Issue EAS Publications Series Volume 6, 2003 Observing with the VLTI Page(s) 177 DOI 10.1051/eas:2003015

Observing with the VLTI
G. Perrin and F. Malbet (eds)
EAS Publications Series, Vol. 6, 2003
DOI: 10.1051/eas:2003015

Exercise #5 Observing program preparation

F. Malbet¹ and G. Perrin<sup>2

1</sup>  Laboratoire d'Astrophysique, Observatoire de Grenoble, BP. 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
²  LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92910 Meudon, France

Abstract
This exercise is aimed at building a complete observing program for the VLTI. It consists in defining the scientific rationale and immediate objectives, ensure that the target are observable, define the VLTI configuration, model the astrophyiscal source and estimate the expected signal-to-noise ratio. At the end one should be able to define the total time requested and the final configuration. This exercise is a simulation of the work required to eventually request time on the VLTI.

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