FM Walter 8/17/09 SMARTS 1.5m Service Observing Program 090818 --- EPHEMERIS INFORMATION --- For the night of: Tue, 2009 Aug 18 ---> Wed, 2009 Aug 19 Local midnight = 2009 Aug 19, 4 hr UT, or JD 2455062.667 Local Mean Sidereal time at midnight = 21 07 17.9 Sunset ( 2215 m horizon): 18 28 CST; Sunrise: 7 06 CST Evening twilight: 19 41 CST; LMST at evening twilight: 16 48 Morning twilight: 5 52 CST; LMST at morning twilight: 3 01 Moonset : 16 41 CST Moonrise: 6 23 CST Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.023 1.3 days before new moon, RA and dec: 8 44 19, 17 31.2 The sun is down for 12.6 hr; 10.2 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. ........................................................................... Civil date Setup Program(s) Aug 18 echelle CN 09b-49 SUNY 09b-11 SUNY 09b-14 VAND 09b-01 The queue echelle program starts at 1900 LST (21:53 CST), .............................................................................. 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. .............................................................................. Start with the alpha Cen echelle program At 21:53 CST, configure the echelle for queue mode Please set the chip readout to read out the full CCD. Please REMOVE the iodine cell. Please do a ThAr lamp exposure before each set of echelle observations. ** NOTE: the column headed "S" contains the slit width in tens of microns. For example, S=14 means to ue the 140 micron slit. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program Pri Target RA (J2000) Dec mag Exp Cmp T CST S Rem SUNY 09a-14 2 TYC5631_1007 16 33 41.64 -09 33 10.5 10.5 3X1200 1 72 22 3 14 SUNY 09b-11 + N Oph 2009 17 38 19.68 -26 44 14.0 11 4x 900 1 72 23 15 9 NN VAND 09b-01 1 EBLM5 20 44 16.50 +14 37 50.7 11.1 2x 900 1 38 0 27 9 VAND 09b-01 1 EBLM2 21 20 47.97 -40 54 39.8 10.4 1x 900 1 22 1 5 9 VAND 09b-01 1 EBLM3 21 33 51.55 +17 14 47.2 11.3 2x1050 1 43 1 27 9 VAND 09b-01 1 EBLM4 23 08 45.66 -46 06 36.6 11.4 2x1050 1 43 2 10 9 VAND 09a-01 1 HD1461 00 18 41.87 -08 03 10.8 6.5 1x 60 1 7 2 53 9 *** Please insert the Iodine Cell for the following CN 09b-49 targets Please reset the slit width to 60 microns I allot 10 minutes for this CN 09b-49 2 HIP 655 0 08 03.49 -33 31 45.57 5.6 1x 300 1 12 3 10 6 I CN 09b-49 2 HIP 1708 0 21 31.20 -28 58 53.29 5.1 1x 300 1 12 3 22 6 I CN 09b-49 2 HIP 5364 1 08 35.39 -10 10 56.15 3.4 1x 300 1 12 3 34 6 I CN 09b-49 2 HIP 9313 1 59 38.81 -42 01 49.92 5.5 1x 300 1 12 3 46 6 I CN 09b-49 2 HIP 9572 2 02 58.57 -15 18 21.36 5.8 1x 300 1 12 3 58 6 I CN 09b-49 2 HIP 10326 2 13 00.99 -21 00 00.50 5.8 1x 300 1 12 4 10 6 I CN 09b-49 2 HIP 12247 2 37 41.80 -03 23 46.23 5.6 1x 300 1 12 4 22 6 I CN 09b-49 2 HIP 13147 2 49 05.42 -32 24 21.23 4.4 1x 300 1 12 4 34 6 I CN 09b-49 2 HIP 16142 3 28 00.95 -11 17 11.76 5.7 1x 300 1 12 4 46 6 I CN 09b-49 2 HIP 16780 3 35 57.67 -11 11 37.62 5.5 1x 300 1 12 4 58 6 I CN 09b-49 2 HIP 16989 3 38 29.25 -07 23 30.71 5.8 1x 300 1 12 5 10 6 I CN 09b-49 2 HIP 17534 3 45 15.88 -47 21 34.11 5.7 1x 300 1 12 5 22 6 I CN 09b-49 2 HIP 19483 4 10 22.52 -06 55 25.87 5.4 1x 300 1 12 5 34 6 I CN 09b-49 2 HIP 21685 4 39 19.71 -14 21 33.09 5.4 1x 300 1 12 5 46 6 I CN 09b-49 2 HIP 22479 4 50 11.62 -16 13 01.77 5.0 1x 300 1 12 5 58 6 I CN 09b-49 2 HIP 24426 5 14 28.85 -35 58 37.19 5.7 1x 300 1 12 6 10 6 I CN 09b-49 2 HIP 26019 5 33 07.39 -35 08 21.75 5.7 1x 300 1 12 6 22 6 I end echelle queue 6 34 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- If time remains at the end of the night, please select from among the following: CN 09b-49 1 HIP 21743 4 40 06.80 -24 28 56.53 5.5 1x 300 1 12 6 I CN 09b-49 1 HIP 22860 4 55 06.82 -16 44 26.41 5.7 1x 300 1 12 6 I CN 09b-49 1 HIP 24679 5 17 40.24 -13 31 11.37 5.4 1x 300 1 12 6 I CN 09b-49 1 HIP 26649 5 39 49.84 -32 37 45.18 5.4 1x 300 1 12 6 I CN 09b-49 1 HIP 27243 5 46 27.37 -46 35 49.85 5.3 1x 300 1 12 6 I ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 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. I: Please use the Iodine cell for the CN 09b-49 targets. 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. S6: Please set slit width to 60 microns S9: Please set slit width to 90 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)