FM Walter 2/21/06 rev 3/05 SMARTS 1.5m Service Observing Program 060310 --- EPHEMERIS INFORMATION --- For the night of: Fri, 2006 Mar 10 ---> Sat, 2006 Mar 11 Local midnight = 2006 Mar 11, 3 hr UT, or JD 2453805.625 Local Mean Sidereal time at midnight = 9 31 17.9 Sunset ( 2215 m horizon): 20 13 CDT; Sunrise: 7 34 CDT Evening twilight: 21 27 CDT; LMST at evening twilight: 6 58 Morning twilight: 6 20 CDT; LMST at morning twilight: 15 52 Moonrise: 17 57 CDT Moonset : 4 41 CDT Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.869 3.9 days until full moon, RA and dec: 8 48 23, 23 02.0 The sun is down for 11.3 hr; 8.9 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. .......................................................................... Civil date Setup Program(s) Mar 10 26/I STSI 06a-02 STSI 06a-03 SUNY 06a-01 SUNY 06a-02 SUNY 06a-10 SUNY 06a-11 SUNY 06a-14 .............................................................................. 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 .............................................................................. 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 CDT Rem STSI 06a-03 2 CC Eri 2 34 22.6 -43 47 47 8.9 3x 200 1 19 20 48 C SUNY 06a-01 1 EF Eri 3 14 13.0 -22 35 41.4 14.5 3x 400 1 29 21 7 C SUNY 06a-11 1 N LMC 2005 5 10 32.2 -69 12 35 11.5 3x 400 1 29 21 36 N SUNY 06a-02 1 V1118 Ori 5 34 44.66 -05 33 41.3 16.5 3x 400 1 29 22 5 SUNY 06a-02 2 NY Ori 5 35 37 -05 12 24 15.0 3x 400 1 29 22 34 STSI 06a-03 1 GJ 2036 A 4 53 31.2 -55 51 37 11.1 3x 300 1 24 23 3 STSI 06a-03 1 GJ 2036 B 4 53 30.8 -55 51 34 12.2 3x 500 1 34 23 27 STSI 06a-03 2 YZ CMi 7 44 40.2 +03 33 09 11.1 3x 300 1 24 0 1 SUNY 06a-11 1 V574 Pup 7 41 53.8 -27 6 37 10 3x 600 1 39 0 25 N SUNY 06a-01 2 VV Pup 8 15 06.7 -19 03 16.8 13.9 3x 400 1 24 1 4 C STSI 06a-03 2 LU Vel 9 58 34.3 -46 25 30 11.3 3x 400 1 29 1 28 GSU 06a-05 1 NGC 2992 9 45 42.0 -14 19 35 13.2 3x1200 1 69 1 57 S cal 1 LTT 4364 11 45 37.7 -64 50 25.1 11.5 3x 240 1 21 3 6 STSI 06a-03 2 V857 Cen 11 31 46.5 -41 02 47 11.5 3x 400 1 29 3 27 SUNY 06a-14 1 HD119833 13 46 41.1 -48 10 12.7 9.2 3X 300 1 24 3 56 SUNY 06a-01 2 V834 Cen 14 09 07.5 -45 17 17.1 14 3x 300 1 24 4 20 C GSU 06a-05 1 NGC 5252 13 38 15.9 +04 32 33 13.8 3x1200 1 69 4 44 S SUNY 06a-11 1 V5117 Sgr 17 58 54 -36 48 30 11 3x 300 1 24 5 53 SUNY 06a-10 1 S CrA 19 01 08.7 -36 57 19.8 11 3x 300 1 24 6 17 SUNY 06a-11 1 RS Oph 17 50 13.20 -06 42 28.5 7 3x 150 1 16 6 41 N end 26/I 5 57 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: SUNY 06a-10 3 RU Lup 15 56 42.3 -37 49 15.5 11 3x 300 1 24 STSI 06a-03 3 V1216 Sgr 18 49 49.4 -23 50 10 10.5 3x 300 1 24 SUNY 06a-14 3 HD144807 16 08 28.6 -22 24 26.0 9.2 3X 300 1 24 standard 3 HD131976 14 57 26.5 -21 24 41.5 8.1 3x 200 1 19 standard 3 HD140775 15 45 23.5 +05 26 50.3 5.6 3x 30 1 11 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. S: set slit width to 4.0 arcsec; reset when done with target 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)