FM Walter 8/31/07 SMARTS 1.5m Service Observing Program 070903 --- EPHEMERIS INFORMATION --- For the night of: Mon, 2007 Sep 3 ---> Tue, 2007 Sep 4 Local midnight = 2007 Sep 4, 4 hr UT, or JD 2454347.667 Local Mean Sidereal time at midnight = 22 08 20.8 Sunset ( 2215 m horizon): 18 36 CST; Sunrise: 6 48 CST Evening twilight: 19 49 CST; LMST at evening twilight: 17 56 Morning twilight: 5 36 CST; LMST at morning twilight: 3 45 Moonrise: 1 38 CST Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.485 0.1 days after last quarter, RA and dec: 4 42 52, 27 49.7 The sun is down for 12.2 hr; 9.8 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. .......................................................................... Civil date Setup Program(s) Sept 03 26/Ia CHIL 07b-29 GSU 07b-03 GSU 07b-04 STSI 06b-07 STSI 07b-12 STSI TOO SUNY 07b-01 SUNY 07b-02 SUNY 07b-05 SUNY 07b-10 SUNY 07b-11 .............................................................................. Name Slit Filter Coll Grating Tilt & Comp,exp Ystart Ysize Yspec Blaze w.l. cov. (sec) Res (A) 26/Ia 110.5 clear 565 26 16.14 He-Ar 30 214 280 " 3550 3660-5440 4.3 .............................................................................. In afternoon or during dinner: - Install 26/Ia 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 07b-10 2 RU Lup 15 56 42.3 -37 49 15.5 11 3x 300 1 24 19 10 SUNY 07b-02 1 EX Lup 16 03 05.48 -40 18 25.9 11.4 3x 300 1 24 19 34 STSI TOO 2 ASAS 182612 18 26 11.5 +12 12 35.0 11 3x 600 1 39 19 58 STSI 06b-07 1 V603 Aql-R4 18 48 46.3 +00 35 51 12.8 3x 600 1 39 20 37 STSI 06b-07 1 V603 Aql-R7 18 48 55.8 +00 36 29 15.0 3x1500 1 84 21 16 GSU 07b-04 2 IRAS18325-5926 18 36 58.3 -59 24 09 13.2 3x1200 1 69 22 40 S4 SUNY 07b-11 1 V5558 Sgr 18 10 18.3 -18 46 52.1 11 6x 100 1 23 23 49 N SUNY 07b-10 1 S CrA 19 01 08.7 -36 57 19.8 11 3x 300 1 24 0 12 SUNY 07b-01 2 QS Tel 19 38 35.73 -46 12 56.5 16 3x 300 1 24 0 36 C GSU 07b-03 1 IRAS22456-5125 22 48 41.2 -51 09 54 15.0 3x2400 1 129 1 18 S4 CHIL 07b-29 1 MR 2251-178 22 54 05.8 -17 34 55 3x 700 1 41 3 27 S2 CHIL 07b-29 1 star 22 54 26.1 -17 32 26 1x 60 0 6 4 8 S10 cal 1 Feige 110 23 19 58.4 -05 09 56 11.8 3x 200 1 19 4 14 SUNY 07b-11 2 N LMC 2005 5 10 32.2 -69 12 35 11.5 3x1200 1 69 4 33 N SUNY 07b-05 1 AB Dor 5 28 44.8 -65 26 54.8 7.0 3x 60 1 12 5 42 SUNY 07b-10 2 GW Ori 5 29 08.39 +11 52 12.7 9.9 3x 200 1 19 5 54 end 26/Ia 6 13 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/Ia targets: SUNY 05b-09 3 CF Tuc 0 53 7.7 -74 39 5.6 7.6 3x 60 1 12 SUNY 07b-01 3 BL Hyi 1 41 00.3 -67 53 27.7 14.9 3x 600 1 39 C SUNY 04a-09 3 HD 22468 3 36 47.3 +00 35 16 5.9 3x 15 1 9 SUNY 07b-02 3 NY Ori 5 35 37 -05 12 24 15.0 3x 300 1 24 SUNY 06b-11 2 V574 Pup 7 41 53.8 -27 6 37 10 3x1200 1 69 N STSI 07b-03 3 V838 Mon 7 04 04.8 -03 50 50 15.6 3x1200 2 69 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. NN: new nova. No finding chart available. Should be the brightest star near the coordinates. R: radial velocity standard. ST: if you cannot observe LTT 4364, please try to observe Feige 110 (in the backup list) later in the night. S4: set slit width to 4.0 arcsec. Center on the nucleus of the galaxy. S2: set slit width to 2.0 arcsec. Center on the nucleus of the galaxy. reset the slit to the normal width for the wavecal. 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. Gl 699 moves north 10"/year, and so should be about 1 arcmin North of the givcen position. 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. *: if clouds preclude observations of the fainter targets, and all the backup targets have been observed, you may take a long sequence (nx300) of observations of S CrA. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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; 3 means before, after, and between each exposure. .............................................................................. 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: Howard Bond bond@stsci.edu (STSI programs) Fred Walter fwalter@astro.sunysb.edu (SUNY programs)