FM Walter 8/14/06 rev 8/16 SMARTS 1.5m Service Observing Program 060816 --- EPHEMERIS INFORMATION --- For the night of: Wed, 2006 Aug 16 ---> Thu, 2006 Aug 17 Local midnight = 2006 Aug 17, 4 hr UT, or JD 2453964.667 Local Mean Sidereal time at midnight = 20 58 20.1 Sunset ( 2215 m horizon): 18 26 CST; Sunrise: 7 08 CST Evening twilight: 19 40 CST; LMST at evening twilight: 16 38 Morning twilight: 5 54 CST; LMST at morning twilight: 2 54 Moonrise: 2 28 CST Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.376 1.1 days after last quarter, RA and dec: 4 23 38, 26 46.9 The sun is down for 12.7 hr; 10.2 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. .......................................................................... Civil date Setup Program(s) August 16 26/I CHIL 06b-921 STSI 06a-03 STSI 06a-07 STSI 06a-11 SUNY 06a-01 SUNY 06a-02 SUNY 06a-10 SUNY 06a-11 SUNY 06a-12 .............................................................................. 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 06b-12 1 HD 109962 12 39 07.89 -45 33 44 9.7 3x 180 1 18 19 1 CHIL 6b-921 2 HD118239 13 36 05.62 -34 22 26.5 9.0 1x 60 0 6 19 19 S10 CHIL 6b-921 1 MCG-6-30-15 13 35 53.94 -34 17 42.5 --- 2x 180 1 14 19 25 S2 STSI 06b-11 1 15917 15 15 05 0 49 50 16.6 3x1200 1 69 19 39 STSI 06b-11 1 16034 15 15 08 0 51 19 16.4 3x1200 1 66 20 48 W SUNY 06b-10 1 S CrA 19 01 08.7 -36 57 19.8 11 3x 300 1 24 21 54 Z SUNY 06b-10 1 RU Lup 15 56 42.3 -37 49 15.5 11 3x 300 1 24 22 18 SUNY 06b-11 2 V382 Nor 16 19 44.74 -51 34 53.1 15 3x 900 1 54 22 42 N STSI 06b-07 1 V603 Aql-R5 18 48 41.0 +00 38 50 13.3 3x 350 1 27 23 36 STSI 06b-07 1 V603 Aql-R4 18 48 46.3 +00 35 51 12.8 3x 250 1 22 0 3 SUNY 06b-11 2 V475 Sct 18 49 37.7 -9 33 52.7 16: 3x1200 1 69 0 25 N SUNY 06b-01 3 QS Tel 19 38 35.73 -46 12 56.5 16 3x 500 1 34 1 34 C SUNY 06b-10 1 S CrA 19 01 08.7 -36 57 19.8 11 3x 300 1 24 2 8 Z CHIL 6b-921 1 NGC7213 22 09 16.25 -47 10 00.0 --- 3x 360 1 27 2 32 S2 CHIL 6b-921 2 CD-47-14075 22 09 45.89 -47 13 15.9 9.8 1x 60 0 7 2 59 S10 cal 1 Feige 110 23 19 58.4 -05 09 56 11.8 3x 200 1 19 3 6 STSI 06b-03 2 FL Aqr 22 38 45.2 -20 36 49 11.4 3x 400 1 29 3 25 STSI 06b-03 2 FK Aqr 22 38 45.6 -20 37 16 9.1 3x 200 1 19 3 54 SUNY 06b-01 2 BL Hyi 1 41 00.3 -67 53 27.7 14.9 3x 400 1 29 4 13 C STSI 06b-07 1 RR Pic-R11 6 35 07.9 -62 39 53 13.0 3x 300 1 24 4 42 E SUNY 06b-02 2 NY Ori 5 35 37 -05 12 24 15.0 3x 400 1 29 5 6 Y SUNY 06b-02 1 V1143 Ori 5 38 03.8 -04 16 42 16.8 3x1000 1 59 5 35 end 26/I 6 34 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: cal 3 mu Col 5 45 59.9 -32 18 23.4 5.2 3x 10 1 9 Std SUNY 04a-09 3 AB Dor 5 28 44.8 -65 26 54.8 7.0 3x 60 1 12 SUNY 06b-02 3 DR Tau 4 47 06.2 +16 58 43 13.6 3x 300 1 24 SUNY 04a-09 3 HD 22468 3 36 47.3 +00 35 16 5.9 3x 30 1 10 SUNY 06b-02 3 V1118 Ori 5 34 44.66 -05 33 41.3 16.5 3x 600 1 39 STSI 06b-07 1 RR Pic-R12 6 36 26.0 -62 38 13 10.5 3x 75 1 13 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. PM: may have significant proper motion. 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. Std: observe if you are unable to observe Feige 110 earlier in the evening. 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)