[Alumnos] [NGO-Argentina] Announcement of Special Opportunity for T-ReCS Observations Sept 25-Oct 9

[Oficina Gemini Argentina]

To the Gemini Community:

Dear friends,

We have a small window of opportunity for additional T-ReCS observations 
to be taken at Gemini South between Sept 24 and Oct 9.  To make effective 
use of this telescope time, we are soliciting suggestions from the 
community.

As a result of a mechanical failure with GMOS-S, we have a temporary hole 
in the GS queue for image quality conditions that are not sufficient for 
NICI observations (IQ85 or worse).  T-ReCS is still available on the 
telescope for 2 more weeks, until October 9th.  Therefore, Gemini invites 
the community to submit targets immediately, for observation with T-ReCS 
between September 24 and October 9.

Targets must be visible now (~22<RA<~5), and observable in moderate to 
poor seeing conditions (IQ-85%, or ~0.4" or worse in N-band), and should 
not have matching observations in the Gemini Science Archive.  There is no 
restriction on cloud cover and water vapor conditions.  Target requests 
should be submitted by email to the Gemini South Head of Science 
Operations, Bernadette Rodgers at 
brodgers en gemini.edu<mailto:brodgers en gemini.edu>, along with a very brief 
(few sentences) justification for observing the target and contact 
information for the person responsible for defining the observation.  All 
observations will be executed from a common program with zero proprietary 
period, so the data will be publicly available in the GSA shortly after 
they are observed.  These observations will be lower priority than 
programs in the queue, however, based on recent seeing conditions on Cerro 
Pachon there is a reasonable chance that some will be executed.

Before sending suggestions, please confirm target visibility, availability 
of guide stars, and exposure times with the Observing Tool and the online 
Integration Time Calculator. The PIT also has a feature to check the GSA 
for existing observations. An OT xml file may be attached to the email 
defining the observations, but this is not required.  If the targets are 
added to the program, Gemini staff will be in touch with you to define the 
observations in the OT. Suggestions of unobserved targets from previous 
T-ReCS programs are welcome; please specify if this is the case (with 
program id) in the email.

We look forward to your suggestions!

Cheers,
Bernadette
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Bernadette Rodgers
Gemini South Head of Science Operations
Gemini Observatory
La Serena, Chile
brodgers en gemini.edu<mailto:brodgers en gemini.edu>
011-56-51-205629

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