C. Barbieri

Schedule 2008

Bled, March 28 2008

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Main Events 2008 - 1• 2008, March 28, submission of NTT proposal

Urgent, see comments by D’OdoricoAction for Claudia: send to Paradis all dates of observations of Crab

• 2008, Apr. 4- 6 Aqueye at the 182 cm (new Moon the 6th)Observing Schedule:Pulsar Crab, no filter, main purposes check clock, check acquisition

software, 2 h Orion Nebula, main purpose HBTII, narrow band filters, 1 hA bright (6th) single star (no filter), main purpose check acquistion

software, check guiding and seeing, 0.5 hA bright (1th) star (betelgeuse), narrow band filters, main purpose check

HBTI, a planet?? check seeing, 0.5 hQuasar 3C273, 13th mag) main purpose check variability, check g(2), 1h1 variable star with know long period (say 100-200 second) plus high

frequency flickering, 3 h

Total: 2+1+0.5+0.5+1+3 = 8 h, not necessarily all same night

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Main events 2008 - 2• Apr. 5: start of IQuEye design• Apr. 12: submission of 182cm proposal, not for TNG, wait for next

application time (summer time)• April 14: start of joint discussion UPd Ljubljana, main topics: timing,

continous vs trigger mode (Occhipinti, Facchinetti, Capraro, Zoccarato) (Paradiz, Ponikvar, Lautar) (Centro)

• April 21, delivery of SPADs• May 9: Decision on best acquistion mode• May 9: Decision on final precision we can promise for Harrison (500

ns, based of the width of pulses and expected numbers of photon per pulse)

• Jun. 5-6: Harrison Meeting (Nottingham, final document on design of instrument)

• June 16-17: end of IQuEye design, critical review, start of construction, intervention of Lujbljana in the decision.

• Jun. 23- Jul 3: SPIE + OSIRIS Marseille• July 18: final decisions on UPd and Ljubljana systems for October

runs.• Sept. 19: Dedication of MAGIC II (important for political reasons)

Main events 2008 - 3• Oct. 9 -12 Aqueye at 182 (Harrison) (first quarter the 7th)*Revise the observing schedule, but Crab Pulsar has highest priority

• Oct. 14-15 tbc Harrison Workshop (full Moon the 14th)**

• Oct. 23-28 Aqueye at 182 (Harrison) (last quarter the 21st)*

• Oct. 30-31, Harrison Meeting Rome

• November, end of IQuEye construction, assembly, testing• Dec. 5, Harrison closing meeting Torino• Dec. 19 end of IQuEye tests, readiness

*Preliminary agreement with OAPd, dates to be confirmed** is it necessary? To be discussed

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Critical and Lacking elementsList to be revised and completed at end of

meeting:• TV camera !!• Polarizing filters• Other narrow band filters

• Software for g(2) and HBTII• Delivery time for SPADs• Delivery time for Pyramid

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