0 Assigned ID: 1822 ----- Attempting Submission 1 (Fri Mar 01 21:57:43 GMT 2013) ----- Some visits have been changed to use quadrant C instead of A, and the corresponding orient angles have been updated. -1384039174 ----- Attempting Submission 1 (Thu Jun 20 16:59:32 GMT 2013) ----- HST Phase II Proposal 13409 (HSTPhaseII.apt) successfully submitted. ----- Attempting Submission 2 (Fri Jun 21 18:01:03 GMT 2013) ----- HST Phase II Proposal 13409 (HSTPhaseII.apt) successfully submitted. ----- Attempting Submission 3 (Fri Nov 15 16:42:27 GMT 2013) ----- Hubble Observations of Kepler-Monitored Seyfert Is The bulk of AGN optical variability is generated by viscous processes in the accretion disk. The nature and amplitude of the variability is thought to be strongly connected to the black hole mass and Eddington ratio (McLeod et al 2010). For the past 3 years we have obtained high-precision (milli-magnitude errors), densely-sampled (every 30 min), long-duration (years) optical light curves from Kepler of 28 AGN our team has discovered in the Kepler field. These data permit, for the first time, the precise measurement of the optical variability of a sample of AGN over a wide range of timescales (from hours to years), BH masses and Eddington ratios, allowing a detailed characterization of the variability processes. To properly model the disk emission and probe the origin of the variability, it is necessary to measure and subtract off the substantial but uncertain contribution due to starlight in the underlying galaxy. Because of the poor angular resolution of Kepler and ground based data, only HST can obtain this data. Without this measurement it is impossible to determine the absolute variability amplitude of the AGN, an accurate black hole mass or AGN luminosity. We request 8 GO orbits for WFC3 imaging of 8 AGN selected to span a wide range of Eddington ratio and black hole mass. These 8 objects are representative of the full range of mass and Eddington ratio of the present Kepler monitored sample. HST observations are crucial to obtain the full value of the already-extraordinary Kepler AGN light curves. In addition the HST observations will determine the nature of the host galaxy, a key parameter in understanding the origin and evolution of AGN. All observations will use WFC3-UVIS with broad-bandpass filter F350LP. This is a good match to the Kepler 4200-9000 angstrom bandpass in the red. We will use a 2k x 2k subarray to encompass the full target galaxy and to get a decent number of PSFs from nearby stars. To obtain high contrast image of the bright nuclear point source and the rest of the galaxy, we obtain images in 3 steps of exposure times (eg. 2x15s, 2x200s, 2x800s). The short exposures are aimed at imaging the nucleus without saturation and minimal likelihood of cosmic ray hits there. They will be used to fix saturation in the longer exposures at the same pointing. The long exposures image the dimmer galaxy's outer component. Each exposure time is repeated using the default 2-point dither pattern WFC3-UVIS-DITHER-LINE. We will correct saturated pixels where possible, excluding unfixable pixels, then combine all exposures with AstroDrizzle to produce final images with a wide dynamic range. 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