FM Walter 3/15/06 SMARTS 1.5m Service Observing Program 060316 --- EPHEMERIS INFORMATION --- For the night of: Thu, 2006 Mar 16 ---> Fri, 2006 Mar 17 Local midnight = 2006 Mar 17, 4 hr UT, or JD 2453811.667 Local Mean Sidereal time at midnight = 10 55 07.1 Sunset ( 2215 m horizon): 19 06 CST; Sunrise: 6 38 CST Evening twilight: 20 19 CST; LMST at evening twilight: 7 14 Morning twilight: 5 25 CST; LMST at morning twilight: 16 21 Moonrise: 19 45 CST Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.956 2.2 days after full moon, RA and dec: 13 14 54, -8 58.5 The sun is down for 11.5 hr; 9.1 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. .......................................................................... Civil date Setup Program(s) Mar 16 32/Ib NOAO 06a-0163 SUNY 06a-11 .............................................................................. Name Slit Filter Coll Grating Tilt & Comp,exp Ystart Ysize Yspec Blaze w.l. cov. (sec) Res (A) 32/Ib 110.5 WG360 565 32 13.45 He-Ar 30 214 280 " 4900 3800-7250 8.6 .............................................................................. In afternoon or during dinner: - Install 32/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. Remember to take a comp spectrum too. Program Pri Target RA (J2000) Dec mag Exp Cmp T CST Rem SUNY 06a-11 1 N LMC 2005 5 10 32.2 -69 12 35 11.5 3x 300 1 24 19 41 N SUNY 06a-02 1 V1118 Ori 5 34 44.7 -05 33 41.3 16.5 3x 300 1 24 20 5 NOAO 06a-63 1 WD1015-173 10 17 28.8 -17 37 06 16.8 3x 900 1 54 20 29 NOAO 06a-63 1 WD1036-204 10 38 55.7 -20 40 57 16.4 3x 900 1 54 21 23 NOAO 06a-63 1 WD1049+103 10 52 27.7 +10 03 38 15.7 3x 900 1 54 22 17 NOAO 06a-63 1 WD1106-211 11 09 22.0 -21 23 32 17.1 3x 900 1 54 23 11 cal 1 LTT 4364 11 45 37.7 -64 50 25.1 11.5 3x 240 1 21 0 5 NOAO 06a-63 1 WD1247-176 12 50 22.1 -17 54 47 16.2 3x 900 1 54 0 26 NOAO 06a-63 1 WD1334-326 13 37 50.7 -32 52 21 16.3 3x 900 1 54 1 20 NOAO 06a-63 1 WD1436-216 14 39 12.6 -21 50 14 15.9 3x 900 1 54 2 14 NOAO 06a-63 1 WD1603+125 16 05 32.1 +12 25 43 15.6 3x 900 1 54 3 8 NOAO 06a-63 1 WD1643+143 16 45 39.1 +14 17 46 15.6 3x 900 1 54 4 2 NOAO 06a-63 1 WD1646+062 16 49 07.9 +06 08 46 16.0 3x 900 1 54 4 56 SUNY 06a-11 1 RS Oph 17 50 13.2 -06 42 28.5 8 3x 30 1 12 5 50 N end 32/I 6 02 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32/Ib targets: +SUNY 06a-10 1 FK Ser 18 20 22.7 -10 11 14 11 3x 300 1 24 +SUNY 06a-10 1 S CrA 19 01 08.7 -36 57 19.8 11 3x 300 1 24 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: Jay Farihi jfarihi@gemini.edu (NOAO 06a-0163) Howard Bond bond@stsci.edu (STSI programs) Fred Walter fwalter@astro.sunysb.edu (SUNY programs)