FM Walter 9/12/04 SMARTS 1.5m Service Observing Program 040913 --- EPHEMERIS INFORMATION --- For the night of: Mon, 2004 Sep 13 ---> Tue, 2004 Sep 14 Local midnight = 2004 Sep 14, 4 hr UT, or JD 2453262.667 Local Mean Sidereal time at midnight = 22 50 38.2 Sunset ( 2215 m horizon): 18 42 CST; Sunrise: 6 35 CST Evening twilight: 19 54 CST; LMST at evening twilight: 18 44 Morning twilight: 5 23 CST; LMST at morning twilight: 4 14 Moonset : 17 57 CST Moonrise: 6 48 CST Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.003 0.4 days before new moon, RA and dec: 11 15 30, 9 07.8 The sun is down for 11.9 hr; 9.5 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. .......................................................................... Civil date Setup Program(s) Sep 13 47/Ib AMNH 04b-01 STSI 04a-02 STSI 04a-03 STSI 04b-04 STSI 04b-14 SUNY 04b-02 SUNY 04b-10 SUNY 04b-11 SUNY 04b-12 SUNY 04b-13 SUNY 04b-17 .............................................................................. Name Slit Filter Coll Grating Tilt & Comp,exp Ystart Ysize Yspec Blaze w.l. cov. (sec) Res (A) 47/Ib 110.5 GG495 595 47 22.64 Neon 20 200 280 164 7100 5652-6972 3.1 .............................................................................. New 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. As I get experience with scheduling, I will try to make it more accurate. For now I am allotting the nominal overheads, plus 25 minutes for a change in the grating tilt/filter. .............................................................................. In afternoon or during dinner: - Install 47/Ib grating setup - check focus if necessary - obtain at least 25 Zero frames - obtain at least 10, 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 ** NOTE: the observer is authorized to use up to one hour of the night for other programs. Please do this at the expense of the lower priority targets. SUNY 04b-10 2 RU Lup 15 56 42.3 -37 49 15.5 11 3x300 1 24 19 16 SUNY 04b-02 1 EX Lup 16 03 05.48 -40 18 25.9 11.4 3x300 1 24 19 40 SUNY 04b-10 1 Oph 118 16 31 15.8 -24 34 02.1 13 3x300 1 24 20 4 STSI 04b-04 1 HD 148937 16 33 52.2 -48 06 40 6.7 3x 60 1 12 20 28 SUNY 04b-11 1 V1187 Sco 17 29 18.81 -31 46 01.5 9: 3x100 1 14 20 40 N STSI 04a-03 2 V2574 Oph 17 38 45.5 -23 28 18 11: 3x200 1 19 20 54 N SUNY 04b-11 1 V475 Sct 18 49 37.7 -9 33 52.7 3x400 1 29 21 13 N SUNY 04b-11 1 V5114 Sgr 18 19 32.3 -28 36 35.7 9 3x200 1 19 21 42 N STSI 04b-14 2 V4745 Sgr 18 40 02.5 -33 26 55 ~11 3x500 1 34 22 1 N STSI 04b-14 1 V4743 Sgr 19 01 09.4 -22 00 06 ~12 3x600 1 39 22 35 N SUNY 04b-10 1 S CrA 19 01 08.7 -36 57 19.8 11 3x300 1 24 23 14 cal 1 Feige 110 23 19 58.39 -05 09 55.8 11.8 3x200 1 19 23 38 AMNH 04b-01 2 J2102-4643 21 02 59.71 -46 43 21.5 2x 20 1 9 23 57 AMNH 04b-01 2 J2102-4708 21 02 12.86 -47 08 1.6 2x150 1 13 0 6 AMNH 04b-01 2 J2107-4719 21 07 38.81 -47 19 9.6 2x 40 1 9 0 19 AMNH 04b-01 2 J2108-4003 21 08 31.29 -40 03 47.9 2x 75 1 10 0 28 AMNH 04b-01 2 J2205-3816 22 05 54.39 -38 16 6.3 11.5 2x 40 1 9 0 38 AMNH 04b-01 2 J0005-6103 00 05 56.39 -61 03 55.3 15.6 2x300 1 18 0 47 AMNH 04b-01 2 J0005-6749 00 05 17.53 -67 49 54.8 7.8 2x 20 1 9 1 5 AMNH 04b-01 2 J0006-6617 00 06 33.38 -66 17 28.8 15.0 2x300 1 18 1 14 AMNH 04b-01 2 J0015-5919 00 15 10.30 -59 19 54.6 17.0 2x600 1 28 1 32 AMNH 04b-01 2 J0018-8207 00 18 18.92 -82 07 13.9 14.7 2x300 1 18 2 0 AMNH 04b-01 2 J0019-6751 00 19 43.82 -67 51 5.3 15.1 2x300 1 18 2 18 AMNH 04b-01 2 J0021-4605 00 21 37.21 -46 05 34.2 13.5 2x600 1 28 2 36 AMNH 04b-01 2 J0026-5524 00 26 40.61 -55 24 42.9 14.7 2x600 1 28 3 4 SUNY 04b-02 1 NY Ori 05 35 37 -05 12 24 15.0 3x400 1 29 3 32 Y SUNY 04b-12 1 V1647 Ori 05 36 13.1 -00 06 05 16 3x1200 1 69 4 1 STSI 04b-02 1 V838 Mon 07 04 04.8 -03 50 50 15.6 3x600 2 39 5 10 SUNY 04b-17 1 HD 45166 06 26 19.15 +07 58 28 9.8 3x 90 1 14 5 49 end 47/Ib 6 03 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- If there is any time left before dawn, or you get ahead and have to wait for targets to rise, select from among the following 47/Ib targets: SUNY 04b-01 3 BL Hyi 01 41 00.3 -67 53 27.7 14.9 3x300 1 24 C AMNH 04b-01 3 J0247-6855 02 47 4.45 -68 55 38.0 10.5 2x 40 1 9 AMNH 04b-01 3 J0302-6952 03 02 30.61 -69 52 2.0 12.8 2x 75 1 10 AMNH 04b-01 3 J0306-6106 03 06 33.72 -61 06 23.5 13.9 2x300 1 18 AMNH 04b-01 3 J0310-8432 03 10 39.88 -84 32 37.0 9.8 2x 20 1 9 AMNH 04b-01 3 J0404-6259 04 04 31.78 -62 59 14.2 15.0 2x150 1 13 AMNH 04b-01 3 J0411-8654 04 11 38.41 -86 54 11.6 15.5 2x600 1 28 SUNY 04b-10 3 T Tau 04 21 59.43 +19 32 06.4 9.5 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 moon up. R: radial velocity stardard for STSI programs. N: Nova. Will be fainter than on finding chart. C: cataclysmic variable. May be fainter than in finding chart. Skip if not visible. Y: 5 arcsec SE of brighter star -------------------------------------------------------------------- General Notes: Astronomical ephemerides are from SKYCAL,by John Thorstensen Pri: Target priority. + = absolute highest 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. AMNH 04b-01: No finding charts supplied. Proper motions are typically 0.5-1 arcsec/year, so positions are good to better than 5 arcsec. SUNY 04b-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 04b-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 04b-11: Finding chart for DE Cir is at http://www.astro.sunysb.edu/fwalter/SMARTS/FC/decir_fc.ps Finding chart for V475 Sct (Nova Sct 2003) is at http://www.astro.sunysb.edu/fwalter/FC/v475sct.jpg .............................................................................. Questions may be addressed to: Howard Bond bond@stsci.edu (STSI programs) Nolan Walborn walborn@stsci.edu (program STSI 04b-04) Fred Walter fwalter@astro.sunysb.edu (SUNY programs) Sebastien Lepine lepine@amnh.org (AMNH 04b-01)