From: Rachel G. (gibbo@panisse.lbl.gov)
Date: Wed Mar 10 2004 - 13:51:19 PST
Hi Bill,
Are you saying execution of proposals will begin
again on April 1 or on April 2?
Rachel
On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, William Januszewski wrote:
> Hi Rachel,
>
> We are going to try and get as many done as early as possible, but it is likely
> that a few of the visits will not execute until Sunday. BTW, due to a battery
> reconditioning that needs to be done (you can thank no SM4 for this) we will not
> be able to execute any proposals from March 30 - April 1. Once that is done we
> are going to get as many of the search visits done as quickly as possible.
>
> From what I understand, during GOODs the archive people were pretty good about
> getting the data ready for Adam's team.
>
> You are correct that you will be working with me once the ToO is activated.
> Activating a ToO is relatively straight forward. Here is the link to the web
> page you will need to fill out to formally activate. It is important that this
> be done as soon as you have an idea of what the target is, and what the visit
> structure will be like for the activated visits. If you do not fill out this web
> page we will not execute the visits.
>
> http://www.stsci.edu/observing/too_request.html
>
> Once this is done just use APT to edit the visits being used in the ToO. Because
> we are using APT, you will need to send me the whole phase 2, not just the
> altered visits. It is important that you do not alter in any way visits,
> patterns, or targets that are either already on an SMS to execute, or have
> already executed. APT will not complain about it, but it will cause my software
> to scream bloody murder and I will loose valuable time prepping the visits.
>
> BTW, you can send me the apt file a couple of ways, but the easiest is to just
> attach the .apt file to an email. The other is to use the submit button in apt.
>
> Once you send me the revised phase 2, I will prep the visit as quickly as I can
> so they can be placed on the SMS that is being built that week. If I run into
> any troubles (the most likely is guide star problems) I will get in touch with
> you to work them out. Usually, if nothing goes wrong, I can have the ToO visits
> that are going on that weeks SMS prepped in 3 - 4 hours.
>
> I know you updated your phase 2 to reflect the new BETWEENs, but I thought I'd
> send along the version I have as well. If you have any further questions, please
> let me know. BTW, if you have a really urgent question, my number is 410 338
> 4964.
>
> Bill
>
> >
> >
> >Hi Bill,
> >
> > Should we be concerned about whether the bulk of the
> >visits will occur in the early part of this interval?
> >We'll have little time to conduct the search and send you
> >follow-up observations if no data are taken before 3-4
> >April.
> >
> > Also, since I've not personally dealt with
> >activating ToO's before, I should discuss with you soon how
> >best to proceed once we've decided on which candidate to
> >follow. I know there is a procedure to do this via the web,
> >but I assume we'll work more directly with you on that,
> >correct?
> >
> >Rachel
> >
> >On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, William Januszewski wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Rachel,
> >>
> >> I made one additional change to visits 22 - 36 of proposal 9727. Specifying a
> >> between of April 1 - 4 means that it can actually only execute on April 1, 2,
> >> and 3. Not April 4. I've opened up the between to be BETWEEN 01-APR-2004 TO
> >> 05-APR-2004. This will allow the search visits to execute up until April 4,
> >> 23:59 hrs UT, as was originally agreed on.
> >>
> >> Bill
> >>
>
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