XMM-Newton Announcement of Opportunity: Policies and Procedures

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5.2.5.1 Pre-planned Targets of Opportunity



It is allowed to propose observation of unpredictable events from sources whose coordinates cannot be provided in advance.


The proposer has to select the proposal type ``Triggered Observations'' (section 5.2.4) and has to specify the place holder coordinates RA$=$0 and Dec$=$0 for each proposed observation. The rules established for ``Triggered Observations'' are applied accordingly.



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