FM Walter 8/29/05 SMARTS 1.5m Service Observing Program 050916 --- EPHEMERIS INFORMATION --- For the night of: Fri, 2005 Sep 16 ---> Sat, 2005 Sep 17 Local midnight = 2005 Sep 17, 4 hr UT, or JD 2453630.667 Local Mean Sidereal time at midnight = 23 01 30.6 Sunset ( 2215 m horizon): 18 43 CST; Sunrise: 6 32 CST Evening twilight: 19 56 CST; LMST at evening twilight: 18 57 Morning twilight: 5 19 CST; LMST at morning twilight: 4 22 Moonrise: 17 06 CST Moonset : 6 33 CST Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.987 0.9 days until full moon, RA and dec: 22 56 22, -9 26.2 The sun is down for 11.8 hr; 9.4 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. .......................................................................... Civil date Setup Program(s) Sep 16 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 18 SUNY 05b-02 2 EX Lup 16 03 05.5 -40 18 25.9 11.4 3x 400 1 29 19 42 SUNY 05b-11 1 V1188 Sco 17 44 22 -34 16 30 10: 3x 400 1 29 20 11 N SUNY 05b-10 1 S CrA 19 01 08.7 -36 57 19.8 11 3x 400 1 29 20 40 SUNY 05b-11 1 V1663 Aql 19 05 12.5 +05 14 12.0 15 3x 300 1 24 21 9 N LANL 05b-01 1 195940-595000 39 19 58 59.8 -59 51 33.4 13.16 3x 30 1 11 21 33 LANL 05b-01 1 195940-595000 40 19 59 10.8 -59 52 07.3 13.31 3x 30 1 11 21 44 LANL 05b-01 1 195940-595000 41 19 59 50.9 -59 48 19.4 13.31 3x 30 1 11 21 55 LANL 05b-01 2 195940-595000 42 19 58 56.3 -59 51 11.8 13.21 3x 30 1 11 22 6 LANL 05b-01 2 195940-595000 43 19 59 24.5 -59 48 01.8 13.51 3x 40 1 11 22 17 LANL 05b-01 2 195940-595000 44 19 59 11.5 -59 46 54.4 13.70 3x 40 1 11 22 28 LANL 05b-01 2 195940-595000 45 19 58 47.8 -59 50 10.3 13.64 3x 40 1 11 22 39 LANL 05b-01 2 195940-595000 46 19 59 40.0 -59 46 08.4 13.70 3x 40 1 11 22 50 LANL 05b-01 1 E8_b 61 20 04 32.7 -44 57 47.8 13.38 3x 30 1 11 23 1 LANL 05b-01 1 E8_b 201 20 04 10.7 -44 54 06.1 15.03 3x 160 1 17 23 12 LANL 05b-01 1 E8_b 207 20 04 18.3 -44 55 17.7 15.10 3x 170 1 18 23 29 LANL 05b-01 1 220100-300000 32 22 01 22.3 -30 03 37.8 13.21 3x 30 1 11 23 47 LANL 05b-01 1 220100-300000 38 22 00 46.9 -29 55 30.0 14.03 3x 60 1 12 23 58 LANL 05b-01 1 220100-300000 42 22 00 45.2 -29 58 21.3 14.52 3x 80 1 13 0 10 LANL 05b-01 1 220100-300000 46 22 01 30.7 -29 58 12.0 14.32 3x 90 1 14 0 23 LANL 05b-01 1 220100-300000 47 22 00 37.9 -30 06 09.7 14.48 3x 90 1 14 0 37 LANL 05b-01 2 220100-300000 49 22 01 09.7 -30 00 16.9 14.55 3x 100 1 14 0 51 LANL 05b-01 2 220100-300000 59 22 01 05.6 -30 01 00.1 15.09 3x 160 1 17 1 5 LANL 05b-01 2 220100-300000 60 22 01 03.6 -30 03 57.2 15.12 3x 160 1 17 1 22 LANL 05b-01 2 220100-300000 62 22 01 15.1 -30 01 57.0 15.12 3x 170 1 18 1 39 LANL 05b-01 2 220100-300000 63 22 01 12.1 -30 05 59.6 15.09 3x 170 1 18 1 57 LANL 05b-01 1 220000-595900 45 22 00 25.2 -59 55 52.3 13.59 3x 40 1 11 2 15 LANL 05b-01 1 220000-595900 46 22 00 27.0 -60 05 11.7 13.69 3x 40 1 11 2 26 LANL 05b-01 1 220000-595900 47 22 00 05.1 -59 54 38.1 13.60 3x 40 1 11 2 37 LANL 05b-01 1 220000-595900 49 22 00 03.9 -59 56 10.3 13.85 3x 50 1 12 2 48 LANL 05b-01 2 220000-595900 51 22 00 17.9 -60 05 15.0 14.01 3x 60 1 12 3 0 LANL 05b-01 2 220000-595900 57 21 59 27.2 -60 01 00.8 14.28 3x 80 1 13 3 12 LANL 05b-01 2 220000-595900 58 22 00 12.0 -59 59 40.2 14.34 3x 80 1 13 3 25 LANL 05b-01 1 E1_a 71 01 24 48.0 -44 38 30.8 13.77 3x 50 1 12 3 38 LANL 05b-01 1 E1_a 73 01 24 39.9 -44 33 55.4 13.85 3x 50 1 12 3 50 LANL 05b-01 2 E1_a 85 01 24 39.6 -44 43 19.5 14.76 3x 130 1 16 4 2 SUNY 05b-01 2 BL Hyi 1 41 00.3 -67 53 27.7 14.9 3x 400 1 29 4 18 C SUNY 05b-02 1 V1118 Ori 5 34 44.7 -05 33 41.3 16.5 3x 400 1 29 4 47 SUNY 05b-02 2 NY Ori 5 35 37 -05 12 24 15.0 3x 600 1 39 5 16 end 26/Ib 5 55 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 4 02 28.5 -44 52 26.4 13.42 3x 40 1 11 LANL 05b-01 3 E2_a 58 4 03 05.8 -44 51 47.1 13.47 3x 40 1 11 LANL 05b-01 3 E2_a 59 4 03 23.1 -44 43 27.4 13.86 3x 60 1 12 LANL 05b-01 3 E2_a 60 4 03 04.5 -44 41 19.3 14.09 3x 60 1 12 LANL 05b-01 3 E2_a 61 4 02 31.8 -44 47 08.5 14.10 3x 70 1 13 LANL 05b-01 3 E2_a 62 4 02 58.8 -44 44 09.2 14.15 3x 70 1 13 LANL 05b-01 3 E2_a 63 4 03 24.1 -44 50 25.0 14.25 3x 80 1 13 LANL 05b-01 3 E2_a 67 4 02 49.5 -44 45 57.2 14.32 3x 80 1 13 LANL 05b-01 3 E2_a 72 4 02 36.5 -44 47 58.5 14.62 3x 110 1 15 LANL 05b-01 3 E2_a 75 4 03 09.9 -44 43 48.7 15.15 3x 130 1 16 LANL 05b-01 3 E2_a 88 4 02 57.8 -44 53 21.1 15.09 3x 160 1 17 LANL 05b-01 3 E2_a 97 4 03 11.5 -44 47 10.3 15.31 3x 180 1 18 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)