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Principal Investigator Email Address

• carme@iac.es

Estimated Total Execution Time (hours, including overheads)

• 03:59:33

General Description

• We plan to observe 12 fields in the inner region of the LMC, using VIMOS
   in imaging mode in the B and R bands. For each field we prepared 2 OBs, one with
   short and one with long exposures. We require different observing conditions, therefore
   observations have been splitted in two different runs.
  
  Run A is devoted to the short exposures, which are focused to observe the brightest
   stars in the fields. These OBs require grey sky but photometric conditions. All
   these 12 OBs can be executed with seeing <= 1".
  This run A also include one OB to observe standard stars from the P. Stetson database,
   located in the proximity of the cluster NGC1866. This should be executed under photometric
   conditions, together with any of the other 12 OBs.
  
  The second run B is devoted to the long exposures. Since we plan to observe deep
   B images, we require dark time. Clear sky is appropriate for these OBs. Due to the
   different crowding conditions coupled with long exposures, we require different
   seeing conditions according to the distance from the centre of the LMC.
  
  The finding charts are the same for both runs, since the fields are repeated.
  
  NOTE: for any comments/problems about the phase 2 material, please contact both
   carme@iac.es and monelli@iac.es

Waiver Requests

• No Waiver Request was submitted

Critical Observing Condition Constraints

• The most important observational constraint to accomplish the run A of
   this project is to observe these OBs under photometric conditions. These data will
   be crucial to calibrate the deep images collected in run B.

Time-Critical Aspects

• We don't have any time constraint of the execution of the OB.

Special Execution Requirements

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Special Calibration Information

• We submitted one OB to observe standard stars in the cluster NGC1866.
   This OB should be observed in the same nigth of one or more the other 12 LMC fields.

ToO Information

• This is not a ToO program

ToO Activators List

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Is this a Pre-imaging run ?

• false

Pre-imaging Requirements

• This is not a pre-imaging program.

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 ?

• N/A

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?

• 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

Did you specify suitable guide stars for all your OBs using Guidecam
 ?

• YES

Did you check that the chosen guide stars are suitable for all the offset
 positions and that they do not produce unacceptable vignetting of the field of view
 ?

• YES