4.9 Solar system: Surface heterogeneity of trans-neptunian objects

• Phase : 4
• Status : Draft
• Category : Science verification / Early science (C8)
• Recurrence : once after the completion of nighttime testing and performance check
• Duration : 0.5 night(s)

Description

• Solar system: Surface heterogeneity of trans-neptunian objects

Prerequisites

• Authorize SHARK-NIR on the SX side.
• Atmospheric conditions: CLEAR
• Bad pixel map, Background or Dark, Flat-field, distortion map
• Cloud Cover : no clouds
• Astronomical Seeing : 0.9" or better
• Sky Background : Any
• Water Vapor : Low
• Timing Windows : moving targets with significant variations of magnitude, angular size and proper motion.
• Observing Targets : TBD. Transneptunian small objects.
• Observing Filters : TBD
• Detector Mode, DIT: According to the target brightness
• Daytime Calibration Data required: dark/background, flat
• Nighttime Calibration Data required: none

Procedure

• Non-coronagraphic observations using filed stabilized observing mode.

Notes

LBTO support

• AO support

Associated SHARK-NIR personnel

Date performed and by whom