This is a resubmission that addresses several small issues raised by Roelof de Jong during his review (memo dated 8/19/2005). We have set the pattern to center, changed the aperture in all of the last exposures in a visit from NIC2-FIX to NIC2, and adjusted 4sec over-runs in two visits. I have rerun the orbit and visit planners, and there are not warnings... Dean C. Hines, Ph.D. (Co-I on behalf of Zhaohui Shang, PI for GO 10717) ---- Included Memo ---- To: Zhaohui Shang Cc: prop-history@stsci.edu Subject: 10717 HST proposal, instrument review Dear Zhaohui Shang, I have been reviewing your Phase II HST proposal 10717. I would recommend the following small changes: - Make sure that you set the "Center Pattern" to yes in the pattern definition if you use the NIC2-FIX aperture (which is centered on the middle of the array). This will make sure you will get one measurement on each of the quadrants. - Likewise, you probably want to use the NIC2 aperture instead of the NIC2-FIX aperture for the last observation in each orbit, in order to avoid the central row/column, a spot that often gives unreliable results. We are currently making sure that the offsets you propose between targets and PSF calibration reference stars are feasible using 1 orbit in 2-gyro mode. To make the proposed changes, just modify your .apt file within APT, and re-submit the proposal using APT. Please send an email to me, so I can make another review asap. With kind regards, Roelof de Jong. --------- ----- Submission 1 (Wed Aug 03 07:07:59 GMT 2005) ----- ----- Submission 2 (Wed Aug 24 17:32:11 GMT 2005) ----- I have runn the RUN ALL TOOLS twice and get no errors... but I still get a dialog box that syas there are errors! Ugghh Quasar Bolometri Luminosity and Spectral Energy Distributions from Radio to X-ray We propose to build the best SED data set spanning from radio to X-ray wavelengths for 35 quasars. We will use new and archival mid-to-far IR data from Spitzer as well as other existing multi-wavelength data. We have unique quasi-simultaneous FUV/UV-optical spectra for our sample, greatly reducing the uncertainty due to quasar intrinsic time variability in the UV bump. We will derive accurate bolometric luminosities for the sample and seek to establish a more reliable and accurate way to obtain the bolometric luminosity of quasars from their partial SEDs and/or spectral properties. We will also apply multivariate analysis to the SEDs, study the quasar multi-wavelength spectral properties and their dependence on the overall SEDs, and thus better understand the physical processes quasars employ emitting across the entire electromagnetic spectrum. HST NICMOS observations will be used to remove host galaxy contamination from the quasar SEDs. This is a joint Spitzer-HST project.
We will observe the host galaxies of 7 quasars using the NICMOS2 camera and F160W filter. Each visit consists of one orbit and includes two observations of a quasar and one observation of a nearby star (<2 arcmins) that will be used to determine the PSF close in time to the quasar observation. The PSF star will be observed first followed by the quasar observations acquired by small angle maneuver (SAM). Both the PSF star observation and the first quasar observation use NICMOS MULTIACCUM STEP64 sequence at 4 positions of a NIC-SPIRAL-DITH pattern. The subpixel dithering size is 1.0875" (~14.5 NIC2 pixels) to allow better PSF sampling and cosmic ray rejection. The second observation of the quasar consists of a single short exposure without dithering. This is used to pack the orbit. AGN/QUASARS 12 false 8.4 false false false false false SUPPORTED GALAXY QUASAR QSO H mag is from 2MASS point source catalog. H=13.93+/-0.048 J2000 00 00 0.0000 +00 00 0.00 J2000 GALAXY QSO QUASAR H mag is from 2MASS PSC. H=13.97+/-0.051 GSC0287-0920 J2000 00 00 0.0000 +00 00 0.00 J2000 GALAXY QSO QUASAR H mag is from 2MASS PSC. H=13.98+/-0.045 J2000 00 00 0.0000 +00 00 0.00 J2000 GALAXY QSO QUASAR H mag is from 2MASS PSC. H=14.44+/-0.046 J2000 00 00 0.0000 +00 00 0.00 J2000 GALAXY QSO QUASAR H mag is from 2MASS PSC. H=14.29+/-0.046 J2000 00 00 0.0000 +00 00 0.00 J2000 GALAXY QSO QUASAR H mag is from 2MASS PSC. H=14.70+/-0.064 J2000 00 00 0.0000 +00 00 0.00 J2000 GALAXY QSO QUASAR H mag is from 2MASS PSC. GSC position has big error (1.2"). Not used. H=13.47+/-0.038 GSC4191-0346 J2000 00 00 0.0000 +00 00 0.00 J2000 CALIBRATION POINT SPREAD FUNCTION H mag is from 2MASS PSC. H=10.7+/-0.023 GSC4549-2056 J2000 00 00 0.0000 +00 00 0.00 J2000 CALIBRATION POINT SPREAD FUNCTION H mag is from 2MASS PSC. H=11.32+/-0.026 GSC0287-0102 J2000 00 00 0.0000 +00 00 0.00 J2000 CALIBRATION POINT SPREAD FUNCTION H mag is from 2MASS PSC. H=14.28+/-0.046 J2000 00 00 0.0000 +00 00 0.00 J2000 CALIBRATION POINT SPREAD FUNCTION R mag is from GSC 2.2. R=17.93+/-0.43 J2000 00 00 0.0000 +00 00 0.00 J2000 CALIBRATION POINT SPREAD FUNCTION H=12.56+/-0.032 GSC3493-0801 J2000 00 00 0.0000 +00 00 0.00 J2000 CALIBRATION POINT SPREAD FUNCTION H mag is from 2MASS PSC. H=11.18+/-0.021 GSC2569-0032 J2000 00 00 0.0000 +00 00 0.00 J2000 CALIBRATION POINT SPREAD FUNCTION H mag is from 2MASS PSC. 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