FM Walter 10/01/06 SMARTS 1.5m Service Observing Program 061005 --- EPHEMERIS INFORMATION --- For the night of: Thu, 2006 Oct 5 ---> Fri, 2006 Oct 6 Local midnight = 2006 Oct 6, 4 hr UT, or JD 2454014.667 Local Mean Sidereal time at midnight = 0 15 27.9 Sunset ( 2215 m horizon): 18 54 CST; Sunrise: 6 09 CST Evening twilight: 20 08 CST; LMST at evening twilight: 20 23 Morning twilight: 4 54 CST; LMST at morning twilight: 5 11 Moonrise: 17 15 CST Moonset : 5 55 CST Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.986 1.0 days until full moon, RA and dec: 23 55 36, 0 26.5 The sun is down for 11.2 hr; 8.8 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. .......................................................................... Civil date Setup Program(s) October 5 58/I STSI 06a-10 SUNY 06b-02 SUNY 06b-10 SUNY 06b-11 .............................................................................. Name Slit Filter Coll Grating Tilt & Comp,exp Ystart Ysize Yspec Blaze w.l. cov. (sec) Res (A) 58/I 110.5 GG495 595 58 16.9 Neon 20 200 280 " 8000 ~6000-9000 6.5 .............................................................................. In afternoon or during dinner: - Install 58/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-10 1 RU Lup 15 56 42.3 -37 49 15.5 11 3x 200 1 19 19 30 SUNY 06a-11 1 RS Oph 17 50 13.2 -06 42 28.5 12 3x 300 1 24 19 49 SUNY 06b-10 2 FK Ser 18 20 22.7 -10 11 14 11 3x 200 1 19 20 13 SUNY 06b-10 1 S CrA 19 01 08.7 -36 57 19.8 11 3x 300 1 24 20 32 cal 1 Feige 110 23 19 58.4 -05 09 56 11.8 3x 200 1 19 20 56 STSI 06b-10 1 PM 61403 18 16 39.4 0 47 13 15.40 1x 300 1 12 21 15 STSI 06b-10 1 PM 47101 18 51 35.8 2 46 23 11.79 1x 30 1 8 21 27 STSI 06b-10 2 PM 47286 18 59 38.9 8 29 0 15.40 1x 300 1 12 21 35 STSI 06b-10 1 PM 61432 19 22 22.5 4 54 28 15.24 1x 300 1 12 21 47 STSI 06b-10 1 PM 61434 19 24 52.4 4 27 23 15.80 1x 600 1 17 21 59 STSI 06b-10 2 PM 48508 19 58 14.7 9 55 3 14.23 1x 200 1 10 22 16 STSI 06b-10 1 PM 48589 20 2 1.7 7 23 1 14.13 1x 200 1 10 22 26 STSI 06b-10 1 PM 48567 20 1 6.2 0 16 15 12.27 1x 100 1 9 22 36 STSI 06b-10 2 PM 61467 20 23 22.1 8 0 15 15.24 1x 300 1 12 22 45 STSI 06b-10 1 PM 49765 20 43 23.9 4 45 55 16.12 1x 600 1 17 22 57 STSI 06b-10 1 PM 61487 21 4 47.4 7 32 47 13.73 1x 200 1 10 23 14 STSI 06b-10 2 PM 61493 21 13 44.6 8 46 10 12.20 1x 100 1 9 23 24 STSI 06b-10 1 PM 61497 21 16 27.3 2 34 51 12.20 1x 100 1 9 23 33 STSI 06b-10 1 PM 52164 21 49 12.2 5 43 22 8.66 1x 10 1 7 23 42 STSI 06b-10 2 PM 52998 22 7 48.5 5 39 9 16.22 1x 600 1 17 23 49 STSI 06b-10 1 PM 53016 22 8 12.5 10 36 42 15.14 1x 300 1 12 0 6 STSI 06b-10 1 PM 61047 2 27 31.3 19 35 25 16.85 2x 600 1 28 0 18 STSI 06b-10 2 PM 61058 2 53 0.9 16 52 52 15.13 1x 300 1 12 0 46 STSI 06b-10 1 PM 9840 3 5 25.6 2 47 22 15.65 1x 600 1 17 0 58 STSI 06b-10 1 PM 61062 2 56 14.0 23 59 10 14.89 1x 300 1 12 1 15 STSI 06b-10 2 PM 61066 3 5 35.6 19 34 6 15.61 1x 600 1 17 1 27 STSI 06b-10 1 PM 10087 3 10 3.4 2 34 27 16.80 2x 600 1 28 1 44 STSI 06b-10 1 PM 61072 3 26 54.7 19 47 52 14.50 1x 300 1 12 2 12 STSI 06b-10 2 PM 61076 3 34 10.6 22 4 21 16.67 2x 600 1 28 2 24 STSI 06b-10 1 PM 61081 3 42 31.8 12 16 22 14.89 1x 300 1 12 2 52 STSI 06b-10 1 PM 12012 3 51 29.8 9 43 44 14.82 1x 300 1 12 3 4 STSI 06b-10 2 PM 12140 3 54 46.2 24 16 24 16.33 1x 600 1 17 3 16 STSI 06b-10 1 PM 61091 4 7 8.2 14 59 56 15.73 1x 600 1 17 3 33 STSI 06b-10 1 PM 12648 4 9 22.3 5 46 26 16.08 1x 600 1 17 3 50 STSI 06b-10 2 PM 61099 4 18 52.9 3 15 13 15.31 1x 300 1 10 4 7 SUNY 06b-11 1 N LMC 2005 5 10 32.2 -69 12 35 11.5 3x 600 1 39 4 17 SUNY 06b-02 2 V1143 Ori 5 38 03.8 -04 16 42 16.8 3x 600 1 39 4 56 end 58/I 5 35 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58/I targets: STSI 06b-10 3 PM 61482 20 55 18.6 20 56 6 15.10 1x 300 1 12 STSI 06b-10 3 PM 61500 21 22 6.3 22 55 53 10.54 1x 30 1 8 SUNY 06b-01 1 EF Eri 3 14 13.0 -22 35 41.4 14.5 3x 600 1 39 X STSI 06b-10 3 PM 61092 4 10 5.7 9 56 24 16.07 1x 600 1 17 STSI 06b-10 3 PM 13005 4 19 20.8 4 36 50 15.22 1x 300 1 12 STSI 06b-10 3 PM 13172 4 24 9.4 15 5 15 15.62 1x 600 1 17 STSI 06b-10 3 PM 13328 4 28 16.6 6 0 17 16.77 2x 600 1 28 STSI 06b-10 3 PM 13622 4 37 8.0 11 8 45 14.71 1x 300 1 12 STSI 06b-10 3 PM 61129 5 10 48.0 24 10 12 14.74 1x 300 1 12 STSI 06b-10 3 PM 15056 5 26 23.6 10 3 41 15.59 1x 600 1 17 STSI 06b-10 3 PM 61140 5 40 53.9 8 54 18 15.95 1x 600 1 17 STSI 06b-10 3 PM 61154 6 4 38.9 7 41 54 15.93 1x 600 1 17 STSI 06b-10 3 PM 61162 6 36 37.0 6 19 10 17.23 2x 600 1 28 STSI 06b-10 3 PM 61163 6 37 55.4 8 58 59 16.17 1x 600 1 17 STSI 06b-10 3 PM 61165 6 41 52.1 23 28 5 13.93 1x 200 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. 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. X: you may do more than 3 observations if you need more fillers at low latitudes. 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)