*'''Name''': Enter the target name. Any format is allowed by the form, but ideally it should be searchable in the data archive.
*'''Type''': Options are:
#'''''Sidereal'''''
For sidereal objects, you will enter the target coordinates and epoch. The format for RA and Dec is flexible - you can enter sexagesimal with either space (HH MM SS.SS -DD MM SS.SS) or colon delimiters (HH:MM:SS.SS -DD:MM:SS.SS), or decimal degrees (ddd.ddddddd -dd.ddddddd). Whichever format you use is converted to the other by the form, so you can double check. The fields for proper motion and parallax aren't implemented, so leave them blank.
[[File:OcsTargetSidereal.png|600px|left|thumb|]]
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#'''''Non-sidereal'''''
If your target moves at a non-sidereal rate, specify it here to add orbital elements to enable your target’s coordinates to be determined at the time the observation starts. Note that if your Instrument Category is set to SPECTRA, this option will automatically activate non-sidereal tracking, but not for imaging. If your imaging target moves slowly enough (and your exposures are short enough) that you’re happy to have it move across a stationary field, select sidereal, otherwise see the section for [[#Recipe 4: imaging with non-sidereal tracking |non-sidereal tracking in imaging mode]].