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Principal Investigator Email Address

• stefano.benetti@oapd.inaf.it

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 11.3

General Description

• This program is divided in two parts: the follow-up of evolved supernovae
   (SNe 1995N, 1996al and 2008 Optical Transient in NGC300) to be performed in service
   mode; and the follow up of newly discovered SNe (up to three SNe) with 5 soft ToO
   triggers each target (or until the GTO time is finished for this period). SN 1996al
   and OT-NGC300 should be observed around the beginning of the period, while SN 1995N
   soon after the SN-Sun conjunction, e.g. second part of January-February 2010.

Waiver Requests

• A Waiver Request was submitted on 29/07/2009 to allow the execution of
   long OBs for SNe 1995N, 1996al and OT-NGC300. The Waiver Request ID was: 084.D-0265A.01

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

• As soon as a target is selected we will send the activation together with
   the target coordinates, finding chart and final exposure times. Depending on the
   SN type we may also foresee the follow-up strategy in order to relax the impact
   of ToOs on the Paranal operations.

ToO Activators List

• Stefano Benetti, Filomena Bufano, Irene Agnoletto, Massimo Turatto, Cosimo
   Inserra, Enrico Cappellaro, Ferdinando Patat, Elena Pian, Massimo Della Valle

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 ?

• YES

Have you specified the S/N ratio at given wavelength in the User Comments
 field of each OB?

• 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