FM Walter 8/17/06 SMARTS 1.5m Service Observing Program 060820 --- EPHEMERIS INFORMATION --- For the night of: Sun, 2006 Aug 20 ---> Mon, 2006 Aug 21 Local midnight = 2006 Aug 21, 4 hr UT, or JD 2453968.667 Local Mean Sidereal time at midnight = 21 14 06.3 Sunset ( 2215 m horizon): 18 29 CST; Sunrise: 7 04 CST Evening twilight: 19 42 CST; LMST at evening twilight: 16 55 Morning twilight: 5 51 CST; LMST at morning twilight: 3 06 Moonset : 15 39 CST Moonrise: 5 57 CST Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.064 2.6 days before new moon, RA and dec: 8 08 11, 24 48.0 The sun is down for 12.6 hr; 10.1 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. .......................................................................... Civil date Setup Program(s) August 20 26/I CHIL 06b-921 STSI 06a-03 STSI 06a-07 STSI 06a-11 SUNY 06a-01 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 200 1 19 19 3 STSI 06b-11 1 16034 15 15 08 0 51 19 16.4 3x1200 1 69 19 22 f SUNY 06b-01 2 V834 Cen 14 09 07.5 -45 17 17.1 14 3x 300 1 24 20 31 C SUNY 06b-10 1 S CrA 19 01 08.7 -36 57 19.8 11 3x 300 1 24 20 55 Z SUNY 06b-10 1 RU Lup 15 56 42.3 -37 49 15.5 11 3x 300 1 24 21 19 SUNY 06b-02 1 EX Lup 16 03 05.48 -40 18 25.9 11.4 3x 300 1 24 21 43 SUNY 06b-10 2 FK Ser 18 20 22.7 -10 11 14 11 3x 300 1 24 22 7 STSI 06b-07 1 V603 Aql-R7 18 48 55.8 +00 36 29 15.0 3x1200 1 69 22 31 STSI 06b-07 1 V603 Aql-R8 18 48 53.0 +00 36 18 14.9 3x1200 1 69 23 40 STSI 06b-07 2 V603 Aql-R6 18 48 49.5 +00 38 27 12.5 3x 180 1 18 0 49 CHIL 6b-921 1 NGC7213 22 09 16.25 -47 10 00.0 --- 3x 360 1 27 1 7 S2 CHIL 6b-921 2 CD-47-14075 22 09 45.89 -47 13 15.9 9.8 1x 60 0 7 1 34 S10 cal 1 Feige 110 23 19 58.4 -05 09 56 11.8 3x 200 1 19 1 41 SUNY 06b-10 1 S CrA 19 01 08.7 -36 57 19.8 11 3x 300 1 24 2 0 Z STSI 06b-03 1 GJ 841 A 21 57 41.2 -51 00 22 10.4 3x 300 1 24 2 24 STSI 06b-03 1 GJ 865 22 38 29.8 -65 22 43 11.5 3x 400 1 29 2 48 STSI 06b-03 2 BL/UV Cet 1 39 01.5 -17 57 02 12.6 3x 600 1 39 3 17 SUNY 06b-11 1 N LMC 2005 5 10 32.2 -69 12 35 11.5 3x 900 1 54 3 56 N,E STSI 06b-03 2 CC Eri 2 34 22.6 -43 47 47 8.9 3x 200 1 19 4 50 STSI 06b-07 1 RR Pic-R5 6 35 28.8 -62 38 34 15.0 3x1200 1 69 5 9 E STSI 06b-07 2 RR Pic-R12 6 36 26.0 -62 38 13 10.5 3x 75 1 13 6 18 end 26/I 6 31 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 3 RR Pic-R2 6 36 18.3 -62 39 26 12.4 3x 180 1 18 X 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. f: if this star is too faint to acquire, please skip ahead to V834 Cen. Then, insert the following target after FK Ser STSI 06b-07 1 V603 Aql-R9 18 49 00.8 +00 36 38 14.7 3x1000 1 59 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. X: RR Pic-R2 is fairly close double; observe the brighter star 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)