FM Walter 8/07/06 SMARTS 1.5m Service Observing Program 060809 --- EPHEMERIS INFORMATION --- For the night of: Wed, 2006 Aug 9 ---> Thu, 2006 Aug 10 Local midnight = 2006 Aug 10, 4 hr UT, or JD 2453957.667 Local Mean Sidereal time at midnight = 20 30 44.2 Sunset ( 2215 m horizon): 18 22 CST; Sunrise: 7 14 CST Evening twilight: 19 37 CST; LMST at evening twilight: 16 07 Morning twilight: 6 00 CST; LMST at morning twilight: 2 32 Moonrise: 18 34 CST Moonset : 8 25 CST Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.991 0.7 days after full moon, RA and dec: 22 03 17, -14 24.6 The sun is down for 12.9 hr; 10.4 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. .......................................................................... Civil date Setup Program(s) August 09 26/I CHIL 06b-921 STSI 06a-02 STSI 06a-03 SUNY 06a-01 SUNY 06a-02 SUNY 06a-10 SUNY 06a-11 SUNY 06a-12 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 58 STSI 06b-03 1 V857 Cen 11 31 46.5 -41 02 47 11.5 3x 300 1 24 19 7 SUNY 06b-12 1 HD 109962 12 39 07.89 -45 33 44 9.7 3x 200 1 19 19 31 SUNY 06b-14 1 HD110421 12 42 15.3 -43 57 24.4 9.1 3X 300 1 24 19 50 SUNY 06b-14 1 HD110607 12 43 38.5 -43 57 47.4 9.4 3X 300 1 24 20 14 SUNY 06b-14 2 HD111019 12 46 42.0 -43 18 45.1 9.2 3X 300 1 24 20 38 SUNY 06b-01 2 V834 Cen 14 09 07.5 -45 17 17.1 14 3x 300 1 24 21 2 C SUNY 06b-14 1 TYC8283 14 41 35.0 -47 00 28.8 9.2 3X 300 1 24 21 26 SUNY 06b-14 1 HD129553 14 44 40.1 -48 14 25.9 9.6 4X 300 1 30 21 50 SUNY 06b-14 2 HD129734 14 45 44.4 -46 10 9.8 9.4 4X 300 1 30 22 20 SUNY 06b-14 2 HD132237 14 59 08.3 -34 50 22.8 9.6 4X 300 1 30 22 50 W SUNY 06b-10 1 RU Lup 15 56 42.3 -37 49 15.5 11 3x 300 1 24 23 20 SUNY 06b-02 2 EX Lup 16 03 05.48 -40 18 25.9 11.4 3x 300 1 24 23 44 SUNY 06b-11 1 V2576 Oph 17 15 33.0 -29 09 39.9 12 3x 600 1 39 0 8 N SUNY 06b-11 1 V5117 Sgr 17 58 52.61 -36 47 35 11 3x 300 1 24 0 47 N SUNY 06b-10 2 FK Ser 18 20 22.7 -10 11 14 11 3x 300 1 24 1 11 SUNY 06b-10 1 S CrA 19 01 08.7 -36 57 19.8 11 3x 300 1 24 1 35 SUNY 06b-01 2 QS Tel 19 38 35.73 -46 12 56.5 16 3x 400 1 29 1 59 C CHIL 6b-921 1 NGC7312 22 34 34.89 +05 49 01.6 --- 3x 360 1 28 2 28 S2 CHIL 6b-921 1 CD-47-14075 22 09 45.89 -47 13 15.9 9.8 1x 60 0 7 2 56 S10 cal 1 Feige 110 23 19 58.4 -05 09 56 11.8 3x 200 1 19 3 3 STSI 06b-02 1 NGC 246 0 47 03.4 -11 52 19 11.8 3x 240 1 21 3 22 SUNY 06b-01 2 BL Hyi 1 41 00.3 -67 53 27.7 14.9 3x 300 1 24 3 43 C SUNY 06b-11 2 N LMC 2005 5 10 32.2 -69 12 35 11.5 3x 600 1 39 4 7 E STSI 06b-03 1 40 Eri C 4 15 18.5 -07 39 07 11.2 3x 300 1 24 4 46 standard 1 GJ 143.3 3 31 47.1 +14 19 18 12.3 3x 600 1 39 5 10 PM SUNY 06b-02 1 V1118 Ori 5 34 44.66 -05 33 41.3 16.5 3x 900 1 54 5 49 end 26/I 6 43 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 HD 23302 3 44 52.2 +24 6 48 3.8 3x 5 1 9 standard 3 HD 23432 3 45 54.5 +24 33 16.2 5.8 3x 40 1 11 standard 3 HD 23630 3 47 29.0 +24 6 18 2.9 3x 1 1 9 SUNY 06b-02 3 UZ Tau E 4 32 43.06 +25 52 31.3 13.0 3x 500 1 34 SUNY 06b-02 3 VY Tau 4 39 17.4 +22 47 54 14.5 3x 600 1 39 SUNY 06b-10 3 GW Ori 5 29 08.39 +11 52 12.7 9.9 3x 200 1 19 SUNY 06b-02 3 NY Ori 5 35 37 -05 12 24 15.0 3x 300 1 24 Y 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. S2: set slit width to 2.0 arcsec. Be sure to center on the nucleus of the galaxy. S10: set slit width to 10.0 arcsec. Please reset at the end of the observation. No wavecal is necessary with this exposure. 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)