| Telescope | 
Instrument | 
Action | 
Time (minutes) | 
|---|
| 3.6m | 
  | 
Preset | 
5 | 
| 3.6m | 
  | 
Preset, within a few degrees from previous target | 
2 | 
| 3.6m | 
  | 
Focussing | 
10 | 
|   | 
HARPS | 
Fibre automatic redefinition, object centering on fibre, start guiding | 
1 | 
|   | 
HARPS | 
Instrument configuration | 
0.5 | 
|   | 
HARPS | 
Readout+writing image to disk (416 kpx/s speed) | 
0.38 | 
|   | 
HARPS | 
Readout+writing image to disk (104 kpx/s speed) | 
1.45 | 
|   | 
HARPS | 
Minimum time between exposures | 
0.53 | 
|   | 
HARPS | 
HARPS/EGGS or HARPS/CES instrument change | 
1 | 
|   | 
HARPS | 
Polarimeter insertion: circular | 
0.25 | 
|   | 
HARPS | 
Polarimeter insertion: linear | 
0.5 | 
|   | 
HARPS | 
Polarimeter insertion: switching linear/circular | 
0.25 | 
|   | 
HARPS | 
Polarimeter rotation | 
0.2 | 
| NTT | 
  | 
Preset | 
10 | 
|   | 
SOFI | 
Imaging | 
~30% of integration time | 
|   | 
SOFI | 
Spectroscopy | 
~25% of integration time | 
|   | 
EFOCS2 | 
Readout + writing file to disk: slow, 1x1 | 
2.67 | 
|   | 
EFOCS2 | 
Readout + writing file to disk: slow, 2x2 | 
1.33 | 
|   | 
EFOCS2 | 
Readout + writing file to disk: normal,1x1 | 
1.17 | 
|   | 
EFOCS2 | 
Readout + writing file to disk: normal, 2x2 | 
0.67 | 
|   | 
EFOCS2 | 
Readout + writing file to disk: fast, 1x1 | 
0.40 | 
|   | 
EFOCS2 | 
Readout + writing file to disk: fast, 2x2 | 
0.17 | 
|   | 
EFOCS2 | 
Spectroscopic acquisition: | 
  | 
|   | 
EFOCS2 | 
-: Setup | 
1 | 
|   | 
EFOCS2 | 
-: 2 cycles, see readout above | 
  | 
|   | 
EFOCS2 | 
Spectroscopic acquisition, narrow slit: add | 
1 |