General Rules

So as to facilitate the observers' job, some OB naming conventions are required. Regardless of the instrument, the following generic prefixes must be used when naming OBs:

• PRE_ - pre-imaging OB (e.g. PRE_Field A)
• TOO_ - Target of Opportunity OB (e.g. TOO_GRB-1); see also note below
• RRM_ - Rapid Response Mode OB (e.g. RRM_grb346+580_3x600s)
• MOV_ - Moving Target (i.e. solar system) OB (e.g. MOV_TNO-43A)
• CAL_ - Calibration star (e.g. photometric, telluric, radial velocity, polarization, etc) (e.g. CAL_TNO-43A)

Note: All observations belonging to a ToO run must start with the TOO_ prefix, including those belonging to the other categories mentioned above: for instance, an OB intended to observe a star for calibration of a ToO science observation should have a name starting with TOO_CAL_.
Note: Pre-imaging OBs for moving targets should have a name starting with the prefix MOV_PRE_.

For OB time sequences, please name your OBs in such a way that the sequence is obvious. Examples:

Field A - Night1
Field A - Night2
Field A - Night3

Field B - Baseline
Field B - Baseline + 1 week
Field B - Baseline + 2 weeks

Please use always a unique name for each of your OBs, even if they are identical to each other. For example, a series of 3 identical OBs on NGC 5128 may be called NGC5128-1, NGC5128-2, NGC5128-3, instead of calling all three OBs NGC5128.

Please use always names which do not contain 'No Name'.

Note: allowed characters in the OB name: letters, digits, space, + - _ .