FM Walter 8/4/09 rev 0809 SMARTS 1.5m Service Observing Program 090810 --- EPHEMERIS INFORMATION --- For the night of: Mon, 2009 Aug 10 ---> Tue, 2009 Aug 11 Local midnight = 2009 Aug 11, 4 hr UT, or JD 2455054.667 Local Mean Sidereal time at midnight = 20 35 45.4 Sunset ( 2215 m horizon): 18 23 CST; Sunrise: 7 13 CST Evening twilight: 19 37 CST; LMST at evening twilight: 16 12 Morning twilight: 5 59 CST; LMST at morning twilight: 2 36 Moonrise: 22 34 CST Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.757 2.6 days before last quarter, RA and dec: 0 56 17, 11 46.9 The sun is down for 12.8 hr; 10.4 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. ........................................................................... Civil date Setup Program(s) Aug 10 echelle GSU 09b-04 47/Ib SUNY 09b-01 SUNY 09b-02 SUNY 09b-10 SUNY 09b-11 SUNY 09b-22 The queue program starts at 1900 LST (22:24 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 22:24 CST, configure the echelle for queue mode Please set the chip readout to read out the full CCD. Please set the slit width to 60 microns. Please REMOVE the iodine cell. Please do a ThAr lamp exposure before each set of echelle observations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program Pri Target RA (J2000) Dec mag Exp Cmp T CST Rem VAND 09b-01 1 HIP77656 15 51 13.73 -42 18 51.3 9.6 1x 900 1 22 22 34 VAND 09b-01 1 TYC6812 17 12 08.74 -23 09 49.1 10.7 2x 900 1 38 22 56 VAND 09b-01 1 TYC6816 17 13 32.83 -26 02 07.2 10.2 2x 600 1 27 23 34 VAND 09b-01 1 HD156097 17 16 57.96 -31 09 03.8 9.5 2x 600 1 27 0 1 SUNY 09b-11 + N Sgr 2009 18 7 8 -33 46 36 7.5 4x 400 1 37 0 28 VAND 09a-01 1 HD223807 23 52 50.53 -08 59 48.3 5.8 1x 60 1 7 1 5 end echelle queue 1 12 When done, switch to the RC 47/Ib setup I assume 20 minutes for the switchover. GSU 9b-153 1 HD 316285 17 48 14.0 -28 00 53 9.2 2x 120 1 12 1 32 SUNY 09b-11 + N Sgr 2009 18 7 7.67 -33 46 33.9 8.3 3x 100 1 14 1 44 NN GSU 09b-04 1 V452 Sct 18 39 26.10 -13 50 47.2 10.7 2x 420 1 22 1 58 SUNY 09b-10 1 S CrA 19 01 08.7 -36 57 19.8 11 3x 300 1 24 2 20 GSU 09b-05 1 IRAS20051-11 20 07 51.3 -11 08 35 14.4 3x 900 1 54 2 44 S4 SUNY 09b-01 2 HU Aqr 21 7 58.22 -05 17 40.1 16 4x 300 1 30 3 38 C cal 1 Feige 110 23 19 58.39 -05 09 55.8 11.8 3x 200 1 19 4 8 SUNY 09b-32 1 132 4 29 06.94 -13 02 54.2 5.6 3x 100 1 14 4 27 GSU 09b-04 2 HD 269321 5 17 56.1 -69 16 03 10.8 2x 345 1 21 4 41 SUNY 09b-11 2 N LMC 2009 5 40 44.2 -66 40 12 11 3x1200 1 69 5 2 N GSU 09b-04 1 HD 269321 5 17 56.1 -69 16 03 10.8 2x 345 1 21 6 11 end 47/Ib 6 32 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- If time remains at the end of the night, please select from among the following targets: SUNY 09b-02 3 V1118 Ori 5 34 44.76 -05 33 41.9 16 3x 600 1 39 SUNY 09b-02 3 NY Ori 5 35 37 -05 12 24 15.0 3x 300 1 24 Y SUNY 09b-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 standard 3 HD 23850 3 49 09.7 +24 03 12 3.6 3x 15 1 10 standard 3 HD 28319 4 28 39.7 +15 52 15 3.4 3x 15 1 10 standard 3 HD 30836 4 51 12.4 +05 36 18 3.7 3x 15 1 10 standard 3 HD271182 5 21 1.6 -65 48 1.0 9.7 3x 200 1 19 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. NN: New nova. Coodinates are good to about 15 arcsec. Should be the brightest object in the vicinity R: radial velocity standard. S4: Please set slit width to 4 arcsec 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)