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Principal Investigator Email Address

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maltmann@ari.uni-heidelberg.de
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Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

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20.00000
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General Description

This program (84.D-0427) is one of a series of programmes dealing with
the preparation of the Gaia astrometric space mission.


This observing programme aims at deriving spectroscopy in the field of
the southern Ecliptic pole, one of two test fields to be used in the
initial commissioning phase of Gaia.


Each pointing consists of OBs using the LR2 and HR21, the latter have
the suffix "A", and the former "B". Furthermore there are OBs for faint
("f") and brighter subsamples ("b"). Since the UVES targets are
different in every OB type (Ab,Af,Bb,Bf), the mask setups and the
resultant finder charts are slightly different. Astrometry was determined
against the UCAC2 and should in General be better than 0.1".

Waiver Requests

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No Waiver Request was submitted
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Critical Observing Condition Constraints

This program does not have significant time critical observing conditions,
 as long as the seeing is not significantly worse than 1.2". Please not, that by
 definition (Ecliptic pole region), the Moon (and the Sun) is >80 degrees away
 from our target at all time.

Time-Critical Aspects

No time critical aspects. All OB's have been validated for +/-4 hrs of
 hour angle for 182 consecutive days (Oct.1 2009- Mar. 31, 2010)

Special Execution Requirements

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there are not
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Special Calibration Information

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standard calibration is sufficient
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ToO Information

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N/A
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ToO Activators List

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N/A
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Do all your OBs comply with the instrument-specific requirements listed on the instrument-specific Phase 2 web page ?

Do all your finding charts comply with both the general and instrument-specific Phase 2 Web Pages ?

If you submitted OBs for standard stars, did you specify the magnitude and spectral type of all standard stars in the OBs ?

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N/A
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Have you included OBs for any calibrations that you need but which are not part of the Calibration Plan ?

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N/A
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If you are observing Moving Targets, have you attached suitable ephemeris files to your OBs?

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N/A
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If you have preferences which OBs should be executed first, did you make use of the User Priority field in the OBs ?

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N/A
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If this is a run that requires coordinated observations with other facilities, did you give proper instructions in the Time-Critical Aspects Section ?

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

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

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

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

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