FM Walter 7/31/06 SMARTS 1.5m Service Observing Program 060805 --- EPHEMERIS INFORMATION --- For the night of: Sat, 2006 Aug 5 ---> Sun, 2006 Aug 6 Local midnight = 2006 Aug 6, 4 hr UT, or JD 2453953.667 Local Mean Sidereal time at midnight = 20 14 58.0 Sunset ( 2215 m horizon): 18 20 CST; Sunrise: 7 18 CST Evening twilight: 19 35 CST; LMST at evening twilight: 15 49 Morning twilight: 6 03 CST; LMST at morning twilight: 2 19 Moonset : 5 16 CST Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.853 3.3 days until full moon, RA and dec: 17 54 20, -28 29.6 The sun is down for 13.0 hr; 10.5 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. .......................................................................... Civil date Setup Program(s) August 05 26/I 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 CST Rem SUNY 05b-15 2 HD 93308 10 45 03.6 -59 41 04 6.2 3x 5 1 9 18 56 YALE-06a-13 1 RR_754 12 47 22.35 -02 49 07.1 15.5 3x 900 2 55 19 5 SUNY TOO 2 HD 109962 12 39 07.89 -45 33 44 9.7 3x 200 1 19 20 0 SUNY 06a-14 1 HD108856 12 30 44.7 -53 06 22.6 9.6 4X 300 1 30 20 19 SUNY 06a-14 1 TYC8646 12 36 58.9 -54 12 18.0 10.8 6X 300 1 42 20 49 W SUNY 06a-14 1 2M1350-50 13 50 23.6 -49 06 15.8 11.3 6X 300 1 42 21 31 STSI 06a-03 1 Prox Cen 14 29 42.9 -62 40 46 11.0 3x 400 1 29 22 13 SUNY 06a-14 1 HD128225 14 43 15.4 -48 15 00.1 9.3 3X 300 1 24 22 42 SUNY 06a-14 1 HD129282 14 43 17.7 -48 13 33.8 9.3 3X 300 1 24 23 6 SUNY 06a-02 2 EX Lup 16 03 05.48 -40 18 25.9 11.4 3x 300 1 24 23 30 SUNY 06a-11 2 RS Oph 17 50 13.20 -06 42 28.5 7 4x 400 1 37 23 54 N STSI 06a-03 2 V1216 Sgr 18 49 49.4 -23 50 10 10.5 3x 300 1 24 0 31 SUNY 06a-10 1 S CrA 19 01 08.7 -36 57 19.8 11 3x 300 1 24 0 55 YALE 06a-13 1 HD_180482 19 16 31.03 +04 50 05.3 5.6 3x 30 2 11 1 19 R STSI 06a-03 1 AU Mic 20 45 09.5 -31 20 27 8.8 3x 200 1 19 1 30 STSI 06a-03 2 AY Ind 21 49 05.8 -72 06 09 9.8 3x 200 1 19 1 49 STSI 06a-03 1 GJ 841 A 21 57 41.2 -51 00 22 10.4 3x 300 1 24 2 8 STSI 06a-03 1 FK Aqr 22 38 45.6 -20 37 16 9.1 3x 200 1 19 2 32 cal 1 Feige 110 23 19 58.4 -05 09 56 11.8 3x 200 1 19 2 51 STSI 06a-02 1 NGC 246 0 47 03.4 -11 52 19 11.8 3x 240 1 21 3 10 STSI 06a-03 2 BL/UV Cet 1 39 01.5 -17 57 02 12.6 3x 600 1 39 3 31 STSI 06a-03 1 GJ 2036 A 4 53 31.2 -55 51 37 11.1 3x 300 1 24 4 10 STSI 06a-03 1 GJ 2036 B 4 53 30.8 -55 51 34 12.2 3x 500 1 30 4 34 STSI 06a-03 2 40 Eri C 4 15 18.5 -07 39 07 11.2 3x 300 1 24 5 4 SUNY 06a-11 1 N LMC 2005 5 10 32.2 -69 12 35 11.5 3x 600 1 39 5 28 N SUNY 06a-02 1 V1118 Ori 5 34 44.66 -05 33 41.3 16.5 3x 600 1 39 6 7 E end 26/I 6 46 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: standard 3 HD218045 23 4 45.6 +15 12 19 2.5 3x 1 1 9 B standard 3 HD219688 23 17 54.2 -09 10 57.0 4.4 3x 2 1 9 B standard 3 HD222368 23 39 57.0 +05 37 34.7 4.1 3x 2 1 9 B standard 3 HD 7526 1 14 32.4 -48 15 7 10.0 3x 300 1 24 STSI 06a-03 3 CC Eri 2 34 22.6 -43 47 47 8.9 3x 200 1 19 SUNY 06a-02 1 NY Ori 5 35 37 -05 12 24 15.0 3x 600 1 39 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 B: very bright target. Best observed through clouds. 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. N: Nova. Will be fainter than on finding chart. R: radial velocity standard. 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; do the calibration lamp at the end if it helps. 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: Mike Simon msimon@mail.astro.sunysb.edu (SUNY 06a-14) Kathy Vivas akvivas@cida.ve (YALE 06a-13) Howard Bond bond@stsci.edu (STSI programs) Fred Walter fwalter@astro.sunysb.edu (other SUNY programs)