Dear TRACE colleagues,

we would like to ask you for the TRACE support of another g-b DOT/LaPalma 
(Canary Islands, Spain) observing campaign which should be run together 
with repetitions of our SOHO JOP 198 and Hinode HOP 020 at the same time 
in October 2008.

- title:  Physical mechanisms driving solar microflares and network
          dynamic fibrils - relevance for coronal heating and mass supply

- period: 2008.10.06-2008.10.20 (15 days)

- leader : Jan Rybak (choc@astro.sk)

- proposal: http://www.astro.sk/~choc/open/08_dot/proposals/
            rybak_et_al_dot_opticon_2008_proposal.pdf

- campaign page: http://www.astro.sk/~choc/open/08_dot/08_dot.html

- campaign approved and granted by the observing time of the DOT/LaPalma:
  see the DOT schedule: http://dot.astro.uu.nl/web-schedule2008.txt

- targets: microflares: AR or remnants of the AR magnetic flux
           fibrils    : solar network 
           (target selected day in advance according to actual solar activity)
  positions: the disk center or at mju down to 0.5,

- observing procedures: tests are in progress to specify the actual technical
                        limits

  1/ microflares:     - sequences of 195 A images
                        interrupted with a set of WL+1600A images every ~5min
  1/ network fibrils: - sequences of 1600 A images
                        interrupted with a set of WL+171 images every ~5min
  - fixed image cadence - 20s
  - exposure time: fixed to ~20s (195,171 channels)
                   AEC for the WL and 1600 channels 
  - 1024x1024 or 768x768 pixel images
  - no rotation compensation 
         
- TRACE period requested: 06/10-20/10/2008

- TRACE time requested: each day from 07:00 till 13:30 UT if possible

At first we have checked your TRACE future observing plans at      
http://chippewa.nascom.nasa.gov/TRACE/current_plan.txt finding no remarks
or plans for the period of our program. 

On the other hand, we have no clear information about the TRACE eclipses for
October 2008 and the corresponding TRACE ability to acquire data.

We are looking forward to hear from you whether you can support our g-b
observations with your superb TRACE images again.

With many thanks beforehand 

Jan Rybak, on behalf of our campaign team

01/08/2008

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* Astronomical Institute       fax    : ++421 52 4467 656   	   *
* Slovak Academy of Sciences   e-mail : choc@astro.sk              *
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