0 Assigned ID: 558 ----- Attempting Submission 1 (Fri Mar 06 16:53:26 GMT 2020) ----- HST Phase I Proposal 558 successfully submitted. Receipt: # 558-1 November revision: After review data fromthe 1st four visits, we noted that the S Mus axis1 peakup was not symmetrical and the velocity of ISM features was shifted by almost 1 km/s from previous visits. To ensure better peakup centering, for the remaining S Mus observations, visits 2C and 2D, we are increasing the peak-up exposure time from 2s to 5s, which requires reducing each spectroscopic exposure to 1969s. For SU Cyg, visits 3A and 3B, we are changing the peak-up exposure time from 3s to 10s, which requires reducing the echelle exposure time in each visit to 1507s. Neither of these changes affect the BOP screening. -148314149 ----- Attempting Submission 2 (Fri Jun 26 21:01:55 GMT 2020) ----- ----- Attempting Submission 3 (Tue Nov 24 02:02:22 GMT 2020) ----- Improved Masses for Critical Cepheid Binaries Cepheids play an important part in the Hubble Constant tension, and in evolutionary calculation benchmarks, which include comparisons with LMC Cepheids. In some cases, they lead to exotic end-stage objects. An important HST UV legacy is the measurement of the Cepheid masses, the fundamental parameter in stellar evolution. The HST high resolution E140H spectra requested in this proposal (a unique capability of HST) will measure the orbital velocity amplitude of hot companions of three Cepheids, V1334 Cyg, S Mus, and SU Cyg. This can be combined with recent infrared interferometry with the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) and CHARA which has resolved the systems, providing visual orbits to augment the spectroscopic orbits. From this combination both masses and distances for the Cepheids have been derived, which already challenge current evolutionary tracks, even those incorporating rotation and core convective overshoot on the main sequence. The observations detailed in this proposal will improve the orbital solution through more accurate orbital velocity amplitudes of the hot companions. In addition for SU Cyg the phasing of the short period orbit of the companion will be more precise. The requested observations are predicted to yield mass solutions accurate to a few percent. These will be the most accurate Cepheid mass determinations available to quantitatively test the underlying physics at this stage. The goal of this program is to obtain STIS FUV E140H spectra of the blue companions of V1334 Cyg, S Mus, and SU Cyg to measure their orbital velocity at several phases and thereby significantly improve our knowledge of the masses and distances of both components. Specifically, for each target, two observations separated by a few days will be made near both orbital velocity maxima and minima to derive the orbital velocity amplitude of the companion. Each observation takes one orbit resulting in spectra with S/N 20 or better (per 2 pixel resolution element). For SU Cyg, the two spectra at each orbital extremum are requested to be separated by by 1.9 to 2.3 days days which will provide a strong constraint on the short period orbit of the companion (Fig. 5), while for the other targets a 2 to 6 day spacing was requested in the phase 1. For SU Cyg, the hot companion itself is a close binary which requires timing constraints on both the long and the short period orbits; we constrain the phase of the long period orbit for the 1st observation at each epoch using a BETWEEN special requirement, and of the short period by specifying the phase required at the start of the visits. For other systems, with only one orbital period, we simply use the phase constraint. Updates to the orbital parameters for SU Cyg have resulted in some minor shifts to the scheduling windows relative to the orginal phase 1 proposal, but these amount to changes of only a few days and do not reduce the overall schedulability. As was presented in our phase 1, the required phase window for the V1334 Cyg observations is a rather narrow one near the formal start of the cycle. However, our science goals will benefit from excuting the V1334 Cyg visits 1A and 1B as early as possible in our requested window, so STScI is encouraged to execute it even before the formal start of Cycl 28 on October 1 should that be feasible. The purpose of this program is to obtain additional radial velocity measurements of three stars already observed in previous programs, and so all of these targets have previously been observed by STIS using the exact same configurations we will be using here. While the Cepheids themselves are variable, at these FUV wavelengths we are observing not the cepheids themselves, but rather their main-squence B star companions which are not noticeably variable. Also note that Cepheids have little chromospheric activity so the Lyman alpha brightness and flares are not of any concern. Cross-correlation of two spectra of the same star taken at different times is the most robust way to measure velocities of the STIS spectra (yielding the sharpest correlation peak and the least sensitivity to data processing such as smoothing). This is an ideal approach for binary stars, since the full orbital velocity amplitude can be measured directly by obtaining spectra at orbital velocity minimum and maximum. Details of the requested timing were justified in the Special Requirements section of the phase 1 proposal. Because the wavelength/velocity accuracy is the most important objective of this program, in our phase 1 we had requested extra deep wavecals. We request 125s wavecals instead of the default 25s to compensate for the expected fading of the lamp since the last time the default was adjusted. To ensure that the accuracy of the faint FUV wavecal lamp is not degraded by a high dark current, it would be best if these visits could be scheduled as the first STIS FUV MAMA observation in a given SAA free period, as this avoids the dramatic increase in dark current that occurs when the FUV MAMA high voltage has been on for more than an orbit or so. This is especially important for SU Cyg as the ISM lines in that target cannot be used to verify the velocity zero point to the required accuracy. We checked feasibility under one-gyro by setting the gyro mode to 1G and rerunning the orbit and visit planners. If this program had to be implemented under 1 gyro guiding, we'd need to shorten the exposure times by a few hundred seconds to account for the shortened visibilities. While this would modestly degrade our S/N, we should be able to still meet our core science goals. The scheduling would also become somewhat more difficult due to scheduling restrictions, especially for our first epoch of V1334 Cyg observations, where our visits would need to be executed in the very beginning of October to meet our phase windows, but for all targets some windows are available that meet all of our timing requirements. Dr. Nancy Remage Evans has experience in ground-based Cepheid orbits, determining masses from low resolution spectra of main sequence stars, and measuring orbital velocity amplitudes from HST UV spectra, and ultimately combining all these to determine Cepheid masses (for which she has been P.I. on numerous HST proposals). Prof. Pierre Kervella, Dr. Alexandre Gallenne, Dr. Antoine Merand, and Prof. John Monnier have led studies of interferometry to determine resolved Cepheid orbits. In addition, Prof. Pierre Kervella led the study of Gaia proper motion anomalies for Cepheids which provided orbital inclinations. Dr. Simon Borgniet and Mr. Tyler Gardner work in Prof. Kervella's and Prof. Monnier's groups respectively. Dr Charles Proffitt is a long-time expert in UV Spectroscopy, and in addition has had many years of experience as an instrument scientist for IUE, HST/STIS, HST/COS, and JWST/NIRSpec. He is guiding efforts to optimize the technical implementation and maximize the return from observations. Stellar Physics and Stellar Types 6 false false true false false false false AVAILABLE STAR B6-B9.5 V-IV CEPHEID COMPOSITE SPECTRAL TYPE F0-F2 PULSATING VARIABLE NO This object was generated by the targetselector and retrieved from the SIMBAD database. J2000 J2000 SpT=F1II+B7.0V STAR B3-B5 V-IV CEPHEID COMPOSITE SPECTRAL TYPE F3-F9 PULSATING VARIABLE NO This object was generated by the targetselector and retrieved from the SIMBAD database. J2000 J2000 SpT=F6Ib+B5V; R=7.39 STAR B6-B9.5 V-IV CEPHEID COMPOSITE SPECTRAL TYPE F0-F2 PULSATING VARIABLE NO This object was generated by the targetselector and retrieved from the SIMBAD database. J2000 J2000 SpT=F2Iab:+B8.0V; I=5.84 STIS/FUV-MAMA Spectroscopic No No E140H 1271 STIS/FUV-MAMA Spectroscopic No No E140H 1271 STIS/FUV-MAMA Spectroscopic No No E140H 1271 STIS/FUV-MAMA Spectroscopic No No E140H 1271 STIS/FUV-MAMA Spectroscopic No No E140H 1234 STIS/FUV-MAMA Spectroscopic No No E140H 1234 STIS/FUV-MAMA Spectroscopic No No E140H 1234 STIS/FUV-MAMA Spectroscopic No No E140H 1234 STIS/FUV-MAMA Spectroscopic No No E140H 1234 STIS/FUV-MAMA Spectroscopic No No E140H 1234 STIS/FUV-MAMA Spectroscopic No No E140H 1234 STIS/FUV-MAMA Spectroscopic No No E140H 1234 Timing link suitability includes constraints ([1B After 1A by 2.0 to 6.0 days]) The scheduling data was generated by CASM 28.2. 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ETC predicts global rate of 18958 cnts/s using IUE LGAP spectra Observed GLOBRATE from previous 4 STIS/E140H/1271/0.2x0.09 observations ranges from ~ 16400 to 17900 cnts/s; Count rate variations are believed to be entirely due to focus driven throughput variations of 0.2x0.09 aperture. So while the minimun buffer time doesn't provide a lot of margin for time-tag mode, the history of previous observations gives us confidence we won't overfill the buffer. Timing link suitability includes constraints ([1B After 1A by 2.0 to 6.0 days]) The scheduling data was generated by CASM 28.2. CASM was run in Phase II mode. /private/var/folders/c1/kkl4zqqs11g637_3q3f43f2m000400/T/OPVisit11375445552809295710.xml 1602138012000 106.12 (Tic-Visit :proposal-id 16208 :visit-id "1B" :proposal-version -1 :trans-version "20200619" :date "23-Nov-2020 15:43:39.0" :trans-errors '(:WARNINGS 0 :ERRORS 0 :HEALTH-AND-SAFETY 0 :FATAL-ERRORS 0 :CONTINUABLE-FATALS 0) :number-of-orbits 1 :saa-model "24" :si-bright-earth-limb-angle 20.0 :data-volume 1288848 :tdrss-contact-duration 0 :coron NIL ) (Tic-Obset :proposal-id 16208 :visit-id "1B" :obset-id "1B" :pcs-mode "FGS" ) (Tic-Orbit :proposal-id 16208 :visit-id "1B" :orbit-number 1 :pcs-time 393 :si-vis-utilization 2807 :al-overhead-at-end 0 :internal-dur-at-end 591 :dark-offset NIL :dark-utilization 0 :max-dark-utilization 1920 :low-sky "N" :pcs-visibility 3200 :pcs-gap 0 ) true 1 0 Need to allow for variability of the Cepheid in the NUV. 1s gives 559,000 e- from source as calculated from IUE spectra, would need 46s to saturate. ETC predicts global rate of 18958 cnts/s using IUE LGAP spectra Observed GLOBRATE from previous 4 STIS/E140H/1271/0.2x0.09 observations ranges from ~ 16400 to 17900 cnts/s; variations are believed to be entirely due to focus driven throughput variations of 0.2x0.09 aperture. So while the minimun buffer time doesn't provide a lot of margin for time-tag mode, the history of previous observations gives us confidence we won't overfill the buffer. Timing link suitability includes constraints ([2B After 2A by 2.0 to 6.0 days]) The scheduling data was generated by CASM 28.2. CASM was run in Phase II mode. /private/var/folders/c1/kkl4zqqs11g637_3q3f43f2m000400/T/OPVisit2209298673435463823.xml 1604917079000 227.79254046296614 (Tic-Visit :proposal-id 16208 :visit-id "2A" :proposal-version -1 :trans-version "20200619" :date "23-Nov-2020 15:43:40.0" :trans-errors '(:WARNINGS 0 :ERRORS 0 :HEALTH-AND-SAFETY 0 :FATAL-ERRORS 0 :CONTINUABLE-FATALS 0) :number-of-orbits 1 :saa-model "24" :si-bright-earth-limb-angle 20.0 :data-volume 801760 :tdrss-contact-duration 0 :coron NIL ) (Tic-Obset :proposal-id 16208 :visit-id "2A" :obset-id "2A" :pcs-mode "FGS" ) (Tic-Orbit :proposal-id 16208 :visit-id "2A" :orbit-number 1 :pcs-time 393 :si-vis-utilization 3132 :al-overhead-at-end 0 :internal-dur-at-end 591 :dark-offset NIL :dark-utilization 0 :max-dark-utilization 1920 :low-sky "N" :pcs-visibility 3525 :pcs-gap 0 ) true 1 0 expect 360,000 e- from source in 2 sec exposure ETC predicts global rate of 8209 cnts/s using IUE LGAP spectra Observed GLOBRATE from previous STIS/E140H/1234/0.2x0.09 observations ranges from ~ 6991 to 8224 cnts/s; variations are believed to be entirely due to focus driven throughput variations of 0.2x0.09 aperture. 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CASM was run in Phase II mode. /private/var/folders/c1/kkl4zqqs11g637_3q3f43f2m000400/T/OPVisit10675251457709498834.xml 1605179667000 231.36462036951946 (Tic-Visit :proposal-id 16208 :visit-id "2B" :proposal-version -1 :trans-version "20200619" :date "23-Nov-2020 15:43:42.0" :trans-errors '(:WARNINGS 0 :ERRORS 0 :HEALTH-AND-SAFETY 0 :FATAL-ERRORS 0 :CONTINUABLE-FATALS 0) :number-of-orbits 1 :saa-model "24" :si-bright-earth-limb-angle 20.0 :data-volume 801760 :tdrss-contact-duration 0 :coron NIL ) (Tic-Obset :proposal-id 16208 :visit-id "2B" :obset-id "2B" :pcs-mode "FGS" ) (Tic-Orbit :proposal-id 16208 :visit-id "2B" :orbit-number 1 :pcs-time 393 :si-vis-utilization 3132 :al-overhead-at-end 0 :internal-dur-at-end 591 :dark-offset NIL :dark-utilization 0 :max-dark-utilization 1920 :low-sky "N" :pcs-visibility 3525 :pcs-gap 0 ) true 1 0 expect 360,000 e- from source in 2 sec exposure ETC predicts global rate of 8209 cnts/s using IUE LGAP spectra Observed GLOBRATE from previous STIS/E140H/1234/0.2x0.09 observations ranges from ~ 6991 to 8224 cnts/s; variations are believed to be entirely due to focus driven throughput variations of 0.2x0.09 aperture. Timing link suitability includes constraints ([2D After 2C by 2.0 to 6.0 days]) The scheduling data was generated by CASM 28.2. CASM was run in Phase II mode. /Users/proffitt/Documents/research/cepheids/16208/OP-cache/cepheid_orbits_p2_20_nov_20_revised-v2C.xml (Tic-Visit :proposal-id 16208 :visit-id "2C" :proposal-version -1 :trans-version "20200619" :date "20-Nov-2020 14:47:01.0" :trans-errors '(:WARNINGS 0 :ERRORS 0 :HEALTH-AND-SAFETY 0 :FATAL-ERRORS 0 :CONTINUABLE-FATALS 0) :number-of-orbits 1 :saa-model "24" :si-bright-earth-limb-angle 20.0 :data-volume 801760 :tdrss-contact-duration 0 :coron NIL ) (Tic-Obset :proposal-id 16208 :visit-id "2C" :obset-id "2C" :pcs-mode "FGS" ) (Tic-Orbit :proposal-id 16208 :visit-id "2C" :orbit-number 1 :pcs-time 393 :si-vis-utilization 3132 :al-overhead-at-end 0 :internal-dur-at-end 591 :dark-offset NIL :dark-utilization 0 :max-dark-utilization 1920 :low-sky "N" :pcs-visibility 3525 :pcs-gap 0 ) true 1 0 expect 360,000 e- from source in 2 sec exposure expect 900,405e- from source in 5 sec exposure ETC predicts global rate of 8209 cnts/s using IUE LGAP spectra Observed GLOBRATE from previous STIS/E140H/1234/0.2x0.09 observations ranges from ~ 6991 to 8224 cnts/s; variations are believed to be entirely due to focus driven throughput variations of 0.2x0.09 aperture. 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CASM was run in Phase II mode. /Users/proffitt/Documents/research/cepheids/16208/OP-cache/cepheid_orbits_p2_20_nov_20_revised-v2D.xml (Tic-Visit :proposal-id 16208 :visit-id "2D" :proposal-version -1 :trans-version "20200619" :date "20-Nov-2020 14:46:41.0" :trans-errors '(:WARNINGS 0 :ERRORS 0 :HEALTH-AND-SAFETY 0 :FATAL-ERRORS 0 :CONTINUABLE-FATALS 0) :number-of-orbits 1 :saa-model "24" :si-bright-earth-limb-angle 20.0 :data-volume 801760 :tdrss-contact-duration 0 :coron NIL ) (Tic-Obset :proposal-id 16208 :visit-id "2D" :obset-id "2D" :pcs-mode "FGS" ) (Tic-Orbit :proposal-id 16208 :visit-id "2D" :orbit-number 1 :pcs-time 393 :si-vis-utilization 3132 :al-overhead-at-end 0 :internal-dur-at-end 591 :dark-offset NIL :dark-utilization 0 :max-dark-utilization 1920 :low-sky "N" :pcs-visibility 3525 :pcs-gap 0 ) true 1 0 expect 360,000 e- from source in 2 sec exposure expect 900,405e- from source in 5 sec exposure ETC predicts global rate of 8209 cnts/s using IUE LGAP spectra Observed GLOBRATE from previous STIS/E140H/1234/0.2x0.09 observations ranges from ~ 6991 to 8224 cnts/s; variations are believed to be entirely due to focus driven throughput variations of 0.2x0.09 aperture. Timing link suitability includes constraints ([3B After 3A by 1.9 to 2.3 days]) The scheduling data was generated by CASM 28.2. CASM was run in Phase II mode. /private/var/folders/c1/kkl4zqqs11g637_3q3f43f2m000400/T/OPVisit82173460877456886.xml To ensure that the accuracy of the faint FUV wavecal lamp is not degraded by a high dark current, it would be best if these visits could be scheduled as the first STIS FUV MAMA observation in a given SAA free period, as this avoids the dramatic increase in dark current that occurs when the FUV MAMA high voltage has been on for more than an orbit or so. This is especially important for SU Cyg as the ISM lines in that target cannot be used to verify the velocity zero point to the required accuracy. (Tic-Visit :proposal-id 16208 :visit-id "3A" :proposal-version -1 :trans-version "20200619" :date "23-Nov-2020 20:32:42.0" :trans-errors '(:WARNINGS 0 :ERRORS 0 :HEALTH-AND-SAFETY 0 :FATAL-ERRORS 0 :CONTINUABLE-FATALS 0) :number-of-orbits 1 :saa-model "24" :si-bright-earth-limb-angle 20.0 :data-volume 175504 :tdrss-contact-duration 0 :coron NIL ) (Tic-Obset :proposal-id 16208 :visit-id "3A" :obset-id "3A" :pcs-mode "FGS" ) (Tic-Orbit :proposal-id 16208 :visit-id "3A" :orbit-number 1 :pcs-time 393 :si-vis-utilization 2772 :al-overhead-at-end 0 :internal-dur-at-end 591 :dark-offset NIL :dark-utilization 0 :max-dark-utilization 1920 :low-sky "N" :pcs-visibility 3165 :pcs-gap 0 ) true 1 0 358,477 e- from source in 3 s exposure 1,194,923 e- from source in 10s exposure ETC predicts global rate of 2123 cnts/s using IUE LGAP spectra Observed GLOBRATE from previous STIS/E140H/1234/0.2x0.09 observations ranges from ~ 1696 to 1897 cnts/s; variations are believed to be entirely due to focus driven throughput variations of 0.2x0.09 aperture. Timing link suitability includes constraints ([3B After 3A by 1.9 to 2.3 days]) The scheduling data was generated by CASM 28.2. CASM was run in Phase II mode. /private/var/folders/c1/kkl4zqqs11g637_3q3f43f2m000400/T/OPVisit4012456152880604983.xml To ensure that the accuracy of the faint FUV wavecal lamp is not degraded by a high dark current, it would be best if these visits could be scheduled as the first STIS FUV MAMA observation in a given SAA free period, as this avoids the dramatic increase in dark current that occurs when the FUV MAMA high voltage has been on for more than an orbit or so. This is especially important for SU Cyg as the ISM lines in that target cannot be used to verify the velocity zero point to the required accuracy. (Tic-Visit :proposal-id 16208 :visit-id "3B" :proposal-version -1 :trans-version "20200619" :date "23-Nov-2020 20:32:43.0" :trans-errors '(:WARNINGS 0 :ERRORS 0 :HEALTH-AND-SAFETY 0 :FATAL-ERRORS 0 :CONTINUABLE-FATALS 0) :number-of-orbits 1 :saa-model "24" :si-bright-earth-limb-angle 20.0 :data-volume 175504 :tdrss-contact-duration 0 :coron NIL ) (Tic-Obset :proposal-id 16208 :visit-id "3B" :obset-id "3B" :pcs-mode "FGS" ) (Tic-Orbit :proposal-id 16208 :visit-id "3B" :orbit-number 1 :pcs-time 393 :si-vis-utilization 2772 :al-overhead-at-end 0 :internal-dur-at-end 591 :dark-offset NIL :dark-utilization 0 :max-dark-utilization 1920 :low-sky "N" :pcs-visibility 3165 :pcs-gap 0 ) true 1 0 358,477 e- from source in 3 s exposure 1,194,923 e- from source in 10s exposure ETC predicts global rate of 2123 cnts/s using IUE LGAP spectra Observed GLOBRATE from previous STIS/E140H/1234/0.2x0.09 observations ranges from ~ 1696 to 1897 cnts/s; variations are believed to be entirely due to focus driven throughput variations of 0.2x0.09 aperture.