From: clidman (clidman@eso.org)
Date: Sun Apr 21 2002 - 11:03:24 PDT
Dear Ariel,
I will ask the VLT to target S02-032 tonight. Conditions
on Paranal have deteriorated over the last 24 hours. There is
a strong wind from the North which, if it continues, will prevent
them from observing S02-032.
Cheers, Chris.
Ariel Goobar wrote:
> Hi,
> I tend to agree with both Chris and Isobel about the high risk
> of trying to do both targets at NIRI under the current conditions. It
> seems to me that it would be sensible to go for the brighter z=1.08
> target, S02-032, with ISAAC tonight and tomorrow.
>
> The 2 x z=0.5 guys for which we also got ISAAC time should be left
> for the May run, where we should be able to make better optical
> lightcurves.
>
> Ariel
>
> On Sun, 21 Apr 2002, clidman wrote:
>
> > Hi Isobel,
> > The ISAAC schedule has been fluid these past two weeks because of technical problems
> > with the instrument. The 21st an 22nd are service nights. The 23rd to 25th are reserved
> > for VLTI commissioning and the 26th is a technical night which might be switched to service.
> > The 27th to 30th are full service nights and the 1st to 3rd are service for the 1st half of the night.
> >
> > Cheers, Chris.
> >
> >
> > Isobel Hook wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > OK well it sounds as though it may not be worth going for a host for
> > > Satie this NIRI run. If it turns out we dont get to use all our NIRI time
> > > this run then doing Satie in June is still a possibility (There is no NIRI
> > > time available in May).
> > >
> > > I quite agree with Chris that these observations can take a long time and
> > > we dont have much of a window. We are hoping to use essentially the whole
> > > of the upcoming NIRI run (4 nights) so if everything goes perfectly we'll
> > > get two targets. However banking on a NIRI run going perfectly is probably
> > > not all that sensible at this stage so maybe we should start one SN with
> > > ISAAC now.
> > >
> > > However I am confused about when ISAAC is availble.
> > > Chris wrote:
> > >
> > > > Because of this problem, ISAAC has been rescheduled to service until
> > > >the 18th.
> > > >The 19th is scheduled as technical and may become service. So there is a
> > > >small window
> > > >of opportunity to do one candidate now. Service observing restarts on the
> > > >23rd.
> > >
> > > So What is happening now (19-22nd)? Is that time available? Also is
> > > "service" time the same as queue, i.e. available to us or not? (Is Tony's
> > > plan on the web correct now? It shows VLTI commissioning 23,24,25).
> > >
> > > The disadvantage of using ISAAC now is that this would mean we have less
> > > ISAAC time next month, when we dont have NIRI time either. Obviously this
> > > needs to be decided pretty soon. How is this going to be finialised?
> > >
> > > Isobel.
> >
>
> --
> ___________________________________________________________________
> Ariel Goobar (ariel@physto.se)
> FYSIKUM, Stockholm University
> Stockholm Center for Physics, Astronomy & Biotechnology
> tel: +46 8 55378659
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 : Sun Apr 21 2002 - 12:08:00 PDT