FM Walter 9/16/08 rev 9/19 SMARTS 1.5m Service Observing Program 080921 --- EPHEMERIS INFORMATION --- For the night of: Sun, 2008 Sep 21 ---> Mon, 2008 Sep 22 Local midnight = 2008 Sep 22, 4 hr UT, or JD 2454731.667 Local Mean Sidereal time at midnight = 23 22 18.1 Sunset ( 2215 m horizon): 18 46 CST; Sunrise: 6 25 CST Evening twilight: 19 59 CST; LMST at evening twilight: 19 21 Morning twilight: 5 12 CST; LMST at morning twilight: 4 36 Moonrise: 1 39 CST Moon at civil midnight: illuminated fraction 0.498 0.0 days before last quarter, RA and dec: 5 58 59, 27 42.4 The sun is down for 11.7 hr; 9.2 hr from eve->morn 18 deg twilight. .......................................................................... Civil date Setup Program(s) Sep 21 58/I STSI 08b-03 STSI TOO SUNY 08b-01 SUNY 08b-02 SUNY 08b-11 .............................................................................. Name Slit Filter Coll Grating Tilt & Comp,exp Ystart Ysize Yspec Blaze w.l. cov. (sec) Res (A) 58/I 110.5 OG530 595 58 16.9 Neon 20 200 280 " 8000 ~6000-9000 6.5 .............................................................................. In afternoon or during dinner: - Install 58/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 CDT Rem SUNY 08a-02 1 EX Lup 16 03 05.5 -40 18 25.9 11.4 3x 100 1 14 19 20 STSI 08b-03 2 PM 42156 16 13 5.9 -70 9 8 14.05 1x 200 1 12 19 34 SUNY TOO 1 J162940-11 16 29 40.2 -11 20 24 16 3x 600 1 39 19 46 SUNY 08b-11 1 V1280 Sco 16 57 41.24 -32 20 36.5 12 3x 200 1 19 20 25 N STSI 08b-03 2 PM 44686 17 29 27.4 -80 8 57 12.60 1x 100 1 11 20 44 STSI 08b-03 2 PM 45130 17 38 32.5 -58 32 34 12.18 1x 100 1 11 20 55 SUNY 08b-11 1 V1309 Sco 17 57 32.91 -30 43 10 8 3x 30 1 10 21 6 N SUNY 08a-11 2 V5558 Sgr 18 10 18.3 -18 46 52.1 11 3x 100 1 14 21 16 N SUNY 08a-10 1 S CrA 19 01 08.7 -36 57 19.8 11 3x 300 1 24 21 30 cal 1 Feige 110 23 19 58.4 -05 09 56 11.8 3x 200 1 19 21 54 SUNY TOO + SN2008bk 23 57 50.4 -32 33 21.5 15 2x 900 1 38 22 13 STSI 08b-03 2 PM 58256 23 52 44.4 -57 56 3 13.82 1x 200 1 12 22 51 STSI 08b-03 2 PM 58271 23 53 8.3 -42 32 3 13.06 1x 100 1 11 23 3 STSI 08b-03 2 PM 58287 23 53 25.2 -70 56 41 13.51 1x 200 1 12 23 14 STSI 08b-03 2 PM 352 0 8 17.4 -57 5 52 11.90 1x 30 1 10 23 26 STSI 08b-03 2 PM 446 0 9 45.1 -42 1 39 13.64 1x 200 1 12 23 36 STSI 08b-03 2 PM 3821 1 8 46.4 -37 10 21 16.51 2x 600 1 29 23 48 STSI 08b-03 2 PM 3960 1 11 13.4 -32 19 38 15.97 1x 600 1 19 0 17 STSI 08b-03 2 PM 4051 1 13 3.6 -34 38 18 15.89 1x 600 1 19 0 36 STSI 08b-03 2 PM 7317 2 11 18.0 -63 13 41 12.54 1x 100 1 11 0 55 STSI 08b-03 2 PM 7427 2 12 58.7 -73 45 50 13.12 1x 100 1 11 1 6 STSI 08b-03 2 PM 7410 2 13 53.0 -49 23 13 13.57 1x 200 1 12 1 17 STSI 08b-03 2 PM 7418 2 14 18.6 -30 33 47 12.91 1x 100 1 11 1 29 STSI 08b-03 2 PM 9858 3 5 11.2 -34 5 23 14.36 1x 200 1 12 1 40 STSI 08b-03 2 PM 10020 3 8 25.4 -38 12 43 17.12 2x 600 1 29 1 52 STSI 08b-03 2 PM 10088 3 9 22.2 -39 11 3 12.93 1x 100 1 11 2 21 STSI 08b-03 2 PM 10200 3 11 35.2 -38 47 23 14.12 1x 200 1 12 2 32 SUNY 08a-01 1 EF Eri 3 14 13.0 -22 35 41.4 14.5 18x300 1 114 2 44 CE SUNY TOO 1 V1647 Ori 5 46 13.14 -00 06 04.8 17 3x1200 1 69 4 38 STSI 08b-03 2 PM 16040 6 4 52.2 -34 33 36 13.13 1x 100 1 11 5 47 end 58/I 5 58 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58/I targets: STSI 08b-03 3 PM 6343 1 52 51.6 -48 5 41 14.43 1x 200 1 12 STSI 08b-03 3 PM 6405 1 53 37.1 -66 53 34 11.46 1x 30 1 10 STSI 08b-03 3 PM 6521 1 56 36.0 -40 53 30 16.99 2x 600 1 29 STSI 08b-03 3 PM 6518 1 56 40.1 -36 14 55 17.16 2x 600 1 29 STSI 08b-03 3 PM 6652 1 59 2.4 -38 23 5 16.95 2x 600 1 29 STSI 08b-03 3 PM 8912 2 45 14.3 -43 44 10 12.52 1x 100 1 11 STSI 08b-03 3 PM 9229 2 52 38.0 -41 17 38 16.03 1x 600 1 19 STSI 08b-03 3 PM 9435 2 53 17.0 -80 31 19 14.70 1x 300 1 11 STSI 08b-03 3 PM 9315 2 53 46.9 -61 35 18 12.24 1x 100 1 11 STSI 08b-03 3 PM 9370 2 55 14.5 -51 40 20 14.40 1x 200 1 12 STSI 08b-03 3 PM 12656 4 8 55.6 -31 28 54 14.59 1x 300 1 14 STSI 08b-03 3 PM 12731 4 10 28.1 -53 36 8 15.98 1x 600 1 19 STSI 08b-03 3 PM 12999 4 18 4.7 -49 1 30 13.39 1x 200 1 12 STSI 08b-03 3 PM 13045 4 18 51.0 -57 14 1 13.59 1x 200 1 12 STSI 08b-03 3 PM 14426 5 2 44.2 -31 28 38 14.88 1x 300 1 14 STSI 08b-03 3 PM 14823 5 13 6.0 -76 53 22 13.64 1x 200 1 12 STSI 08b-03 3 PM 14728 5 13 47.3 -31 19 34 14.95 1x 300 1 14 STSI 08b-03 3 PM 14792 5 15 46.7 -31 17 45 12.34 1x 100 1 11 STSI 08b-03 3 PM 14955 5 16 59.7 -78 17 20 12.05 1x 100 1 11 STSI 08b-03 3 PM 14851 5 17 21.4 -42 52 47 11.81 1x 30 1 10 STSI 08b-03 3 PM 14856 5 17 31.2 -52 56 13 13.69 1x 200 1 12 STSI 08b-03 3 PM 14951 5 21 15.9 -32 21 26 14.47 1x 200 1 12 STSI 08b-03 3 PM 16431 6 21 25.6 -31 34 57 15.39 1x 300 1 14 STSI 08b-03 3 PM 16710 6 34 18.6 -31 52 23 13.30 1x 200 1 12 STSI 08b-03 3 PM 17192 6 52 37.8 -73 58 15 13.23 1x 100 1 11 STSI 08b-03 3 PM 17201 6 56 0.9 -38 24 16 13.16 1x 100 1 11 STSI 08b-03 3 PM 17239 6 57 46.5 -44 17 28 10.78 1x 30 1 10 STSI 08b-03 3 PM 17251 6 58 18.9 -39 32 15 13.36 1x 200 1 12 Just before sunrise, get well-exposed TWILIGHT SPECTRA at zenith. Aim for 3-5 spectra, each with between 5,000 and 30,000 counts per pixel. Remember to take a comp spectrum too. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remarks: X: 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 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. CE: EF Eri is the easternmost 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: 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. NN: new nova. No finding chart available. Should be the brightest star near the coordinates (positional uncertainty +/- 2 arcsec). R: radial velocity standard. N3: 227 arcsec W and 153 arcsec N of center of NGC 300 ST: if you cannot observe the standard, please try to observe another cal star (in the backup list) at some other time during the night. S4: set slit width to 4.0 arcsec. Center on the nucleus of the galaxy. S5: set slit width to 5.0 arcsec. Center on the nucleus of the galaxy. S2: set slit width to 2.0 arcsec. Center on the nucleus of the galaxy. Reset the slit to the normal width for the wavecal. S10: set slit width to 10.0 arcsec. Please reset at the end of the observation. T: Time critical. Please try to start these observations close to the requested time. TR: 227 arcsec W and 153 arcsec N of center of NGC 300 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: Far north. May exceed 2 AM if you do not get to it on time. Skip it if it it at >2 AM. 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; 3 means before, after, and between each exposure. 0 means NO wavecal should be taken. .............................................................................. 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: Howard Bond bond@stsci.edu (STSI programs) Fred Walter fwalter@astro.sunysb.edu (SUNY programs)