FM Walter 8/3/09 SMARTS 1.5m Service Observing Program 090808 --- EPHEMERIS INFORMATION --- For the night of: Wed, 2009 Aug 5 ---> Thu, 2009 Aug 6 Local midnight = 2009 Aug 6, 4 hr UT, or JD 2455049.667 Local Mean Sidereal time at midnight = 20 16 02.7 Sunset ( 2215 m horizon): 18 20 CST; Sunrise: 7 18 CST Evening twilight: 19 35 CST; LMST at evening twilight: 15 50 Morning twilight: 6 03 CST; LMST at morning twilight: 2 20 Moonrise: 17 57 CST Moonset : 7 46 CST Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 1.000 0.1 days after full moon, RA and dec: 21 09 55, -14 42.7 The sun is down for 13.0 hr; 10.5 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. ........................................................................... Civil date Setup Program(s) Aug 02 47/Ib GSU 09b-04 NOAO 09b-153 SUNY 09a-10 SUNY 09a-11 SUNY 09a-14 UR 09a-02 The queue program starts at 1900 LST (22:44 CST), .............................................................................. Name Slit Filter Coll Grating Tilt & Comp,exp Ystart Ysize Yspec Blaze w.l. cov. (sec) Res (A) 47/Ib 110.5 GG495 595 47 22.64 Neon 20 200 280 7100 5652-6972 3.1 ........................................................................... In afternoon or during dinner, set up the echelle: Please set the chip readout to read out the full CCD. Please obtain at least 10, and preferably 25, bias and projector flat (quartz) frames. Then, set up the RC - Install 47/Ib 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 22:44 CST, set up the 47/Ib RC mode. I assume 20 minutes for the switchover. SUNY 09a-10 1 RX J1655-32 16 15 20.23 -32 55 5.1 12 3x 300 1 24 23 4 UR 09a-02 2 154755.7-230 15 47 55.75 -23 00 33.1 12.6 3x 200 1 19 23 28 UR 09a-02 2 160155.6-241 16 01 55.68 -24 12 32.9 12.4 3x 200 1 19 23 47 UR 09a-02 2 163038.4-241 16 30 38.40 -24 18 31.2 11.1 3x 200 1 19 0 6 UR 09a-02 2 165304.9-380 16 53 04.96 -38 01 57.1 11.1 3x 200 1 19 0 25 SUNY 09a-11 1 V1280 Sco 16 57 40.91 -32 20 36.4 13 4x 300 1 30 0 44 SUNY 09a-11 1 V5558 Sgr 18 10 18.27 -18 46 52.1 8 5x 300 1 36 1 14 SUNY 09a-10 1 S CrA 19 01 08.7 -36 57 19.8 11 3x 300 1 24 1 50 SUNY 09a-01 2 QS Tel 19 38 35.73 -46 12 56.5 16 3x 300 1 24 2 14 cal 1 Feige 110 23 19 58.39 -05 09 55.8 11.8 3x 200 1 19 2 38 GSU 09b-09 1 HD 5980 0 59 26.6 -72 09 54 11.5 2x 400 1 21 2 57 STSI 09a-05 2 NGC 246 0 47 03.4 -11 52 19 11.8 3x 300 2 25 3 18 SUNY 09a-01 2 BL Hyi 1 41 00.3 -67 53 27.7 14.9 3x 300 1 24 3 43 GSU 09b-04 1 HD 6884 1 07 18.2 -72 28 04 10.2 2x 300 1 19 4 7 GSU 09b-04 1 HD 269128 5 10 22.8 -68 46 24 10.4 2x 300 1 19 4 26 SUNY 08a-05 2 AB Dor 5 28 44.8 -65 26 54.8 7.0 3x 60 1 12 4 45 SUNY 09a-11 1 N LMC 2009B 5 31 26.42 -67 05 39.4 12.5 3x 900 1 54 4 57 SUNY 09a-14 1 TYC1254_0666 4 06 16.17 +17 07 15.2 11.2 2X 300 1 18 5 51 SUNY 09a-14 2 PM_I04146+18 4 14 41.81 +18 29 15.1 13.2 2X 440 1 24 6 9 standard 2 HD 27534 4 21 32.3 +18 25 03 6.8 3x 60 1 12 6 33 end 47/Ib 6 45 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- If time remains at the end of the night, please select from among the following targets: SUNY 09a-02 3 NY Ori 5 35 37 -05 12 24 15.0 3x 300 1 24 Y SUNY 09a-01 3 EF Eri 3 14 13.0 -22 35 41.0 15. 3x 600 1 39 NOAO 9b-153 3 R127 5 36 43.7 -69 29 47 9.0 3x 120 1 15 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- At the end of the night, please obtain at least 10, and preferably 25, projector flat (quartz) frames with the full chip readout. if you did not take them earlier. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Remarks: c: cataclysmic variable: may be fainter than on finding chart. 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. S6: Please set slit width to 60 microns ST: If you cannot observe LTT 4364 early in the evening, please be sure to observe Feige 10 (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)