GMOS-N SV Plan
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The table below summarises the pool of observations which have been defined for GMOS North System Verification. The list encompasses the various GMOS observing modes with a range of observing conditions and is intended to overfill the SV time available for any given mode to provide flexibility when scheduling and in their execution (e.g. with regards to target accessibility or conditions required). As described in the SV Principles, verification will be carried out on a mode by mode basis. Modes that are not being offered semester (i.e. polarimetry) will have their SV postponed.
Important note: As the observing modes are overfilled to allow flexibility in executing the SV observations, the presence of a proposed observation in the SV plan does not by any means guarantee that the observation will be executed, and should not deter proposals to observe the same objects as part of the regular semester.
The table links to more information about each program (click on the program number) including specific aspects of the instrument and telescope to be verified, a summary of the possible scientific returns from successful observations, a target list and the members of the assessment team. Each program will link to the SV data and its assessment when available.
Four programs are very similar and have been combined into GMOS51. These programs (GMOS52-GMOS55) share science goals, objects, methods or may be carried out simultaneously in MOS mode. The entry for GMOS51 in the table gives the top level description of the program and possible common targets. The rest of the SV programs are numbered GMOS56 through GMOS71.
Program # |
Title |
Status |
Modes |
RA (hrs) |
Obs conditions2 |
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Imaging |
Longslit |
MOS |
IFU |
pol1 |
IQ |
clds |
sky bkg |
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GMOS51 |
Galaxy evolution: Observations of rich galaxy clusters | Observations completed | r' i' (mask) |
B600 0.75" | 1; 2 |
50 |
50 |
50 |
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GMOS52 |
Rotation curves of galaxies with z less than 1 | r' (mask) |
B600 0.75" |
|
50 |
50 |
50 |
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GMOS53 |
FP at z=0.2 | r' (mask) |
B600 0.75" |
|
80 |
50 |
50 |
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GMOS54 |
Stellar populations at z=0.2-0.8 | r' i' (mask) |
B600 R400 0.75" |
|
50 |
50 |
50 |
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GMOS55 |
The FP at high redshift | r' (mask) |
B600 0.75" |
|
50 |
50 |
50 |
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GMOS56 |
Starburst galaxies at intermediate redshift |
|
B600 1-slit | 0 |
50 |
50 |
50 |
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GMOS57 |
Dark matter in dSph | i' |
R1200 0.25" | 0; 2; 23 |
50 |
50 |
50 |
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GMOS58 |
Metallicity of And V | Observations completed, data available | g' i' |
R831 1.0" | 1 |
80 |
50 |
80 |
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GMOS59 |
Stellar populations in dE/dS0 galaxies | r' (mask) |
B600 0.5" | B600 0.5" | 3; 13 |
80 |
70 |
80 |
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GMOS60 |
Dynamics of E/S0 galaxies | Observations completed |
|
B600 0.75" | 3; 12 |
80 |
70 |
80 |
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GMOS61 |
Butcher-Oemler effect & environment | r' (mask) |
R400 0.75" | 2 |
50 |
50 |
50 |
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GMOS62 |
QSO host galaxies |
|
R400 2-slit |
|
20 |
50 |
50 |
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GMOS63 |
Giant Ly-alpha clouds |
|
B600 2-slit | 22 |
50 |
50 |
80 |
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GMOS64 |
WHDF | Imaging completed in commissioning time, data available |
|
R150 1.0" | 0 |
80 |
50 |
50 |
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GMOS65 |
Damped Ly-alpha absorption galaxies | Observations completed |
|
R150 2-slit | 8; 12; 13 |
80 |
50 |
50 |
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GMOS66 |
Galaxies around Ly-alpha absorbers | Observations completed | r' |
R400 1.5" | 0; 2; 6 |
80 |
50 |
50 |
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GMOS67 |
High-z galaxies in the field of PMN2314+0201 | Observations completed, data available | r' |
23 |
50 |
50 |
50 |
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GMOS68 |
MOS observations of z>4 candidates |
|
R150 0.75" | 23 |
50 |
50 |
50 |
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GMOS69 |
The halo of NGC2403 | Observations completed, data available | g' r' i' z' |
1; 8 |
50 |
50 |
50 |
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GMOS70 |
IFU spectroscopy of bright cluster galaxies |
|
R400 1-slit | 3 |
50 |
50 |
50 |
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GMOS71 |
Radial velocities of stars in dSph | r' (mask) |
R831 0.5" |
|
80 |
50 |
80 |
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GMOS73 |
GMOS IFU observations of emission line sources - Herbig Haro Objects | Observations completed, data available |
|
R831 1-slit | 19 |
50 |
70 |
80 |
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GMOS78 |
Gemini Deep Deep Survey - Nod-and-Shuffle observations | Observations completed |
|
R150 0.75" | 22 |
80 |
70 |
80 |
1 SV observations for polarimetry not yet scheduled.
2 See the detailed observing condition constraints for the precise meaning of the %-ile categories.
Last update October 7, 2004; Inger Jørgensen