Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003msngr.112....3p&link_type=abstract
The Messenger (ISSN 0722-6691), No. 112, p. 3 - 6 (June 2003)
Physics
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Fibre Large Array Multi-Element Spectrograph, Flames
Scientific paper
After a new VLT instrument has been commissioned and thoroughly tested1, a series of scientific and technical checkups are scheduled in order to test the front-to-end operations chain before the official start of regular operations. Technically speaking, these are the socalled Dry Runs, part of which are usually devoted to the Science Verification (SV for short) of that specific instrument. A Science Verification programme includes a set of typical scientific observations with the aim of verifying and demonstrating to the community the capabilities of a new instrument in the operational framework of the VLT Paranal Observatory. Though manifold, its goals can be summarised in two main points: from the scientific point of view, by demonstrating the scientific potential of the new instrument, these observations will provide ESO users with first science- grade data, thus fostering an early scientific return. From the technical point of view, by testing the whole operational system (from the preparation of the observations to their execution and analysis), it will provide important feedback to the Instrument Operation Teams (both in Paranal and in Garching), to the Instrument Division, and to the Data Flow groups. More details about the concept(s) behind a Science Verification can be found in the “Science Verification Policy and Procedures” document (available at http://www.eso.org/science/vltsv/).
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