_spect_star_HRX = Calibration of spectra
  Mov_img_saturn_hemis2 = Last imaging set, approximately five hours after the first.

Special Execution Requirements

• Generic chop nod is used with two dither positions to remove bad pixels,
   but please try to avoid these if possible.
  
  POINTING:
  Pointing for Imaging: Planet disk should be centred, and rotated by approximately
   50 degrees so that east and west ring ansae fit diagonally across the array from
   bottom left to top right (50" width) as shown in finding charts.  Chopping Position
   angle has been set to 48.7 degrees (measured east from north) and rotator angle
   has been set to 48.7, but the exact value will depend on the observational date.
    PLEASE CONFIRM THAT THESE ANGLES ARE CORRECT FOR ORIENTATION AS IN THE FINDING
   CHARTS.
  
  Pointing for Spectroscopy: Planet disk should be centred and rotated anticlockwise
   by 3.8 degrees to align central meridian with slit (see attached finding charts).
    Position angle is 356.2 in mid-February (rotator and chopping position angle is
   3.8).  Second chop position will be discarded (using subtraction of the nod position
   60" on the sky to correct for the sky background), so ensure chop throw is sufficient
   to prevent overlap on the planet and rings.  For longslit spectroscopy, the entire
   disc should be captured in the slit. Short slit HRX spectroscopy will be focussed
   on the south polar region only, with the southern edge of the slit just touching
   the south pole.

Special Calibration Information

• For spectroscopy, we have supplied three separate observation blocks for
   a standard star in all filters.
  
  Nearest  1: HD107328 [pos 12:20:20.98  03:18:45.3]  d=   2.5836 degrees. (COHEN)
       V=5.00,[12]=5.990Jy  guidestar:  U0900_07127005 9.7 mag      
  
  
  For imaging, we request standard VISIR calibration imaging of a nearby star (at
   the same airmass as Saturn) to characterise the PSF.

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 ?

• 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?

• 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 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?

• N/A