FM Walter 8/31/09 SMARTS 1.5m Service Observing Program 090906 --- EPHEMERIS INFORMATION --- For the night of: Sun, 2009 Sep 6 ---> Mon, 2009 Sep 7 Local midnight = 2009 Sep 7, 4 hr UT, or JD 2455081.667 Local Mean Sidereal Time at midnight = 22 22 12.4 Sunset ( 2215 m horizon): 18 38 CST; Sunrise: 6 44 CST Evening twilight: 19 51 CST; LMST at evening twilight: 18 12 Morning twilight: 5 32 CST; LMST at morning twilight: 3 55 12-degr twilight: 19 23 CST --> 5 59 CST; night center: 0 41 CST Moonrise: 20 29 CST Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.933 2.5 days after full moon, RA and dec: 0 44 20, +10 31.0 The sun is down for 12.1 hr; 9.7 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. ........................................................................... Civil date Setup Program(s) Aug 31 echelle CN 09b-49 SUNY 09b-11 SUNY 09b-14 VAND 09b-01 .............................................................................. 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. .............................................................................. 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 09b-02 2 EX Lup 16 03 05.48 -40 18 25.9 11.4 3x1200 1 72 19 12 9 SUNY 09b-11 1 V1280 Sco 16 57 40.91 -32 20 36.4 13 3x1200 1 71 20 24 9 N SUNY 09b-11 1 V5558 Sgr 18 10 18.27 -18 46 52.1 8 3x1000 1 62 21 35 9 N SUNY 09b-11 2 N Sgr 2009 18 7 8 -33 46 36 7.5 4x 900 1 72 22 37 9 N VAND 09b-01 1 EBLM3 21 33 51.55 +17 14 47.2 11.3 2x1050 1 43 23 49 9 VAND 09b-01 1 HD1461 00 18 41.87 -08 03 10.8 6.5 1x 60 1 7 0 32 9 R *** 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 343 0 04 19.79 -16 31 44.53 5.7 1x 300 1 12 0 49 6 I CN 09b-49 2 HIP 671 0 08 17.53 -08 49 26.80 5.9 1x 300 1 12 1 1 6 I CN 09b-49 2 HIP 4587 0 58 43.87 -11 22 47.91 5.6 1x 300 1 12 1 13 6 I CN 09b-49 2 HIP 6537 1 24 01.41 -08 10 59.72 3.6 1x 300 1 12 1 25 6 I CN 09b-49 2 HIP 11791 2 32 09.42 -01 02 05.67 5.3 1x 300 1 12 1 37 6 I CN 09b-49 2 HIP 17351 3 42 50.06 -37 18 48.67 4.5 1x 300 1 12 1 49 6 I CN 09b-49 2 HIP 17738 3 47 56.04 -30 10 04.38 5.5 1x 300 1 12 2 1 6 I CN 09b-49 2 HIP 19511 4 10 47.76 -08 49 11.33 5.7 1x 300 1 12 2 13 6 I CN 09b-49 2 HIP 21743 4 40 06.80 -24 28 56.53 5.5 1x 300 1 12 2 25 6 I CN 09b-49 2 HIP 22860 4 55 06.82 -16 44 26.41 5.7 1x 300 1 12 2 37 6 I CN 09b-49 2 HIP 26649 5 39 49.84 -32 37 45.18 5.4 1x 300 1 12 2 49 6 I CN 09b-49 2 HIP 27243 5 46 27.37 -46 35 49.85 5.3 1x 300 1 12 3 1 6 I CN 09b-49 2 HIP 24679 5 17 40.24 -13 31 11.37 5.4 1x 300 1 12 3 13 6 I *** Please REMOVE the Iodine Cell for the following targets Please reset the slit width to 140 microns I allot 10 minutes for this SUNY 09b-14 1 TYC7595_0352 5 24 30.14 -38 58 10.3 9.2 3x1200 1 72 3 35 14 SUNY 04a-09 1 AB Dor 5 28 44.8 -65 26 54.8 7.0 10x300 1 66 4 47 9 cal 1 mu Col 5 45 59.9 -32 18 23.4 5.2 3x 60 1 12 5 53 9 SUNY 09a-15 1 sigma Ori 5 38 44.8 -02 36 00 3.8 3x 30 1 10 6 5 9 end echelle queue 6 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: 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)