FM Walter 8/27/05 rev 0905 SMARTS 1.5m Service Observing Program 050905 --- EPHEMERIS INFORMATION --- For the night of: Mon, 2005 Sep 5 ---> Tue, 2005 Sep 6 Local midnight = 2005 Sep 6, 4 hr UT, or JD 2453619.667 Local Mean Sidereal time at midnight = 22 18 08.5 Sunset ( 2215 m horizon): 18 37 CST; Sunrise: 6 45 CST Evening twilight: 19 50 CST; LMST at evening twilight: 18 07 Morning twilight: 5 33 CST; LMST at morning twilight: 3 52 Moonset : 20 28 CST Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.051 2.4 days since new moon, RA and dec: 12 36 22, -3 16.0 The sun is down for 12.1 hr; 9.7 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. .......................................................................... Civil date Setup Program(s) Sep 05 47/II STSI 05b-08 STSI 05b-11 SUNY 05b-01 SUNY 05b-02 SUNY 05b-09 SUNY 05b-10 SUNY 05b-11 .............................................................................. Name Slit Filter Coll Grating Tilt & Comp,exp Ystart Ysize Yspec Blaze w.l. cov. (sec) Res (A) 47/II 83.0 CuSO4 620 47 27.39 He-Ar 45 200 280 3550 3878-4552 1.6 .............................................................................. In afternoon or during dinner: - Install 47/II 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 STSI 05b-08 1 BZ Cru 12 42 50.3 -63 03 31 5.3 3x 10 2 10 19 11 SUNY 05b-11 + N Cen 2005 13 20 49.74 -62 37 50.5 9 3x 500 1 34 19 21 NN SUNY 05b-10 + RU Lup 15 56 42.3 -37 49 15.5 11 3x 600 1 39 19 55 X SUNY 05b-10 1 S CrA 19 01 08.7 -36 57 19.8 11 3x 300 1 24 20 34 SUNY 05b-02 1 EX Lup 16 03 05.48 -40 18 25.9 11.4 3x 500 1 34 20 58 SUNY 05b-10 + RU Lup 15 56 42.3 -37 49 15.5 11 3x 600 1 39 21 32 X SUNY 05b-11 2 V1663 Aql 19 05 12.50 +05 14 12.0 15 3x 600 1 39 22 11 N SUNY 05b-11 2 V1188 Sco 17 44 22 -34 16 30 10: 3x 900 1 54 22 50 N SUNY 05b-10 2 V4046 Sgr 18 14 10.5 -32 47 34.5 11 3x 300 1 24 23 44 SUNY 04a-09 3 PZ Tel 18 53 05.9 -50 10 50 8.4 3x 400 1 29 0 8 cal 1 Feige 110 23 19 58.39 -05 09 55.8 11.8 3x 300 1 24 0 37 SUNY 05b-10 1 S CrA 19 01 08.7 -36 57 19.8 11 3x 300 1 24 1 1 STSI 05b-11 1 6 Cet 0 11 15.9 -15 28 05 4.9 3x 10 2 10 1 25 R STSI 05b-11 2 CD -38 222 0 42 58.3 -38 07 37 10.5 3x 120 2 16 1 35 STSI 05b-11 1 NGC 246 0 47 03.4 -11 52 19 11.8 3x 300 2 25 1 51 SUNY 05b-09 3 CF Tuc 0 53 7.7 -74 39 5.6 7.6 3x 300 1 24 2 16 SUNY 05b-01 2 BL Hyi 1 41 00.3 -67 53 27.7 14.9 3x 900 1 54 2 40 C SUNY 05b-09 1 AB Dor 5 28 44.8 -65 26 54.8 7.0 3x 120 1 15 3 34 E SUNY 05b-02 1 V1118 Ori 5 34 44.66 -05 33 41.3 16.5 3x 800 1 49 3 49 E SUNY 05b-02 2 NY Ori 5 35 37 -05 12 24 15.0 3x 600 1 39 4 38 Y SUNY 05b-11 2 V574 Pup 7 41 53.8 -27 6 37 10 3x 900 1 54 5 17 N end 47/II 6 11 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- If there is any time left before dawn, or you get ahead and have to wait for targets to rise, or if some targets are too faint to acquire, please select from among the following 47/II targets: standard 3 HD144218 16 5 26.6 -19 48 6.7 4.9 3x 15 1 10 standard 3 HD144628 16 09 42.8 -56 26 42.5 7.1 3x 200 1 19 standard 3 HD 16582 2 39 28.9 0 19 43 4.1 3x 5 1 9 standard 3 HD 19285 3 03 27.7 -58 55 37 7.3 3x 200 1 19 standard 3 HD 26407 3 52 46.3 -42 50 12 7.8 3x 240 1 21 standard 3 HD 26965 4 15 16.3 -07 39 10.3 4.4 3x 15 1 10 SUNY 05b-09 3 AB Dor 5 28 44.8 -65 26 54.8 7.0 3x 120 1 15 SUNY 04b-17 3 HD 45166 6 26 19.15 +07 58 28 9.8 3x 150 1 17 Just before sunrise, get well-exposed TWILIGHT SPECTRA at zenith, if you were unable to get them at dusk. Aim for 3-5 spectra, each with between 5,000 and 30,000 counts per pixel. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remarks: M: moon within 10 degrees. Skip if the star is not seen in the acquisition TV M*: moon within 5 degrees. Skip if the star is not seen in the acquisition TV E: may be below the east limit if you get to it early. 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. NN: possible new nova. Coordinates approximate to within 1 arcminute. Should be brightest star not in LEDAS chart. V=8.5 on Sep 2. If not visible, replace with backup targets. C: cataclysmic variable. May be fainter than in finding chart. Skip if not visible. TC: time critical W: A: target reaches 2 air masses at end of exposure. Do not start late; do the calibration lamp at the end if it helps. X: contemporaneous with XMM observations starting 17 1800 UT. 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 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. .............................................................................. Notes about finding charts: RA & Dec: all coordinates are accurate to 1"; charts can be generated by operator as necessary using LEDAS or DSS. Most charts are available via the link from the main 1.5m scheduling page. Charts for most objects should be available at the telescope. .............................................................................. Questions may be addressed to: Howard Bond bond@stsci.edu (STSI programs) Nolan Walborn walborn@stsci.edu (program STSI 05b-07) Fred Walter fwalter@astro.sunysb.edu (SUNY programs)