FM Walter 8/30/09 SMARTS 1.5m Service Observing Program 090904 --- EPHEMERIS INFORMATION --- For the night of: Fri, 2009 Sep 4 ---> Sat, 2009 Sep 5 Local midnight = 2009 Sep 5, 4 hr UT, or JD 2455079.667 Local Mean Sidereal Time at midnight = 22 14 19.3 Sunset ( 2215 m horizon): 18 37 CST; Sunrise: 6 47 CST Evening twilight: 19 50 CST; LMST at evening twilight: 18 03 Morning twilight: 5 34 CST; LMST at morning twilight: 3 49 12-degr twilight: 19 22 CST --> 6 02 CST; night center: 0 42 CST Moonrise: 18 36 CST Moonset : 7 14 CST Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.996 0.5 days after full moon, RA and dec: 23 12 06, -0 33.4 The sun is down for 12.2 hr; 9.7 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. ........................................................................... Civil date Setup Program(s) Sep 04 32/I GSU 09b-04 STSI TOO SUNY 09b-11 .............................................................................. Name Slit Filter Coll Grating Tilt & Comp,exp Ystart Ysize Yspec Blaze w.l. cov. (sec) Res (A) 32/I 110.5 OG570 640 32 15.13 Neon 10 4900 5994-9608 8.6 ........................................................................... 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 32/I 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 GSU 09b-04 2 DEN1306-77 13 06 56.6 -77 23 09 17.3 2x 900 1 38 19 11 GSU 09b-04 2 SCR1425-41 14 25 29.2 -41 13 32 12.5 2x 120 1 12 19 49 GSU 09b-04 2 SCR1427-47 14 27 43.9 -47 31 13 14.5 2x 300 1 18 20 1 GSU 09b-04 2 SCR1439-45 14 39 33.3 -45 06 43 13.8 2x 180 1 14 20 19 GSU 09b-04 2 SCR1440-78 14 40 37.4 -78 37 11 11.2 2x 90 1 11 20 33 GSU 09b-04 2 SCR1442-43 14 42 01.9 -43 31 14 15.1 2x 450 1 23 20 44 GSU 09b-04 2 CD-81572 15 32 44.8 -81 43 53 10.4 2x 90 1 11 21 7 cal 1 LTT 6248 15 39 0.02 -28 35 33.1 11.1 3x 200 1 19 21 18 GSU 09b-04 2 SCR1551-80 15 51 10.3 -80 47 51 13.7 2x 180 1 14 21 37 GSU 09b-04 2 SCR1621-68 16 21 18.5 -68 43 58 14.3 2x 300 1 18 21 51 GSU 09b-04 2 SCR1724-66 17 24 40.0 -66 00 12 14.1 2x 300 1 18 22 9 SUNY 09b-11 1 V2672 Oph 17 38 19.68 -26 44 15.0 11 3x 600 1 39 22 27 N GSU 09b-04 2 SCR1803-78 18 03 30.9 -78 07 22 13.4 2x 180 1 14 23 6 GSU 09b-04 2 SCR1807-58 18 07 22.9 -58 40 00 14.0 2x 300 1 18 23 20 SUNY 09b-11 1 N Sgr 2009 18 7 7.67 -33 46 33.9 8.3 3x 400 1 29 23 38 N SUNY 09b-10 1 S CrA 19 01 08.7 -36 57 19.8 11 3x 300 1 24 0 7 SUNY 09b-01 2 HU Aqr 21 7 58.22 -05 17 40.1 16 3x 300 1 24 0 31 C SUNY 09b-01 2 BL Hyi 1 41 00.3 -67 53 27.7 14.9 3x 300 1 24 0 55 C standard 1 Gl 9066 2 0 13.1 +13 3 5 12.3 3x 600 1 39 1 19 PM SUNY 09a-01 1 EF Eri 3 14 13.0 -22 35 41.0 15. 9x 600 1 105 1 58 C STSI TOO 2 R71 5 02 07.9 -71 20 33 9.1 3x 120 1 15 3 43 SUNY 09b-02 1 V1143 Ori 5 38 03.8 -04 16 42 16.8 3x 600 1 39 3 58 SUNY TOO + LHS 1579 3 41 34.53 +25 20 47.9 15 3x 600 1 39 4 37 H,PM SUNY 09a-02 1 NY Ori 5 35 37 -05 12 24 15.0 3x 300 1 24 5 16 Y SUNY 09b-02 2 V1118 Ori 5 34 44.76 -05 33 41.9 16 3x 600 1 39 5 40 end 32/I 6 19 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- If time remains at the end of the night, please select from among the following targets: GSU 09b-04 3 SCR0711-36 7 11 03.5 -36 01 00 17.3 2x 900 1 38 GSU 09b-04 3 SCR0747-54 7 47 14.3 -54 12 02 15.7 2x 450 1 23 GSU 09b-04 3 SCR0747-63 7 47 25.6 -63 55 42 11.7 2x 90 1 11 GSU 09b-04 3 SCR0749-65 7 49 05.7 -65 02 39 11.6 2x 90 1 11 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 C: cataclysmic variable. May be fainter than in finding chart. Skip if not visible. CE: EF Eri is the eastermost star in a pair. The separation is about 25 arcsec. It may be 3 mag fainter than the western star. Please Check the finding chart if in doubt. 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. Y: 5 arcsec SE of brighter star. Try to keep the brighter star out of the slit. Skip if the seeing is really bad. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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)