FM Walter 1/15/07 rev 1/20 SMARTS 1.5m Service Observing Program 070122 --- EPHEMERIS INFORMATION --- For the night of: Mon, 2007 Jan 22 ---> Tue, 2007 Jan 23 Local midnight = 2007 Jan 23, 3 hr UT, or JD 2454123.625 Local Mean Sidereal time at midnight = 6 25 02.5 Sunset ( 2215 m horizon): 20 54 CDT; Sunrise: 6 56 CDT Evening twilight: 22 18 CDT; LMST at evening twilight: 4 43 Morning twilight: 5 32 CDT; LMST at morning twilight: 11 58 Moonset : 23 25 CDT Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.192 2.8 days before first quarter, RA and dec: 23 38 09, -0 40.6 The sun is down for 10.0 hr; 7.2 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. .......................................................................... Civil date Setup Program(s) January 22 26/Ia CHIL 07a-0199 STSI 07a-02 STSI 07a-07 SUNY 07a-01 SUNY 07a-02 SUNY 07a-09 SUNY 07a-11 SUNY 07a-22 YALE 07a-11 .............................................................................. Name Slit Filter Coll Grating Tilt & Comp,exp Ystart Ysize Yspec Blaze w.l. cov. (sec) Res (A) 26/Ia 110.5 clear 565 26 16.14 He-Ar 30 214 280 " 3550 3660-5440 4.3 .............................................................................. In afternoon or during dinner: - Install 26/Ia grating setup - check focus if necessary - obtain at least 25 Zero frames - obtain at least 10, preferably 25, flat-field frames (projector or dome) Get well-exposed TWILIGHT SPECTRA at zenith at beginning of night. Aim for three spectra, each with between 5,000 and 30,000 counts per pixel. Remember to take a comp spectrum too. Program Pri Target RA (J2000) Dec mag Exp Cmp T CST Rem YALE 07a-11 1 HD_22413 3 35 24.72 -28 20 11.8 8.8 3x 90 1 14 21 41 R SUNY 07a-02 1 V1143 Ori 5 38 03.8 -04 16 42 16.8 3x 900 1 54 21 55 SUNY 06b-11 2 V574 Pup 7 41 53.8 -27 6 37 10 3x 900 1 54 22 49 N SUNY-07a-22 1 HD62532 7 43 45.34 -17 56 46.3 8.39 3x 500 1 34 23 43 SUNY 06b-01 2 VV Pup 8 15 06.7 -19 03 16.8 13.9 3x 300 1 24 0 17 C YALE 07a-11 1 RR_93 9 13 53.74 -01 20 01.6 15.1 3x 600 2 40 0 41 YALE 07a-11 1 RR_103 9 35 19.34 -01 30 42.1 14.9 3x 600 2 40 1 21 cal 1 LTT 4364 11 45 37.7 -64 50 25.1 11.5 3x 240 1 21 2 1 SUNY 07a-09 1 HD 109962 12 39 07.89 -45 33 44 9.7 3x 200 1 19 2 22 STSI 07a-07 1 26422 12 3 59 4 6 56 17.9 3x1800 1 96 2 41 X STSI 07a-07 1 26416 12 3 52 4 6 46 16.1 3x1200 1 69 4 17 X STSI 07a-07 2 HD102870 11 50 42 1 45 53 3.6 3x 15 1 10 5 26 R CHIL 7a-199 1 MCG-6-30-15 13 35 53.94 -34 17 42.5 2x 180 1 14 5 36 S2 CHIL 7a-199 2 HD118239 13 36 05.62 -34 22 26.5 9.0 1x 60 0 6 5 50 S10 SUNY 07a-02 1 EX Lup 16 03 05.48 -40 18 25.9 11.4 1x 300 1 11 5 56 end 26/Ia 6 07 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- If there is any time left before dawn, or you get ahead and have to wait for targets to rise, or if some targets are too faint to acquire, please select from among the following 26/Ia targets: YALE 07a-11 3 RR_631 8 43 46.14 -03 59 36.1 14.3 3x 300 2 25 YALE 07a-11 3 RR_116 10 11 23.09 -01 26 43.4 15.2 3x 600 2 40 YALE 07a-11 3 RR_127 10 20 19.40 -01 01 30.7 15.1 3x 600 2 40 SUNY 05b-15 2 HD 93308 10 45 03.6 -59 41 04 6.2 3x 5 1 9 standard 3 Feige 40 11 21 29.3 +11 19 17.0 11.1 3x 300 1 24 standard 3 HD119850 13 45 43.8 +14 53 30 8.5 3x 240 1 21 PM SUNY 07a-01 3 V834 Cen 14 09 07.5 -45 17 17.1 14 3x 300 1 24 SUNY 07a-10 3 RU Lup 15 56 42.3 -37 49 15.5 11 3x 300 1 24 Just before sunrise, get well-exposed TWILIGHT SPECTRA at zenith IF you could not obtain them at dusk. Aim for 3-5 spectra, each with between 5,000 and 30,000 counts per pixel. Remember to take a comp spectrum too. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remarks: M: moon within 10 degrees. Skip if not visible in the acquisition TV B: very bright target. Best observed through clouds. C: cataclysmic variable. May be fainter than in finding chart. Skip if not visible. E: target far to the east. If running ahead, give extra time to the previous target, or observe a backup target if time permits. N: Nova. Will be fainter than on finding chart. R: radial velocity standard. S2: set slit width to 2.0 arcsec. Center on the nucleus of the galaxy. S4: set slit width to 4.0 arcsec. Center on the nucleus of the galaxy. S10: set slit width to 10.0 arcsec. Please reset at the end of the observation. No wavecal is necessary with this exposure. PM: may have significant proper motion. W: star very close to 2 air masses at end of observation. Don't start late; do the calibration lamp at the end if it helps. X: Both stars of this pair must be done on the same night. If you can't do both, then skip all the STSI 07a-07 targets and replace with backups. Y: 5 arcsec SE of brighter star. Try to keep the brighter star out of the slit. Skip if the seeing is really bad. Z: monitoring target. Try to maintain spacing between observations. -------------------------------------------------------------------- General Notes: Astronomical ephemerides are from SKYCAL,by John Thorstensen Pri: Target priority. + = absolute highest priority 1 = observe object if possible 2 = extra targets; observe only if no Priority 1 target is available 3 = backup/filler targets; low priority Cmp: 1 means take comparison spectrum only before target exposures; 2 means before and after .............................................................................. Notes about finding charts: RA & Dec: all coordinates are accurate to 1"; charts can be generated by operator as necessary using LEDAS or DSS. Many charts are available via the link from the main 1.5m scheduling page. Charts for many objects should be available at the telescope. .............................................................................. Questions may be addressed to: Mike Simon msimon@mail.astro.sunysb.edu (SUNY 06a-14) Kathy Vivas akvivas@cida.ve (YALE 06a-13) Howard Bond bond@stsci.edu (STSI programs) Fred Walter fwalter@astro.sunysb.edu (other SUNY programs)