FM Walter 8/27/05 SMARTS 1.5m Service Observing Program 050911 --- EPHEMERIS INFORMATION --- For the night of: Sun, 2005 Sep 11 ---> Mon, 2005 Sep 12 Local midnight = 2005 Sep 12, 4 hr UT, or JD 2453625.667 Local Mean Sidereal time at midnight = 22 41 47.8 Sunset ( 2215 m horizon): 18 41 CST; Sunrise: 6 38 CST Evening twilight: 19 53 CST; LMST at evening twilight: 18 34 Morning twilight: 5 26 CST; LMST at morning twilight: 4 08 Moonset : 2 38 CST Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.569 0.7 days since first quarter, RA and dec: 17 48 32, -28 09.8 The sun is down for 12.0 hr; 9.5 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. .......................................................................... Civil date Setup Program(s) Sep 11 26/Ib LANL 05b-01 SUNY 05b-01 SUNY 05b-02 SUNY 05b-10 .............................................................................. Name Slit Filter Coll Grating Tilt & Comp,exp Ystart Ysize Yspec Blaze w.l. cov. (sec) Res (A) 26/Ib 110.5 clear 565 26 16.50 He-Ar 30 214 280 " 3550 3800-5575 4.3 .............................................................................. 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 26/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 CST Rem SUNY 05b-10 2 RU Lup 15 56 42.3 -37 49 15.5 11 3x 300 1 24 19 14 SUNY 05b-02 3 EX Lup 16 03 05.5 -40 18 25.9 11.4 3x 400 1 29 19 38 SUNY 05b-10 1 S CrA 19 01 08.7 -36 57 19.8 11 3x 400 1 29 20 7 SUNY 05b-01 2 QS Tel 19 38 35.7 -46 12 56.5 16 3x 400 1 29 20 36 C LANL 05b-01 1 200000-300000 96 20 00 19.8 -30 03 11.1 13.17 3x 30 1 11 21 5 LANL 05b-01 1 200000-300000 97 20 00 30.2 -30 06 13.6 13.23 3x 30 1 11 21 16 LANL 05b-01 1 200000-300000 99 20 00 04.2 -29 53 48.8 13.48 3x 30 1 11 21 27 LANL 05b-01 1 200000-300000 100 20 00 10.3 -30 00 40.6 13.51 3x 40 1 11 21 38 LANL 05b-01 1 200000-300000 101 19 59 57.6 -29 55 04.0 13.51 3x 40 1 11 21 49 LANL 05b-01 2 200000-300000 102 20 00 23.4 -29 54 25.9 13.60 3x 40 1 11 22 0 LANL 05b-01 2 200000-300000 103 20 00 13.7 -29 59 00.9 13.70 3x 50 1 12 22 11 LANL 05b-01 2 200000-300000 105 20 00 05.6 -30 03 16.2 13.85 3x 60 1 12 22 23 LANL 05b-01 1 MCT_2019 45 20 22 54.4 -43 24 58.3 13.40 3x 30 1 11 22 35 LANL 05b-01 1 MCT_2019 47 20 23 08.2 -43 33 54.3 13.46 3x 40 1 11 22 46 LANL 05b-01 1 MCT_2019 48 20 22 38.8 -43 31 17.0 13.70 3x 40 1 11 22 57 LANL 05b-01 1 MCT_2019 49 20 22 28.7 -43 32 38.7 13.74 3x 40 1 11 23 8 LANL 05b-01 1 MCT_2019 50 20 22 21.5 -43 23 44.5 13.88 3x 60 1 12 23 19 LANL 05b-01 1 MCT_2019 51 20 22 46.7 -43 28 10.9 13.93 3x 60 1 12 23 31 LANL 05b-01 1 MCT_2019 52 20 23 03.9 -43 31 21.7 13.94 3x 60 1 12 23 43 LANL 05b-01 1 MCT_2019 54 20 22 49.0 -43 30 11.5 13.67 3x 70 1 13 23 55 LANL 05b-01 1 MCT_2019 55 20 22 29.3 -43 28 30.0 14.13 3x 70 1 13 0 8 LANL 05b-01 1 MCT_2019 56 20 22 30.6 -43 30 33.4 14.21 3x 80 1 13 0 21 LANL 05b-01 2 MCT_2019 57 20 22 28.3 -43 29 41.2 14.29 3x 80 1 13 0 34 LANL 05b-01 2 MCT_2019 58 20 23 00.9 -43 32 15.3 14.54 3x 90 1 14 0 47 LANL 05b-01 2 MCT_2019 59 20 22 19.1 -43 23 58.2 14.71 3x 110 1 15 1 1 LANL 05b-01 2 MCT_2019 61 20 23 03.0 -43 27 00.3 14.76 3x 120 1 15 1 16 LANL 05b-01 2 MCT_2019 69 20 22 25.9 -43 23 31.9 15.25 3x 180 1 18 1 31 cal 1 Feige 110 23 19 58.4 -05 09 56 11.8 3x 200 1 19 1 49 SUNY 05b-01 2 BL Hyi 1 41 00.3 -67 53 27.7 14.9 3x 400 1 29 2 8 C LANL 05b-01 1 020020-600000 16 2 00 34.2 -59 58 30.3 13.87 3x 50 1 12 2 37 LANL 05b-01 1 020020-600000 17 2 00 30.8 -60 03 43.9 13.96 3x 60 1 12 2 49 LANL 05b-01 1 020020-600000 18 1 59 51.5 -59 57 04.3 14.23 3x 60 1 12 3 1 LANL 05b-01 1 020020-600000 28 2 00 19.4 -60 05 00.6 14.91 3x 120 1 15 3 13 LANL 05b-01 2 020020-600000 30 2 00 44.0 -60 03 59.4 14.87 3x 120 1 15 3 28 LANL 05b-01 2 020020-600000 42 1 59 39.9 -59 58 34.3 15.20 3x 170 1 18 3 43 LANL 05b-01 1 020000-300600 31 2 00 28.3 -30 09 24.1 13.19 3x 30 1 11 4 1 LANL 05b-01 1 020000-300600 32 2 00 01.6 -30 08 09.9 13.48 3x 30 1 11 4 12 LANL 05b-01 1 020000-300600 33 2 00 30.0 -30 00 29.8 13.75 3x 40 1 11 4 23 LANL 05b-01 1 020000-300600 34 2 00 17.9 -30 10 48.0 13.72 3x 40 1 11 4 34 LANL 05b-01 2 020000-300600 35 2 00 05.3 -30 11 03.4 13.65 3x 40 1 11 4 45 LANL 05b-01 2 020000-300600 37 1 59 40.6 -30 01 54.8 13.75 3x 40 1 11 4 56 LANL 05b-01 2 020000-300600 42 1 59 51.4 -30 07 42.2 14.41 3x 80 1 13 5 7 LANL 05b-01 2 020000-300600 43 1 59 43.0 -29 59 18.2 14.55 3x 90 1 14 5 20 SUNY 05b-02 1 V1118 Ori 5 34 44.7 -05 33 41.3 16.5 3x 400 1 29 5 34 end 26/Ib 6 03 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26/Ib targets: -LANL 05b-01 3 E2_a 103 4 02 49.4 -44 45 27.7 15.18 3x 190 1 19 -LANL 05b-01 3 E2_a 127 4 02 27.7 -44 44 07.4 15.52 3x 250 1 22 -LANL 05b-01 3 E2_a 147 4 02 44.3 -44 47 38.4 15.74 3x 280 1 23 -LANL 05b-01 3 E2_a 171 4 02 22.1 -44 44 15.3 15.72 3x 330 1 26 -LANL 05b-01 3 E2_a 185 4 02 24.1 -44 53 03.1 15.94 3x 370 1 28 -LANL 05b-01 3 E2_a 198 4 02 24.4 -44 41 05.2 16.07 3x 440 1 31 Just before sunrise, get well-exposed TWILIGHT SPECTRA at zenith IF you could not obtain 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 not visible in the acquisition TV A: target reaches 2 air masses at end of exposure. Do not start late; do the calibration lamp at the end if it helps. B: very bright target. C: cataclysmic variable. May be fainter than in finding chart. Skip if not visible. E: target far to the east at twilight. Don't go there too early. F: faint target may be hard to see with moon up. N: Nova. Will be fainter than on finding chart. R: radial velocity standard for STSI programs. PM: may have significant proper motion. W: star very close to 2 air masses at end of observation. Don't start late. Y: 5 arcsec SE of brighter star. Try to keep the brighter star out of the slit. Skip if the seeing is really bad. Z: monitoring target. Try to maintain spacing between observations. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Many charts are available via the link from the main 1.5m scheduling page. Charts for many objects should be available at the telescope. .............................................................................. Questions may be addressed to: Douglas Tucker dtucker@fnal.gov (LANL programs) Howard Bond bond@stsci.edu (STSI programs) Fred Walter fwalter@astro.sunysb.edu (SUNY programs)