FM Walter 2/29/08 SMARTS 1.5m Service Observing Program 080301 --- EPHEMERIS INFORMATION --- For the night of: Sat, 2008 Mar 1 ---> Sun, 2008 Mar 2 Local midnight = 2008 Mar 2, 3 hr UT, or JD 2454527.625 Local Mean Sidereal time at midnight = 8 57 50.9 Sunset ( 2215 m horizon): 20 23 CDT; Sunrise: 7 28 CDT Evening twilight: 21 38 CDT; LMST at evening twilight: 6 35 Morning twilight: 6 13 CDT; LMST at morning twilight: 15 12 Moonrise: 2 08 CDT Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.306 2.0 days after last quarter, RA and dec: 18 21 33, -26 54.8 The sun is down for 11.1 hr; 8.6 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. .......................................................................... Civil date Setup Program(s) Mar 01 47/Id GSU 08a-03 47/IIb GSU 08a-05 47/II GSTU 08a-74 HAO 08a-01 NOAO 08a-178 STSI TOO SUNY 08a-02 SUNY 08a-03 SUNY 08a-10 SUNY 08a-11 .............................................................................. Name Slit Filter Coll Grating Tilt & Comp,exp Ystart Ysize Yspec Blaze w.l. cov. (sec) Res (A) 47/Id 110.5 GG495 595 47 22.42 Neon 20 200 280 164 ** NEW SETUP 7100 5550-6870 3.1 47/IIb 83.0 BG39 620 47 28.22 He-Ar 45 200 280 3550 4070-4744 1.7 47/II 83.0 CuSO4 620 47 27.39 He-Ar 45 200 280 3550 3878-4552 1.6 .............................................................................. In afternoon or during dinner: - Install 47/Id 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program Pri Target RA (J2000) Dec mag Exp Cmp T CDT Rem SUNY 08a-03 1 053617-0235 5 36 17.09 -02 35 29.2 13.4 3x 600 1 39 20 59 SUNY 08a-03 2 053853-0233 5 38 53.35 -02 33 23.2 13.1 3x 600 1 39 21 38 SUNY 08a-03 2 053900-0209 5 39 00.85 -02 09 32.5 13.1 3x 500 1 39 22 17 SUNY 08a-03 2 053923-0216 5 39 23.50 -02 16 49.8 12.9 3x 500 1 39 22 51 GSU 08a-03 1 NGC 2992 9 45 42.0 -14 19 35 13.1 3x1200 1 69 23 25 S4 GSTU 08a-74 1 AG Car 10 56 11.6 -60 27 13 7.1 3x 10 2 10 0 34 SUNY 08a-10 1 TW Hya 11 01 51.9 -34 42 17.0 11 3x 200 1 19 0 44 NOAO08A-178 1 QU Car 11 05 42.50 -68 37 58.2 11.5 3x 100 1 14 1 3 cal 1 LTT 4364 11 45 37.7 -64 50 25.1 11.5 3x 200 1 19 1 17 end 47/Id 1 36 ****************** GRATING TILT, FILTER, etc., CHANGE ****************** When the above list has been finished, change the grating tilt, filter, slit, comparison source, possibly the collimator focus, etc., to the 47/IIb setup. GSU 08A-05 1 HD 56995 7 18 21.94 -24 51 11.9 9.0 3x 360 1 27 2 1 GSU 08A-05 1 HD 101205 11 38 20.36 -63 22 21.9 6.5 3x 180 1 18 2 28 cal 1 LTT 4364 11 45 37.70 -64 50 25.1 11.5 3x 200 1 19 2 46 SUNY 08a-09 2 HD 109962 12 39 07.89 -45 33 44 9.7 3x 300 1 24 3 5 cal 1 pflat --- --- 0 10 3 29 end 47/IIb 3 39 ****************** GRATING TILT, FILTER, etc., CHANGE ****************** When the above list has been finished, change the grating tilt, filter, slit, comparison source, possibly the collimator focus, etc., to the 47/II setup. cal 1 LTT 4364 11 45 37.70 -64 50 25.1 11.5 3x 200 1 19 4 4 HAO 08a-01 2 HD131977 14 57 28.0 -21 24 56 5.72 2x 720 1 32 4 23 HAO 08a-01 2 HD136352 15 21 48.1 -48 19 03 5.65 2x 120 1 12 4 55 SUNY 08a-02 1 EX Lup 16 03 05.48 -40 18 25.9 11.4 3x 600 1 39 5 7 STSI TOO 1 NGC 6144-P1 16 27 08.3 -26 01 21 11.8 3x 240 2 22 5 46 HAO 08a-01 2 HD165341 18 05 27.3 +02 30 00 4.02 2x 90 1 11 6 8 SUNY 08a-10 2 S CrA 19 01 08.7 -36 57 19.8 11 3x 600 1 39 6 19 cal 1 pflat --- --- 0 10 6 58 end 47/II 7 08 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 47/II targets: SUNY 08a-10 3 TY CrA 19 01 40.83 -36 52 33.8 10.8 3x 300 1 24 SUNY 08a-11 3 V5558 Sgr 18 10 18.27 -18 46 52.1 8 3x 600 1 39 HAO 08a-01 3 HD190248 20 08 43.6 -66 10 55 3.55 2x 30 1 9 standard 3 HD128167 14 34 40.1 +29 33 35.9 4.5 3x 50 1 12 standard 3 HD141004 15 46 26.6 +07 21 11.1 4.4 3x 40 1 11 standard 3 HD142860 15 56 27.2 +15 39 41.8 3.9 3x 30 1 11 standard 3 HD146624 16 18 17.9 -28 36 50.5 4.8 3x 60 1 12 standard 3 HD146791 16 18 19.3 -04 41 33.0 3.2 3x 10 1 9 standard 3 HD149757 16 37 09.5 -10 34 01.5 2.6 3x 2 1 9 standard 3 HD153210 16 57 40.1 +09 22 30 3.2 3x 10 1 9 Just before sunrise, get well-exposed TWILIGHT SPECTRA at zenith. Aim for 3-5 spectra, each with between 5,000 and 30,000 counts per pixel. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remarks: M: moon within 10 degrees. Skip if the star is not seen in the acquisition TV B: very bright star: best observed through clouds. C: cataclysmic variable. May be fainter than in finding chart. Skip if not visible. CE: EF Eri is the faint star to the East of the brighter star. Look at the finding chart is unsure. CP: close pair. Observe both stars. Please take care to identify the stars properly, either by coodinates or relative brightness. E: may be below the east limit if you get to it early. F: faint target may be hard to see with moon up. N: Nova. Will be fainter than on finding chart. R: radial velocity standard. ST: If you cannot observe LTT 4364 early in the evening, please be sure to oberve Feige 10 (in the backup list) as the specroscopic calibrator. S4: set slit width to 4.0 arcsec. S10: set slit width to 10.0 arcsec. Please reset at the end of the observation. TC: time critical. maintain spacing between the 3 images W: target reaches 2 air masses at end of exposure. Do not start late; do the calibration lamp at the end. XX: New optical transient. R=13.3 yesterday, Should be the brightest object near this position. Y: 5 arcsec SE of brighter star. Skip if not clearly resolved. -------------------------------------------------------------------- General Notes: Astronomical ephemerides are from SKYCAL,by John Thorstensen Pri: Target priority. + = absolute highest priority 1 = observe object if possible 2 = extra targets; skip if running behind and Priority 1 targets remain unobserved. 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. The T column lists the approximate time in minutes for this line. This includes 5 minutes acquisition plus 1 minute for the comparison. The CDT column is the approximate start time assumed for scheduling purposes. If you fall too far behind, you may need to drop some priority 2 or 3 targets, but otherwise don't pay too much attention to it. As I get experience with scheduling, I will try to make it more accurate. For now I am allotting the nominal overheads, plus 25 minutes for a change in the grating tilt/filter. .............................................................................. Notes about finding charts: RA & Dec: all coordinates are accurate to 1"; charts can be generated by operator as necessary using LEDAS or DSS. Most charts are available via the link from the main 1.5m scheduling page. Charts for most 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)