FM Walter 7/30/09 SMARTS 1.5m Service Observing Program 090803 --- EPHEMERIS INFORMATION --- For the night of: Mon, 2009 Aug 3 ---> Tue, 2009 Aug 4 Local midnight = 2009 Aug 4, 4 hr UT, or JD 2455047.667 Local Mean Sidereal time at midnight = 20 08 09.6 Sunset ( 2215 m horizon): 18 19 CST; Sunrise: 7 19 CST Evening twilight: 19 34 CST; LMST at evening twilight: 15 41 Morning twilight: 6 04 CST; LMST at morning twilight: 2 14 Moonrise: 16 05 CST Moonset : 6 39 CST Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.968 1.9 days until full moon, RA and dec: 19 33 17, -22 22.7 The sun is down for 13.0 hr; 10.5 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. ........................................................................... Civil date Setup Program(s) Aug 03 47/II HAO 09a-01 STSI 09a-05 SUNY 09a-10 SUNY 09a-11 The queue program starts at 1900 LST (2252 CST) .............................................................................. Name Slit Filter Coll Grating Tilt & Comp,exp Ystart Ysize Yspec Blaze w.l. cov. (sec) Res (A) 47/II 83.0 CuSO4 620 47 27.39 He-Ar 45 200 280 3550 3878-4552 1.7 .............................................................................. In afternoon or during dinner, set up the RC - Install 47/II grating setup - check focus if necessary - obtain at least 25 Zero frames - obtain at least 10, preferably 25, flat-field frames (projector or dome) Start with the alpha Cen echelle program -------------------------------------------------------------------- At 2252 CST please switch to the RC spectrograph Verify the RC 47/II setup. I assume 20 minutes for the switchover. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Program Pri Target RA (J2000) Dec mag Exp Cmp T CST Rem SUNY 09a-10 1 S CrA 19 01 08.7 -36 57 19.8 11 3x 600 1 39 23 12 TC SUNY 09a-10 1 RX J1655-32 16 15 20.23 -32 55 5.1 12 3x 600 1 39 23 51 SUNY 09a-11 1 V1280 Sco 16 57 41.24 -32 20 36.5 12 3x 900 1 54 0 30 N SUNY 09a-11 1 V5558 Sgr 18 10 18.27 -18 46 52.1 8 3x 600 1 39 1 24 N HAO 09a-01 2 HD190248 20 08 43.6 -66 10 55 3.55 2x 30 1 9 2 3 HAO 09a-01 2 HD191408 20 11 11.9 -36 06 04 5.31 2x 300 1 18 2 12 HAO 09a-01 2 HD211415 22 18 15.6 -53 37 37 5.36 2x 60 1 10 2 30 HAO 09a-01 2 HD211998 22 24 36.9 -72 15 19 5.29 2x 90 1 11 2 40 HAO 09a-01 2 HD212330 22 24 56.4 -57 47 51 5.31 2x 90 1 11 2 51 SUNY 09a-10 1 S CrA 19 01 08.7 -36 57 19.8 11 3x 600 1 39 3 2 TC HAO 09a-01 2 HD217014 22 57 28.0 +20 46 08 5.46 2x 120 1 12 3 41 cal 1 Feige 110 23 19 58.39 -05 09 55.8 11.8 3x 240 1 21 3 53 HAO 09a-01 2 HD1581 0 20 04.3 -64 52 29 4.2 2x 30 1 9 4 14 HAO 09a-01 2 HD2151 0 25 45.1 -77 15 15 2.82 2x 30 1 9 4 23 STSI 09a-05 1 NGC 246 0 47 03.4 -11 52 19 11.8 3x 300 2 25 4 32 SUNY 08b-05 2 CF Tuc 0 53 07.77 -74 39 05.6 7.6 3x 600 1 39 4 57 HAO 09a-01 2 HD10361 1 39 47.2 -56 11 44 5.80 2x 360 1 20 5 36 CP HAO 09a-01 2 HD10360 1 39 47.7 -56 11 34 5.90 2x 300 1 18 5 56 CP HAO 09a-01 2 HD17051 2 42 33.5 -50 48 01 5.40 2x 60 1 10 6 14 SUNY 08b-05 2 AB Dor 5 28 44.8 -65 26 54.8 7.0 3x 100 1 14 6 24 HAO 09a-01 2 HD53705 7 03 57.3 -43 36 29 5.55 2x 90 1 11 6 38 end 47/II queue 6 49 If time remains before sunrise, please select target(s) from the following list SUNY 09a-02 3 NY Ori 5 35 37 -05 12 24 15.0 3x 600 1 39 HAO 09a-01 3 HD65907 7 57 46.9 -60 18 11 5.59 2x 60 1 10 HAO 09a-01 3 HD63077 7 45 35.0 -34 10 21 5.36 2x 60 1 10 SUNY 04a-09 3 HD 22468 3 36 47.3 +00 35 16 5.9 3x 120 1 15 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Remarks: CP: close pair. H: target is far to the north. It must be observed within +/- 20 minutes of transit to keep the zenith distance <60 degrees. M: moon within 10 degrees. Skip if the star is not seen in the acquisition TV E: may be below the east limit if you get to it early. N: Nova. Will be fainter than on finding chart. R: radial velocity standard. S4: Please set slit width to 4 arcsec (RC) S06: Please set slit width to 60 microns S14: Please set slit width to 140 microns S15: Please set slit width to 150 microns ST: If you cannot observe LTT 4364 early in the evening, please be sure to observe Feige 110 (in the backup list) as the specroscopic calibrator. TC: time critical. maintain spacing between the images W: target reaches 2 air masses at end of exposure. Do not start late; do the calibration lamp at the end. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. .............................................................................. Questions may be addressed to: Howard Bond bond@stsci.edu (STSI programs) Fred Walter fwalter@astro.sunysb.edu (SUNY programs) Thomas Rivinius triviniu@eso.org (CN-23 program)