FM Walter 11/15/05 SMARTS 1.5m Service Observing Program 051123 --- EPHEMERIS INFORMATION --- For the night of: Wed, 2005 Nov 23 ---> Thu, 2005 Nov 24 Local midnight = 2005 Nov 24, 3 hr UT, or JD 2453698.625 Local Mean Sidereal time at midnight = 2 29 26.5 Sunset ( 2215 m horizon): 20 32 CDT; Sunrise: 6 28 CDT Evening twilight: 21 57 CDT; LMST at evening twilight: 0 26 Morning twilight: 5 02 CDT; LMST at morning twilight: 7 33 Moonrise: 2 26 CDT Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.477 0.2 days after last quarter, RA and dec: 10 31 28, 13 19.5 The sun is down for 9.9 hr; 7.1 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. .......................................................................... Civil date Setup Program(s) Nov 23 26/I STSI 05b-02 STSI 05b-03 SUNY 05b-01 SUNY 05b-02 YALE 05b-13 .............................................................................. 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 .............................................................................. 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/I 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. Remember to take a comp spectrum too. Program Pri Target RA (J2000) Dec mag Exp Cmp T CST Rem SUNY 05b-01 2 QS Tel 19 38 35.73 -46 12 56.5 16 3x 600 1 39 21 19 STSI 05b-03 1 AT Mic B 20 41 48.0 -32 25 00 11.0 3x 400 1 29 21 58 STSI 05b-03 1 AT Mic A 20 41 51.2 -32 26 07 11.0 3x 400 1 29 22 27 STSI 05b-03 2 AY Ind 21 49 05.8 -72 06 09 9.8 3x 200 1 19 22 56 STSI 05b-03 1 GJ 841 A 21 57 41.2 -51 00 22 10.4 3x 300 1 24 23 15 STSI 05b-03 1 GJ 865 22 38 29.8 -65 22 43 11.5 3x 400 1 29 23 39 cal 1 Feige 110 23 19 58.4 -05 09 56 11.8 3x 300 1 24 0 8 STSI 05b-02 1 6 Cet 0 11 15.9 -15 28 05 4.9 3x 10 2 10 0 32 STSI 05b-02 1 NGC 246 0 47 03.4 -11 52 19 11.8 3x 300 1 24 0 42 SUNY 05b-01 2 BL Hyi 1 41 00.3 -67 53 27.7 14.9 3x 600 1 39 1 6 SUNY 05b-02 1 V1118 Ori 5 34 44.66 -05 33 41.3 16.5 3x 400 1 29 1 45 STSI 05b-02 1 V838 Mon 7 04 04.8 -03 50 50 15.6 3x1000 2 60 2 14 YALE 05b-13 1 84286 8 44 02.52 -02 52 56.8 15.9 3x1200 2 70 3 14 STSI 05b-02 2 Lo 4 10 05 45.7 -44 21 32 16.6 3x 900 1 54 4 24 STSI 05b-03 2 V857 Cen 11 31 46.5 -41 02 47 11.5 3x 400 1 29 5 18 end 26/I 5 47 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/I targets: STSI 05b-03 3 YZ CMi 7 44 40.2 +03 33 09 11.1 3x 300 1 24 YALE 05b-13 3 RR_76 8 47 05.58 -00 56 36.6 16.1 3x1200 2 70 STSI 05b-03 3 LU Vel 9 58 34.3 -46 25 30 11.3 3x 400 1 29 SUNY 05b-15 3 HD 93308 10 45 03.6 -59 41 04 6.2 3x 5 1 9 STSI 04b-99 3 BZ Cru 12 42 50.3 -63 03 31 5.3 3x 10 2 10 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. Remember to take a comp spectrum too. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. If running ahead, give extra time to the previous target, or observe a backup target if time permits. 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. RV: radial velocity standard for YALE 05b-13. 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: Howard Bond bond@stsci.edu (STSI programs) Fred Walter fwalter@astro.sunysb.edu (SUNY programs) Kathy Vivas akvivas@cida.ve (YALE 05b-13)