FM Walter 9/12/03, rev 9/17 SMARTS 1.5m Service Observing Program 030917 --- EPHEMERIS INFORMATION --- For the night of: Wed, 2003 Sep 17 ---> Thu, 2003 Sep 18 Local midnight = 2003 Sep 18, 4 hr UT, or JD 2452900.667 Local Mean Sidereal time at midnight = 23 03 25.2 Sunset ( 2215 m horizon): 18 44 CST; Sunrise: 6 31 CST Evening twilight: 19 56 CST; LMST at evening twilight: 18 59 Morning twilight: 5 19 CST; LMST at morning twilight: 4 23 Moonrise: 1 02 CST Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.553 0.6 days before last quarter, RA and dec: 5 10 15, 25 31.4 The sun is down for 11.8 hr; 9.4 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. .............................................................................. Civil date Setup Program(s) Sept 17 26/I CHIL 03b-01/Mennickent STSI 03b-02/Valenti STSI 03b-04/Bond STSI 03b-10/Bond FGS SUNY 03b-01/Walter PolarBears SUNY 03b-02/Walter EXORS SUNY 03b-10/Walter TTau .............................................................................. Name Slit Filter Coll Grating Tilt & Comp,exp Ystart Ysize Yspec Blaze w.l. cov. Res (A) 26/I 110.5 clear 565 26 15.93 He-Ar 30 214 280 " 3550 3532-5300 4.3 .............................................................................. New notes: Based on performance earlier this semester, I am assuming that observations can start about 20 minutes before the end of astronomical twilight. The T column lists the approximate time in minutes for this line. This includes 5 minutes acquisition plus 1 minute for the comparison. The CST column is the approximate start time assumed for scheduling purposes. If you fall too far behind, you may need to drop some priority 2 or 3 targets, but otherwise don't pay too much attention to it. As I get experience with scheduling, I will try to make it more accurate. For now I am allotting the nominal overheads, plus 30 minutes for a change in the grating tilt/filter. If you start late, pick up the timeline with the first priority 1 target observable. .............................................................................. In afternoon or during dinner: - Install 26/I grating setup - obtain at least 10 Zero frames - obtain at least 5, preferably 10, flat-field frames (projector or dome) Get well-exposed twilight spectrum at zenith at beginning (or end) of night. Aim for 3 spectra, with 5000-30000 counts/pixel. Do not overexpose the long wavelength end of the chip. .............................................................................. Observing Timeline Program Pri Target RA (J2000) Dec mag Exp Cmp T CST remark STSI 03b-10 3 eps Oph 16 18 19.3 -04 41 33 3.2 3x 3 1 9 1930 STSI 03b-04 3 22 Sco 16 30 12.5 -25 06 55 4.8 3x 8 1 9 1939 STSI 03b-10 1 HD 132475-R9 14 59 26.1 -22 00 43 14.8 3x600 1 39 1948 STSI 03b-10 2 HD 140283-R2 15 43 08.7 -10 54 59 12.5 3x 90 1 14 2027 SUNY 03b-11 + N Sct 2003 18 49 37.7 -9 33 52.7 9.5 3x200 1 18 2041 SUNY 03b-10 1 RU Lup 15 56 42.3 -37 49 15.5 3x300 1 24 2059 SUNY 03b-10 2 V1121 Oph 16 49 15.3 -14 22 08.6 3x300 1 24 2123 STSI 03b-04 1 V4743 Sgr 19 01 09.4 -22 00 06 ~12 3x500 1 34 2147 CHIL 03b-01 1 LTT 7987 20 10 57.4 -30 13 01 12.2 3x 40 1 11 2221 SUNY 03b-01 1 QS Tel 19 38 35.7 -46 12 56.5 16 3x400 1 28 2232 SUNY 03b-01 2 HU Aqr 21 07 58.3 -05 17 39.4 15.3 3x900 1 54 2300 YALE 03b-08 1 CTS 582 22 40 18.8 -52 31 52 17.8 3x1200 1 69 2354 CHIL 03b-01 2 OGLE 0053125 00 53 12.6 -72 55 34 16.0 3x300 1 24 103 cal 1 Feige 110 23 19 58.4 -05 09 56 11.8 3x200 1 19 027 STSI 03b-02 1 GJ 2036 A 04 53 31.2 -55 51 37 11.1 3x300 1 24 146 STSI 03b-02 1 GJ 2036 B 04 53 30.8 -55 51 34 12.2 3x500 1 34 210 CHIL 03b-01 1 OGLE 0515533 05 15 53.3 -69 25 58 15.5 3x300 1 24 244 CHIL 03b-01 2 LTT 2415 05 56 24.3 -27 51 29 12.2 3x 40 1 10 308 YALE 03b-08 1 CTS 607 00 44 59.3 -55 08 10 17.3 3x1200 1 69 402 STSI 03b-04 + V838 Mon 07 04 04.8 -03 50 50 15.6 3x900 2 55 427 STSI 03b-04 1 mu CMa 06 56 06.6 -14 02 36 5.0 3x 8 2 10 531 end 541 Note: if a target is too faint to see on the TV monitor, skip it and go to the next target. Astronomical twilight begins at 0526 local time, so if all goes well this is as far as you are likely to get. If you skip targets and need more, select from the following: STSI 03b-02 2 BL Cet 01 39 01.5 -17 57 02 12.6 3x600 1 39 STSI 03b-03 3 CSSGP-2-00104 0 17 50.6 -25 22 30 15.91 1x900 1 22 STSI 03b-03 3 CSSGP-2-00107 0 31 49.8 -25 22 35 14.20 1x900 1 22 STSI 03b-03 3 CSSGP-2-00119 0 10 56.5 -25 22 8 14.79 1x900 1 22 STSI 03b-03 3 CSSGP-2-00122 0 8 34.8 -25 22 6 14.18 1x900 1 22 STSI 03b-03 3 CSSGP-2-00132 0 31 34.9 -25 21 59 14.48 1x900 1 22 STSI 03b-03 3 CSSGP-2-00134 0 13 17.5 -25 21 51 15.41 1x900 1 22 STSI 03b-03 3 CSSGP-2-00138 0 4 19.8 -25 21 47 14.68 1x900 1 22 STSI 03b-03 3 CSSGP-2-00140 0 22 13.9 -25 21 49 15.34 1x900 1 22 STSI 03b-03 3 CSSGP-2-00174 0 20 5.7 -25 21 12 14.94 1x900 1 22 STSI 03b-03 3 CSSGP-2-00238 0 25 8.1 -25 19 45 15.40 1x900 1 22 STSI 03b-10 3 HR 1279 04 07 42.0 +15 09 46 6.1 3x 10 1 10 STSI 03b-10 3 48 Tau 04 15 46.3 +15 24 02 6.3 3x 10 1 10 F3 V STSI 03b-10 3 HD 27534 04 21 32.3 +18 25 03 6.8 3x 12 1 10 F5 V SUNY 03b-13 3 AB Dor 05 28 44.8 -65 26 54.8 7.0 3x 60 1 12 STSI 03b-04 3 HD 36936 05 34 59.0 -04 21 15 7.6 3x 25 1 11 STSI 03b-04 3 42 Ori 05 35 23.2 -04 50 18 4.6 3x 7 1 9 STSI 03b-04 3 HR 2089 05 54 41.1 -49 37 37 6.1 3x 10 1 9 STSI 03b-02 2 YZ CMi 07 44 40.2 +03 33 09 11.1 3x300 1 24 Shortly before sunrise, get well-exposed twilight spectrum at zenith, if you were unable to get them at dusk. Aim for 3 spectra, with 5000-30000 counts/pixel. Do not overexpose the long wavelength end of the chip. .............................................................................. Remarks: 1: moon within 10 degrees. Skip if you do not see the star in the acquisition TV 2: cataclysmic variable. May be fainter than in finding chart. Skip if not visible. If visible but much fainter than on chart, increase exposure times to 3x600. Note on EF Eri: There are two stars of comparable brightness. EF Eri is easternmost of the pair. If only one star is visible, it is likely NOT EF Eri, but get a spectrum anyways. 3: Far northern target. Hour angle must be less than ~2h. 4: consider only if there is at least an hour left before twilight. 5: radial velocity standard for V838 Mon. Must be observed if V838 Mon is observed; skip if V838 Mon is not ovserved. .............................................................................. General Notes: Astronomical ephemerides are from SKYCAL,by John Thorstensen Pri: Target priority. + = Time critical or TOO target. Highest priority. 1 = observe object if possible 2 = extra targets; observe only if no Priority 1 target is available 3 = backup targets; low priority Cmp: 1 means take comparison spectrum only before target exposures; 2 means before and after .............................................................................. Notes about finding charts: RA & Dec: all coordinates are accurate to 1"; charts can be generated by operator as necessary using LEDAS or DSS. Charts for many objects were prepared at telescope in February and should be available. STSI 03b-02: Most of the stars have large proper motions, so charts may be necessary to find them. A complete set of charts has been posted at http://www.stsci.edu/~bond/valenti_finding_charts.pdf , which you should download and print out (12 MB pdf file). The charts mark where the stars will be in 2003. Some of the stars are binaries, and the remarks give the separations. If both components are listed, try to obtain separate spectra of each component. STSI 03b-03: The finding charts are in two binders at the telescope. SUNY 03b-01: Finding charts are available at http://www.astro.sunysb.edu/fwalter/SMARTS/2003B/suny03b-01.tar.gz SUNY 03b-02: Finding charts are available at http://www.astro.sunysb.edu/fwalter/SMARTS/2003B/suny03b-02.tar.gz CHIL 03b-01: Charts are at http://www.stsci.edu/~bond/Ogle005312.jpg and http://www.stsci.edu/~bond/Ogle051553.jpg , but Dr. Mennickent has been asked to send you better ones. YALE 03b-08: These are galaxies, but they may look almost stellar. .............................................................................. Questions may be addressed to: Howard Bond bond@stsci.edu (other STSI programs) Fred Walter fwalter@astro.sunysb.edu (SUNY programs) Neill Reid inr@stsci.edu (program STSI 03b-03) Jeff Valenti valenti@stsci.edu (program STSI 03b-10) Jong-Hak Woo jhwoo@astro.yale.edu (YALE programs) Ronald Mennickent rmennick@stars.cfm.udec.cl (CHIL programs)