FM Walter 2/29/04 rev 3/03 SMARTS 1.5m Service Observing Program 040303 --- EPHEMERIS INFORMATION --- For the night of: Wed, 2004 Mar 3 ---> Thu, 2004 Mar 4 Local midnight = 2004 Mar 4, 3 hr UT, or JD 2453068.625 Local Mean Sidereal time at midnight = 9 05 36.6 Sunset ( 2215 m horizon): 20 21 CDT; Sunrise: 7 29 CDT Evening twilight: 21 36 CDT; LMST at evening twilight: 6 41 Morning twilight: 6 15 CDT; LMST at morning twilight: 15 21 Moonrise: 18 27 CDT Moonset : 5 10 CDT Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.908 2.8 days until full moon, RA and dec: 8 52 34, 23 33.0 The sun is down for 11.1 hr; 8.7 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. .............................................................................. Civil date Setup Program(s) Mar 03 26/I STSI 04a-04 SUNY 04a-01 SUNY 04a-02 SUNY 04a-03 SUNY 04a-10 YALE 03b-11 YALE 04a-07 YALE 04a-11 YALE 04a-99 .............................................................................. Name Slit Filter Coll Grating Tilt & Comp,exp Ystart Ysize Yspec Blaze w.l. cov. (sec) Res (A) 26/I 110.5 clear 565 26 15.93 He-Ar 30 214 280 " 3550 3532-5300 4.3 .............................................................................. General notes: The T column lists the approximate time in minutes for this line. This includes 5 minutes acquisition plus 1 minute for the comparison. The CDT 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. For now I am allotting the nominal overheads, plus 30 minutes for a change in the grating tilt/filter. .............................................................................. In afternoon or during dinner: - Install 26/I grating setup - check focus if necessary - obtain at least 25 Zero frames - obtain at least 5, preferably 25, flat-field frames (projector or dome) Get well-exposed TWILIGHT SPECTRA at zenith at beginning of night. Aim for three spectra, each with between 5,000 and 30,000 counts per pixel. Program Pri Target RA (J2000) Dec mag Exp Cmp T CDT Rem Yale 03b-11 1 RR_18 05 05 26.96 -01 54 39.6 15.9 3x800 2 49 20 57 Yale 03b-11 1 RR_27 05 29 17.54 -01 20 40.7 15.9 3x800 2 49 21 46 SUNY 04a-02 1 NY Ori 05 35 37 -05 12 24 15.0 3x600 1 39 22 35 3 SUNY 04a-03 1 KWW-1302 08 09 51.78 -36 23 02.9 15.8 3x600 1 39 23 14 YALE 04a-11 1 HD_74000 08 40 50.80 -16 20 42.5 9.67 3x100 2 15 23 53 YALE 04a-11 1 RR_145 10 58 12.60 -00 05 40.1 15.7 3x600 2 39 0 08 cal 1 LTT 4364 11 45 37.7 -64 50 25.1 11.5 3x240 1 21 0 47 STSI 04a-04 1 LU Vel 09 58 34.3 -46 25 30 11.3 3x400 1 29 1 08 YALE 04a-11 2 RR_122 10 16 52.48 -01 37 49.6 15.8 3x600 2 39 1 37 SUNY 04a-10 1 TW Hya 11 01 51.9 -34 42 17.0 11 3x300 1 24 2 16 YALE 04a-11 1 RR_227 12 52 08.76 -00 29 31.3 15.7 3x600 2 39 2 40 YALE 04a-11 1 RR_230 12 53 32.58 -02 08 29.2 14.2 3x300 2 24 3 19 YALE 04a-11 2 RR_263 13 23 09.97 -02 04 55.2 15.3 3x600 2 39 3 43 STSI 04a-04 1 Prox Cen 14 29 42.9 -62 40 46 11.0 3x400 1 29 4 22 SUNY 04a-01 1 V834 Cen 14 09 07.5 -45 17 17.1 14 3x400 1 29 4 51 YALE 04a-99 1 J1628-4152 16 28 46 -41 52 46 13 3x300 1 24 5 20 X SUNY 04a-10 2 V4046 Sgr 18 14 10.5 -32 47 34.5 11 3x300 1 24 5 44 SUNY 04a-10 1 S CrA 19 01 08.7 -36 57 19.8 11 3x300 1 24 6 8 STSI 04a-04 2 V1216 Sgr 18 49 49.4 -23 50 10 10.5 3x300 1 24 6 32 end 6 56 If there is any time left before dawn, select from among the following: YALE 04a-11 3 RR_218 12 44 29.71 -02 04 49.8 14.7 3x400 2 29 YALE 04a-11 3 RR_276 13 35 52.28 -00 37 06.4 15.3 3x600 2 39 YALE 04a-11 3 RR_478 16 24 55.00 -01 21 45.9 15.1 3x600 2 39 SUNY 04a-10 3 V1121 Oph 16 49 15.3 -14 22 08.6 12 3x300 1 24 Just before sunrise, get well-exposed TWILIGHT SPECTRA at zenith. Aim for 3-5 spectra, each with between 5,000 and 30,000 counts per pixel. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remarks: M: moon within 10 degrees. Skip if you do not see the star in the acquisition TV M*: moon within 5 degrees. Skip if you do not see the star in the acquisition TV F: faint target may be hard to see with full moon up. N: eruptive variable. Finding chart is in www.astro.sunysb.edu/fwalter/SMARTS/FC/iras05436.jpg X: X-ray nova. May fade. Finding chart is http://www.astro.yale.edu/buxton/smarts/find_charts/J1628.html R: radial velocity stardard for STSI programs. 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. 3: 5 arcsec SE of brighter star. **: may have significant proper motion. -------------------------------------------------------------------- General Notes: Astronomical ephemerides are from SKYCAL,by John Thorstensen Pri: Target priority. 1 = observe object if possible 2 = extra targets; observe only if no Priority 1 target is available 3 = backup/filler 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 should be available at the telescope. SUNY 04a-01: Finding charts are available at http://www.astro.sunysb.edu/fwalter/SMARTS/2003B/suny03b-01.tar.gz Chart for V834 Cen is at http://www.astro.sunysb.edu/fwalter/SMARTS/FC/V834_Cen.jpg SUNY 04a-02: Finding charts are available at http://www.astro.sunysb.edu/fwalter/SMARTS/2003B/suny03b-02.tar.gz Chart for EX Lup is at http://www.astro.sunysb.edu/fwalter/SMARTS/FC/exlup_fc.ps Chart for IRAS05436 is at http://www.astro.sunysb.edu/fwalter/SMARTS/FC/iras05436.jpg SUNY 04a-03: Finding charts for the KWW targets are available in http://www.astro.sunysb.edu/fwalter/SMARTS/FC/kww_fc.tar.gz (6 jpeg images) SUNY 04a-12: Finding charts are in http://www.astro.sunysb.edu/fwalter/SMARTS/FC/suny-012.tar.gz YALE 04a-99: Finding charts is at http://www.astro.yale.edu/buxton/smarts/find_charts/J1628.html .............................................................................. Questions may be addressed to: Howard Bond bond@stsci.edu (STSI programs) Nolan Walborn walborn@stsci.edu (program STSI 04a-05) Fred Walter fwalter@astro.sunysb.edu (SUNY programs)