FM Walter 10/01/06 SMARTS 1.5m Service Observing Program 061006 --- EPHEMERIS INFORMATION --- For the night of: Fri, 2006 Oct 6 ---> Sat, 2006 Oct 7 Local midnight = 2006 Oct 7, 4 hr UT, or JD 2454015.667 Local Mean Sidereal time at midnight = 0 19 24.4 Sunset ( 2215 m horizon): 18 55 CST; Sunrise: 6 07 CST Evening twilight: 20 09 CST; LMST at evening twilight: 20 28 Morning twilight: 4 53 CST; LMST at morning twilight: 5 13 Moonrise: 18 25 CST Moonset : 6 29 CST Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 1.000 0.0 days after full moon, RA and dec: 0 50 09, 7 48.2 The sun is down for 11.2 hr; 8.7 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. .......................................................................... Civil date Setup Program(s) October 06 26/I CHIL 06b-921 NOAO 06b-580 STSI 06b-07 SUNY 06b-01 SUNY 06b-02 SUNY 06b-10 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-10 1 S CrA 19 01 08.7 -36 57 19.8 11 3x 300 1 24 19 30 Z SUNY 06b-10 2 RU Lup 15 56 42.3 -37 49 15.5 11 3x 300 1 24 19 54 SUNY 06b-02 1 EX Lup 16 03 05.48 -40 18 25.9 11.4 3x 300 1 24 20 18 SUNY 06b-10 1 V4046 Sgr 18 14 10.5 -32 47 34.5 11 3x 300 1 24 20 42 YALE 06b-13 2 HD_180482 19 16 31.03 +04 50 05.3 5.6 3x 15 2 11 21 6 R SUNY 06b-01 1 QS Tel 19 38 35.73 -46 12 56.5 16 3x 300 1 24 21 17 C CHIL 6b-291 1 MR 2251-178 22 54 05.8 -17 34 55 --- 3x 360 1 27 21 41 S10 CHIL 6b-291 1 star 22 54 26.1 -17 32 26 --- 1x 60 0 3 22 8 S10 cal 1 Feige 110 23 19 58.4 -05 09 56 11.8 3x 200 1 19 22 11 STSI 06b-02 1 NGC 246 0 47 03.4 -11 52 19 11.8 3x 240 1 21 22 30 SUNY 06b-10 1 S CrA 19 01 08.7 -36 57 19.8 11 3x 300 1 24 22 51 Z SUNY 06b-01 2 BL Hyi 1 41 00.3 -67 53 27.7 14.9 3x 300 1 24 23 15 C NOAO 6b-580 1 DI1515 3 52 17.32 -71 02 22.4 14.7 3x 600 2 40 23 39 NOAO 6b-580 1 DI1516 3 51 54.72 -73 58 06.0 12.5 3x 500 1 36 0 19 NOAO 6b-580 1 DI1518 3 51 55.12 -74 28 34.3 15.1 3x 800 2 52 0 55 NOAO 6b-580 2 DI1522 3 53 41.82 -73 56 02.6 15.6 3x 800 2 52 1 47 NOAO 6b-580 2 HD28114 4 26 21.10 +08 35 24.9 6.1 3x 60 1 13 2 39 R SUNY 06b-02 2 NY Ori 5 35 37 -05 12 24 15.0 3x 300 1 24 2 52 Y SUNY 06b-10 2 T Tau 4 21 59.43 +19 32 06.4 9.5 3x 400 1 29 3 16 STSI 06b-07 1 RR Pic-R7 6 35 10.8 -62 37 49 15.0 3x1200 1 69 3 45 YALE-06B-13 2 RR_596 8 02 11.57 -02 49 31.4 15.2 3x 600 2 40 4 54 end 26/I 5 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: STSI 06b-03 3 40 Eri C 4 15 18.5 -07 39 07 11.2 3x 300 1 24 SUNY 06b-02 3 V1118 Ori 5 34 44.66 -05 33 41.3 16.5 3x 600 1 39 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 SUNY 06b-01 3 VV Pup 8 15 06.7 -19 03 16.8 13.9 3x 300 1 24 SUNY 05b-15 3 HD 93308 10 45 03.6 -59 41 04 6.2 3x 5 1 9 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. 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: simultaneous monitoring with XMM-Newton through about 21:20 CST. 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 06b-14) Kathy Vivas akvivas@cida.ve (YALE 06b-13) Howard Bond bond@stsci.edu (STSI programs) Fred Walter fwalter@astro.sunysb.edu (other SUNY programs)