Dear Dr. Culhane,

many thanks for your email answer.

>My recent brief reply - which you may not have received, was due to email
>difficulties last week at MSSL.
>
>You will see from the present reply that I have received your message and
>can now read it.

Perfect! This was impression when mailserver was returning me messages sent to your
and eis_obs addresses.

>I will present your suggestion for joint Hinode/DOT observations at the next
>meeting of Hinode SSCs on 19 June. If supported at that meeting, final
>ratification will be needed at the Hinode monthly planning meeting on 27th
>June.

Thanks for detail information, we will stay tuned waiting for the Hinode SSCs
decision. We hope it will be positive...

>It is important that you consider
>
>1. Which of the instrument SSCs you would like to handle your proposal up to
>close to observation time - namely will your involvement be mainly with the
>EIS, SOT or XRT instruments

We would prefer EIS to handle up our proposal. It comes from the proposal orientation
where EIS spectroscopy is the base of the approach.
 
>and
>
>2. What are the precise beginning and end dates and times of your La Palma
>DOT time - this is most important.

BEGINNING AND END DATES:
 
La Palma DOT time :  3-31/8/2007  (28 full days in one run)   
SOHO JOP 189 time :  3-17/8/2007  (CDS,MDI working for us only till 17/8, 
                                   later SOHO keyhole begins)
TRACE time        : 20-31/8/2007  (TRACE night until 20/8)
Hinode time       : 18-31/8/2007  

Selection of this Hinode time follows from two limitations: 1/ SOHO keyhole since 18/8,
2/ limiting the number of the Hinode days to minimum. In case of problems to support 
our campaign in the specified dates please consider to joint alternatively the campaign 
in the period 3-17/8/2007. 

LA PALMA DOT TIMES: 07:00-13:30 UT 

Notes: - this is the period of day when good seeing conditions
	 can be expected based on experience/statistics gained
       - shortening this period is of course possible but it 
         decreases change to co-observe with the DOT
       - in case a shortening is inevitable then times 08:00-12:00 
         would be also reasonable

We have prepared a web page for our campaign where more detail information can be
found - http://www.astro.sk/~choc/open/07_dot/07_dot.html. Moreover we are prepared 
to answer all question you will send to us concerning the campaign. Just ask, please.

With best wishes

Jan Rybak

TL, 12/07/2007

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