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Principal Investigator Email Address

• guenther@tls-tautenburg.de

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 5 hours

General Description

• Important: The aim of the proposal is to observe the star during the transit
   of its planet and out of transit. The transit of 
  the planet takes 80 minutes. However, the atmosphere could have the shape of a comet
   and thus the transit of the atmosphere 
  may last up to 1.5 hours LONGER than the transit of the planet.
  
  In order to extract the signature of the atmosphere, it is mandatory that the in-transit
   and the out-of-transit 
  observations are taken in the same night. The minimum observations that are useful
   thus consists of two OBs to be taken in the
  same night: One taken during the transit, the other out of transit. Of course, if
   more OBs (in and out of transit) are taken in the
  same night, it would be even better. If all 5 OBs are carried out in the same night
   it would be perfect 
  (starting before the transit and ending after it). 
  
  There are FIVE chances to carry out this experiment in this semester:
  
  Here are the in-transit times of the planet:
  Dec 22 UT-start: 02:58 UT-End: 04:19 (JD 2455187.624 to 2455187.680)
  Dec 28 UT-start: 02:23 UT-End: 03:43 (JD 2455193.599 to 2455193.655)
  Jan 03 UT-start: 01:47 UT-End: 03:07 (JD 2455199.574 to 2455199.630)
  Jan 26 UT-start: 02:55 UT-End: 04:15 (JD 2455222.622 to 2455222.677)
  Feb 07 UT-start: 01:43 UT-End: 03:03 (JD 2455234.572 to 2455234.627)
  
  Out of transit OBs can either be taken before the times given above or more 
  than 1.5 after them (The OBs are labeled CAL_CoRoT-Exo-7b,
  and CAL_CoRoT-Exo-7b-0)

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• The observations are critical in time not in terms of whether. The star
   is 11.7 mag in V, so it can be observed under bad
  seeing conditions.

Time-Critical Aspects

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                   This is a transiting object!
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  Since the out-of-transit observation will be subtracted from the in-transit-observations,
  at least two observations have to be taken in the same night:
  At least one in-transit observation should be taken during the transit of the planet.
   Since the
  atmopshere possibly is larger than the planet, additional ones 
  can be taken after the transit (up to about 1.5 hours after it).
  
  The out-for transit observation should be taken either before the transit, or more
   than
  1.5 hours after it (in the same night). The OBs are named CAL_CoRoT-Exo-7b, and
   CAL_CoRoT-Exo-7b-0.
  
  The perfect observation would be if the star is monitored consecutively, starting
   before the
  transit and ending 2 to 3 hour after it (all 5 OBs in one night).
  
  Please recognize that there are ONLY 5 CHANCES in this semester to carry out this
   experiment.
  
  Here the in-transit times of the planet:
  Dec 22 UT-start: 02:58 UT-End: 04:19 
  Dec 28 UT-start: 02:23 UT-End: 03:43
  Jan 03 UT-start: 01:47 UT-End: 03:07 
  Jan 26 UT-start: 02:55 UT-End: 04:15
  Feb 07 UT-start: 01:43 UT-End: 03:03
  
  Out-of-transit times are either before that or more than 1.5 after the in-transit
   times given above.

Special Execution Requirements

• As mention in section Time-critical Aspects, for this program it is essential
   that the star is observed
  in and out of transit in the same night.

Special Calibration Information

• We will use the spectra taken out-of transit in order to calibrate the
   spectra. 
  The out-of transit OBs (CAL_CoRoT-Exo-7b, CAL_CoRoT-Exo-7b-0) have to be taken
  in the same night.
  
  Apart from that just normal calibration (flats, arcs, bias frames) are required.

ToO Information

• Not a ToO program

ToO Activators List

• ---(Empty)---

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 ?

• N/A

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

• YES

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 ?

• 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 need secondary guiding, are there suitable objects within 30 arcsec
 from your target ?

• N/A