FM Walter 8/30/09 SMARTS 1.5m Service Observing Program 090903 --- EPHEMERIS INFORMATION --- For the night of: Thu, 2009 Sep 3 ---> Fri, 2009 Sep 4 Local midnight = 2009 Sep 4, 4 hr UT, or JD 2455078.667 Local Mean Sidereal Time at midnight = 22 10 22.8 Sunset ( 2215 m horizon): 18 36 CST; Sunrise: 6 48 CST Evening twilight: 19 49 CST; LMST at evening twilight: 17 59 Morning twilight: 5 35 CST; LMST at morning twilight: 3 47 12-degr twilight: 19 21 CST --> 6 03 CST; night center: 0 42 CST Moonrise: 17 41 CST Moonset : 6 46 CST Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.997 0.5 days until full moon, RA and dec: 22 27 11, -6 02.8 The sun is down for 12.2 hr; 9.8 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. ........................................................................... Civil date Setup Program(s) Sep 03 47/IIb HAO 09a-01 47/II STSI TOO SUNY 09b-11 .............................................................................. Name Slit Filter Coll Grating Tilt & Comp,exp Ystart Ysize Yspec Blaze w.l. cov. (sec) Res (A) 47/IIb 83.0 BG 39 620 47 28.27 He-Ar 45 200 280 3550 4070-4744 1.6 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 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/IIb grating setup - check focus if necessary - obtain at least 25 Zero frames - obtain at least 10, preferably 25, flat-field frames (projector or dome) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program Pri Target RA (J2000) Dec mag Exp Cmp T CST Rem SUNY 09b-11 1 QY Mus 13 16 30 -67 37 0 9.3 3x 900 1 54 19 10 SUNY 09v-11 1 V1213 Cen 13 31 15.77 -63 57 38.6 9.1 3x 900 1 54 20 4 SUNY 09b-11 2 N Sgr 2009 18 7 7.67 -33 46 33.9 8.3 3x 600 1 39 20 58 cal 1 Feige 110 23 19 58.39 -05 09 55.8 11.8 3x 240 1 21 21 37 end 47/IIb queue 21 58 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- When done, switch to the 47/II RC mode. I assume 10 minutes for the switchover. Program Pri Target RA (J2000) Dec mag Exp Cmp T CST Rem HAO 09a-01 2 HD147513 16 24 01.3 -39 11 35 5.38 2x 90 1 11 22 8 HAO 09a-01 2 HD147584 16 28 28.1 -70 05 04 4.90 2x 30 1 9 22 19 HAO 09b-01 2 HD156274 17 19 03.8 -46 38 10 5.33 2x 180 1 14 22 28 HAO 09b-01 2 HD158614 17 30 23.8 -01 03 47 5.31 2x 120 1 12 22 42 HAO 09b-01 2 HD160691 17 44 08.7 -51 50 03 5.12 2x 90 1 11 22 54 HAO 09b-01 2 HD165341 18 05 27.3 +02 30 00 4.02 2x 90 1 11 23 5 HAO 09b-01 2 HD165499 18 10 26.2 -62 00 08 5.47 2x 60 1 10 23 16 HAO 09b-01 2 HD172051 18 38 53.4 -21 03 07 5.85 2x 180 1 14 23 26 HAO 09b-01 2 HD190406 20 04 06.2 +17 04 13 5.78 2x 90 1 11 23 40 SUNY 09b-10 1 S CrA 19 01 08.7 -36 57 19.8 11 3x 400 1 29 23 51 HAO 09b-01 2 HD190248 20 08 43.6 -66 10 55 3.55 2x 30 1 9 0 20 HAO 09b-01 2 HD191408 20 11 11.9 -36 06 04 5.31 2x 300 1 18 0 29 HAO 09b-01 2 HD206860 21 44 31.3 +14 46 19 5.94 2x 90 1 11 0 47 HAO 09b-01 2 HD207129 21 48 15.8 -47 18 13 5.57 2x 90 1 11 0 58 HAO 09b-01 2 HD211415 22 18 15.6 -53 37 37 5.36 2x 60 1 10 1 9 HAO 09b-01 2 HD211998 22 24 36.9 -72 15 19 5.29 2x 90 1 11 1 19 HAO 09b-01 2 HD212330 22 24 56.4 -57 47 51 5.31 2x 90 1 11 1 30 HAO 09b-01 2 HD217014 22 57 28.0 +20 46 08 5.46 2x 120 1 12 1 41 cal 1 Feige 110 23 19 58.39 -05 09 55.8 11.8 3x 240 1 21 1 53 HAO 09b-01 2 HD1581 0 20 04.3 -64 52 29 4.2 2x 30 1 9 2 14 HAO 09b-01 2 HD2151 0 25 45.1 -77 15 15 2.82 2x 30 1 9 2 23 HAO 09b-01 2 HD10361 1 39 47.2 -56 11 44 5.80 2x 360 1 20 2 32 HAO 09b-01 2 HD10360 1 39 47.7 -56 11 34 5.90 2x 300 1 18 2 52 HAO 09b-01 2 HD17051 2 42 33.5 -50 48 01 5.40 2x 60 1 10 3 10 HAO 09b-01 2 HD10476 1 42 29.8 +20 16 07 5.24 2x 180 1 14 3 20 STSI TOO 1 R71 5 02 07.9 -71 20 33 9.1 3x 180 1 18 3 34 STSI TOO 1 M79-3487 5 24 10.35 -24 29 20.6 12.2 3x 300 2 25 3 52 SUNY 07a-03 2 HD 35504 5 24 40.86 -10 59 28.6 8.71 3x 300 1 24 4 17 SUNY 07a-03 2 HD 35564 5 25 13.07 -11 18 44.6 8.59 3x 300 1 24 4 41 SUNY 04a-09 1 AB Dor 5 28 44.8 -65 26 54.8 7.0 3x 300 1 22 5 5 SUNY 07a-03 2 HD 38413 5 45 14.14 -09 58 26.6 9.03 3x 300 1 24 5 27 SUNY 07a-03 2 HD 39942 5 55 29.69 -09 52 06.5 8.91 3x 300 1 24 5 51 end 47/II queue 6 15 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- If time remains at the end of the night, please select from among the following targets: SUNY 07a-03 1 HD 38771 5 47 45.39 -09 40 10.6 2.07 3x 10 1 9 6 15 SUNY 04a-09 3 HD 22468 3 36 47.3 +00 35 16 5.9 3x 100 1 14 SUNY 09b-02 3 NY Ori 5 35 37 -05 12 24 15.0 3x 600 1 39 HAO 09b-01 2 HD76151 8 54 17.9 -05 26 04 6.00 2x 180 1 14 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- At the end of the night, please obtain at least 10, and preferably 25, projector flat (quartz) frames 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 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)