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Principal Investigator Email Address

• asplund@mpa-garching.mpg.de

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 26.0

General Description

• The program aims at obtaining high-resolution spectra of a sample of stars
   being followed by radial velocity monitoring for planet detections. Extremely high-quality
   spectra are required: S/N~500 @ 600nm and spectral resolving power R~100,000. 
  
  In addition a solar spectrum of even higher quality is required for comparison purposes
   for which the asteroid Vesta will be observed. The ephemeris file is attached in
   time-steps of 1 day for the entire P84 period. Vesta is best observed from January
   onwards both in terms of visibility and brightness. The brightness will then be
   V<6.8.
  
  To remove telluric absorption, a number of B stars will be observed. For each night
   one science target is observed, ideally one B star OB should be observed at similar
   airmass; we understand that there is no guarantee that this will happen. There are
   roughly half as many B star OBs as for science target OBs since it is assumed that
   most nights more than one science target will be observed. The S/N for the B stars
   should be somewhat higher than for the science targets.
  
  Since all targets are bright (V<7.5), no finding charts have been provided. In
   the highly unlikely event that the night astronomer is not able to identify which
   star to observe after target acquisition we are prepared to forfeit the OB.

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• None

Time-Critical Aspects

• Asteroid Vesta should be observed from January onwards.

Special Execution Requirements

• None

Special Calibration Information

• None

ToO Information

• None

ToO Activators List

• None

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?

• 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?

• YES

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

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

• N/A