FM Walter 9/13/06 SMARTS 1.5m Service Observing Program 060918 --- EPHEMERIS INFORMATION --- For the night of: Mon, 2006 Sep 18 ---> Tue, 2006 Sep 19 Local midnight = 2006 Sep 19, 4 hr UT, or JD 2453997.667 Local Mean Sidereal time at midnight = 23 08 26.4 Sunset ( 2215 m horizon): 18 44 CST; Sunrise: 6 30 CST Evening twilight: 19 57 CST; LMST at evening twilight: 19 05 Morning twilight: 5 17 CST; LMST at morning twilight: 4 26 Moonrise: 5 07 CST Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.095 3.3 days before new moon, RA and dec: 9 35 04, 17 55.7 The sun is down for 11.8 hr; 9.3 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. .......................................................................... Civil date Setup Program(s) September 18 26/I CHIL 06b-921 STSI 06a-02 STSI 06a-03 STSI 06a-07 STSI 06a-11 SUNY 06a-01 SUNY 06a-10 SUNY 06a-11 SUNY 06a-14 SUNY TOO YALE 06b-13 .............................................................................. 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-01 2 V834 Cen 14 09 07.5 -45 17 17.1 14 3x 300 1 24 19 18 C STSI 06b-03 2 Prox Cen 14 29 42.9 -62 40 46 11.0 3x 400 1 29 19 42 SUNY 06a-14 1 8304-01510-1 15 44 48 -50 1 5 9.7 4x 300 1 30 20 11 SUNY 06b-11 1 RS Oph 17 50 13.20 -06 42 28.5 7 3x 600 1 39 20 41 N STSI 06b-07 2 V603 Aql-R9 18 49 00.8 +00 36 38 14.7 3x1000 1 59 21 20 SUNY 06b-10 2 S CrA 19 01 08.7 -36 57 19.8 11 3x 300 1 24 22 19 SUNY TOO 1 GSC 6321-798 19 52 35.72 -20 05 14.6 12 3x 300 1 19 22 43 YALE 06b-13 1 HD_180482 19 16 31.03 +04 50 05.3 5.6 3x 15 2 11 23 2 R STSI 06b-11 1 HD197076 20 40 45 19 56 08 6.5 3x 50 1 12 23 13 CHIL 6b-921 1 NGC7213 22 09 16.25 -47 10 00.0 --- 3x 360 1 27 23 25 S2 CHIL 6b-921 1 CD-47-14075 22 09 45.89 -47 13 15.9 9.8 1x 60 0 7 23 52 S10 cal 1 Feige 110 23 19 58.4 -05 09 56 11.8 3x 200 1 19 23 59 YALE-06B-13 2 RR_501 0 01 30.86 -02 11 40.3 13.1 3x 200 2 20 0 18 YALE-06B-13 2 RR_512 0 51 50.96 -02 48 58.8 15.7 3x 900 2 55 0 38 STSI 06b-11 1 877 1 46 41 -9 48 20 17.6 3x2100 1 114 1 33 f STSI 06b-11 1 870 1 46 38 -9 48 50 17.2 3x1800 1 99 3 27 STSI 06b-02 1 10 Tau 3 36 52.4 +00 24 01 4.3 3x 8 2 10 5 6 R STSI 06b-02 1 V838 Mon 7 04 04.8 -03 50 50 15.6 3x 600 2 39 5 16 end 26/I 5 56 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: SUNY 06b-11 3 V574 Pup 7 41 53.8 -27 6 37 10 3x 400 1 29 N cal 3 mu Col 5 45 59.9 -32 18 23.4 5.2 3x 10 1 9 Std 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 STSI 06b-07 3 RR Pic-R12 6 36 26.0 -62 38 13 10.5 3x 75 1 13 STSI 06a-03 1 40 Eri C 4 15 18.5 -07 39 07 11.2 3x 300 1 24 STSI 06a-03 3 GJ 2036 A 4 53 31.2 -55 51 37 11.1 3x 300 1 24 STSI 06a-03 3 GJ 2036 B 4 53 30.8 -55 51 34 12.2 3x 500 1 34 SUNY 04a-09 3 AB Dor 5 28 44.8 -65 26 54.8 7.0 3x 60 1 12 SUNY 04a-09 3 HD 22468 3 36 47.3 +00 35 16 5.9 3x 30 1 10 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, then skip it AND 870. Replace with STSI 06b-11 1 2276 2 50 39 -8 04 29 17.0 3x1800 1 99 STSI 06b-11 1 2261 2 50 39 -8 05 30 15.8 3x900 1 54 But, if 2276 is too faint to acquire, then skip the pair and replace it with: NOAO 6b-580 1 HD7795 1 17 00.82 -42 31 57.8 7.8 3x 100 1 16 R NOAO 6b-580 1 DI1453 3 22 17.14 -73 39 07.2 16.1 3x 900 2 55 NOAO 6b-580 1 DI1454 3 23 13.29 -73 54 13.5 15.5 3x 800 2 52 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)