H. E. Bond 3/1/03 revised 3/2/03 revised 3/4/03 SMARTS 1.5m Service Observing Program Nights of 2003 March 5-6 and 2003 March 6-7 Sidereal time evening twilight: 06:44 morning twilight: 15:28 Moon age (Mar 5) 2 days. Sets 21:51 (UT-3) Moon age (Mar 6) 3 days. Sets 22:19 (UT-3) .............................................................................. Civil date Setup Program(s) Mar 5 47/I SUNY 03a-13/Simon (time critical, 1st half) [0.25] SUNY 03a-10/WalterTTau [0.25] SUNY 03a-15/WalterGalaxies [0.5] STSI 03a-04/Walborn [0.02] Mar 6 47/I SUNY 03a-13/Simon (time critical, 1st half) [0.25] SUNY 03a-10/WalterTTau [0.25] SUNY 03a-15/WalterGalaxies [0.5] STSI 03a-04/Walborn [0.02] .............................................................................. Name Slit Filter Coll Grating Tilt & Comp,exp Ystart Ysize Yspec w.l. cov. 47/I 110.5 GG495 595 47 23.45 Neon 20 200 280 164 6000-7330 Note: check that diffuser is in front of Neon source; strongest comparison line should be just short of saturation in 20 seconds. .............................................................................. In afternoon or during dinner: - obtain at least 10 Zero frames - obtain at least 5, preferably 10, flat-field frames (projector or dome) Get well-exposed twilight spectrum at zenith at beginning (or end) of night. Observe at beginning of both nights: Pgm Target RA (J2000) Dec mag Exp Cmp Remarks SUNY 03a-13 KH 15D 06 41 10.3 +09 28 34 16.1 6x1200 2 Note bright star 40" SW of target. Finding chart is at http://www.astro.sunysb.edu/msimon/smarts/kh15d.jpeg or http://www.astro.sunysb.edu/msimon/smarts/kh15d.ps Observe on both nights: SUNY 03a-10 Hilt 600 06 45 13.3 +02 08 14 10.4 3x200 1 SUNY 03a-10 TW Hya 11 01 51.9 -34 42 17 11 3x100 1 SUNY 03a-10 LTT 4364 11 45 37.7 -64 50 25 11.5 3x240 1 Large proper motion SUNY 03a-10 RU Lup 15 56 42.3 -37 49 16 10 3x90 1 SUNY 03a-10 V866 Sco 16 11 31.4 -18 38 24 11 3x150 1 SUNY 03a-10 Oph 118 16 31 15.8 -24 34 02 12.5 3x250 1 STSI 03a-04 HD 148937 16 33 52.2 -48 06 40 6.7 3x45 1 SUNY 03a-10 V1121 Oph 16 49 15.3 -14 22 09 11 3x100 1 SUNY 03a-10 V4046 Sgr 18 14 10.5 -32 47 34 10 3x60 1 SUNY 03a-10 S CrA 19 01 08.7 -36 57 20 12 3x100 1 Fill in rest of nights with any exposures selected from following list (only one observation needed for each target). These targets are all galaxies; place slit on the nucleus: SUNY 03a-15 NGC 2835 09 17 52.9 -22 21 18 11.0 3x500 1 SUNY 03a-15 NGC 2997 09 45 38.6 -31 11 25 10.1 3x500 1 SUNY 03a-15 NGC 3137 10 09 07.2 -29 03 51 12.1 3x500 1 SUNY 03a-15 NGC 3140 10 09 27.6 -16 37 41 14.8 3x500 1 SUNY 03a-15 NGC 3361 10 44 29.0 -11 12 27 13.4 3x500 1 SUNY 03a-15 NGC 3511 11 03 23.7 -23 05 11 11.5 3x500 1 SUNY 03a-15 NGC 3621 11 18 16.0 -32 48 42 10.2 3x500 1 SUNY 03a-15 MCG-01-** 11 37 44.9 -07 16 04 15.0 3x500 1 SUNY 03a-15 NGC 4666 12 45 08.7 -00 27 41 11.5 3x500 1 SUNY 03a-15 NGC 4668 12 45 32.0 -00 32 09 13.3 3x500 1 SUNY 03a-15 NGC 4731 12 51 01.0 -06 23 34 11.9 3x500 1 SUNY 03a-15 IC 4212 13 12 03.0 -06 59 29 14.5 3x500 1 SUNY 03a-15 NGC 5068 13 18 54.6 -21 02 20 10.5 3x500 1 SUNY 03a-15 UGCA 348 13 19 52.0 -22 16 44 13.2 3x500 1 A list of additional galaxies, if needed, is at http://www.astro.sunysb.edu/fwalter/bond/galaxies.lst **Note: full name of target is MCG-01-30-013 General Notes: RA & Dec: all coordinates are accurate to 1"; charts can be generated by operator as necessary using LEDAS or DSS. SUNY 03a-10 charts were left at telescope in February. Cmp: 1 means take comparison spectrum only before target exposures; 2 means before and after .............................................................................. General questions may be addressed to: Howard Bond bond@stsci.edu Specific questions about the observations may be addressed to: Fred Walter fwalter@astro.sunysb.edu (program SUNY 03a-15) Mike Simon msimon@astro.sunysb.edu (program SUNY 03a-13) Nolan Walborn walborn@stsci.edu (program STSI 03a-04)