11555( 6) - 20-Jan-2010 11:21:38 - [ 1] HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE OBSERVING PROGRAM 11555 Version: 6 Check-in Time: 20-Jan-2010 11:21:38 STScI Edit Number: 1 Title Transition Region and Chromospheric Activity on Low Metallicity Arcturus Moving Group `Alien' Dwarfs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Type Cycle GO 17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Investigators Contact? PI: Dr. Alexander Brown University of Colorado at Boulder CoI: Dr. Graham M. Harper University of Colorado at Boulder N CoI: Dr. Thomas R. Ayres University of Colorado at Boulder N ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Abstract How does low metallicity affect the heating and resultant temperature structure of the chromospheres, transition regions, and coronae of old solar-like dwarf stars? The Arcturus Moving Group is very likely a remnant of the merger of a dwarf galaxy with the Milky Way Galaxy in the distant (~ 7- 8 Gyr) past. This kinematically distinct group has members that are located very close to the Sun, allowing study of stellar activity on very old, low metallicity stars that typically would not be possible. We propose to obtain COS G140L spectra of four dwarf star members of the Arcturus Moving Group to measure the fluxes of their transition region and upper chromospheric emission lines and to investigate the effects of low metallicity on the outer atmospheric radiative losses and temperature structure. Our targets have metallicities of ~ 20% solar or less, spectral types F9 - M4, and are at distances less than 25 pc from the Sun. COS is the only UV spectrograph that is capable of registering the FUV spectra of these stars in a reasonable number of HST orbits. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Observations Description ------------------------ Four dwarf star members of the Arcturus Moving Group are to be observed using COS G140L with 2 orbits allocated per star. Three of the strars (HD145417, HD65583, and HD90508) are visually bright with V magnitudes between 6.4and 7.5; these stars have very accurate coordinates from the Hipparcos Catalogue. All the stars have very large proper motions of more than 1 arcsecond per year. The coordinates given in this Phase II proposal are already corrected for proper motion to 2000.0. The fourth target (LHS2266) is a much fainter M dwarf with V=12.5 BUT it is the common proper motion partner of HD90508 and the separation between the two stars is only 3.5 arcseconds. For each star/visit we use basically the same observational setup: Acquisition consists of a 2X2 ACQ/SEARCH followed by an ACQ/IMAGE. The G140L (1230A) spectrum is taken in four pieces at the nominal FP-POS positions. We do FP-POS=1 and 2 in the first orbit and FP-POS=3 and 4 in the second orbit to maximize exposure time at the shorter wavelengths (e.g N V at 1238, 1242A). 11555( 6) - 20-Jan-2010 11:21:38 - [ 2] We have GALEX GRISM spectra for HD65583 and HD90508 which provide a useful check of the COS ETC model predictions. We find that the models overpredict the expected COS NUV signal when normalized to the V magnitudes, even though these stars are all within 25parsecs and have minimal IS absorption. Nevertheless we have used the model-predicted count rates to control our choice of acquisition modes. For HD145417 we use BOA+MIRRORA and a 15 second exposure [see COS75580] For HD65583 we also use BOA+MIRRORA and 15 sec exposure [see COS74448 (GALEX input), COS74455 +COS74475 (models)]. For HD90508 we use BOA+MIRRORB and a 20 sec exposure [see COS75603 (GALEX input), COS75593 (model)]. FOR LHS2266 model predictions suggest that PSA+MIRRORA is allowed with exposures of order 30-60 seconds (see COS75611). HOWEVER, this star is 3.5 arcseconds away from HD90508 which needs MIRRORB and we cannot perform a standard aquistion with the brighter star in the FOV. It is therefore simpler and safer to construct a 4 orbit visit to HD90508 with an offset pointing used to put LHS2266 into the PSA for its two-orbit exposure. The offset information for LHS 2266 (HD90508-OFFSET) is ------ Recently measured separations are from Chandra ACIS on 2007.0356 of +0.135S in RA and +3.81 arcsec in Dec and an optical CCD measurement on 2006.9586 of +0.113S in RA and +3.25 arcsec in Dec (Cvetkovic et al. 2007, Serb. Astron., 174, 83). The offset used here splits the difference between these two measurements and should be good to better than 0.5 arcseconds. LHS 2266 is located at larger RA and Dec and the offset coordinates are thus both positive. The COS Spectroscopy ETC indicates no problems when fed the existing GALEX GRISM spectra for these targets (see COS75662 and COS75658). 2009 DEC 15: Changed ALL G140L FP-POS=3 and FP-POS=4 exposures to SEGMENT=A to avoid zero order problem on Segment B. 2010 JAN 19: ACQ/SEARCH changed to SCAN-SIZE=3 as a precaution, given the large proper motions of these stars, based on STScI and COS Team advice. Real Time Justification ----------------------- Calibration Justification ------------------------- Additional Comments ------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11555( 6) - 20-Jan-2010 11:21:38 - [ 3] TARGET LIST Fixed Targets ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tar| Target | Target | Target |Coord | Radial | Flux data No | Name | Description | Position |Eqnx | Vel. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 HD145417 STAR, K V-IV RA=16H13M48.5585S +/- 0.1", J2000 V = 7.52 +/- 0.01 DEC=-57D34'13.84" +/- 0.1" Reference Frame: ICRS Comments: Epoch of Position RA proper motion (seconds of time/yr) DEC Proper Motion (arcsec/yr) Annual Parallax (arcsec) 2000.0 -0.106175 -1.41072 0.07275 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 HD65583 STAR, G V-IV RA=08H00M32.1290S +/- 0.1", J2000 V = 6.94 +/- 0.01 DEC=+29D12'44.48" +/- 0.1" Reference Frame: ICRS Comments: Epoch of Position RA proper motion (seconds of time/yr) DEC Proper Motion (arcsec/yr) Annual Parallax (arcsec) 2000.0 -0.013072 -1.16422 0.05952 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 HD90508-OFFS STAR, M V-IV RA-OFF=+0.125S +/- 0.01S, J2000 V = 12.5 +/- 0.1 ET DEC-OFF=+3.6" +/- 0.2", FROM 4 Reference Frame: ICRS Comments: Common proper motion companion to HD90508, known as LHS 2266. Recently measured separations are from Chandra ACIS on 2007.0356 of +0.135S in RA and +3.81 arcsec in Dec and an optical CCD measurement on 2006.9586 of +0.113S in RA and +3.25 arcsec in Dec (Cvetkovic et al. 2007, Serb. Astron., 174, 83). The offset used here splits the difference between these two measurements and should be good to better than 0.5 arcseconds. Epoch of Position RA proper motion (seconds of time/yr) DEC Proper Motion (arcsec/yr) Annual Parallax (arcsec) 2000.0 0.0 -0.0 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 HD90508 STAR, F3-F9 RA=10H28M3.8823S +/- 0.1", J2000 V = 6.44 +/- 0.01 DEC=+48D47'5.64" +/- 0.1" Reference Frame: ICRS Comments: Epoch of Position RA proper motion (seconds of time/yr) DEC Proper Motion (arcsec/yr) Annual Parallax (arcsec) 2000.0 0.008151 -0.88176 0.04245 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11555( 6) - 20-Jan-2010 11:21:38 - [ 4] Visit: 01 Visit Requirements: On Hold Comments: Additional Comments: Exposures ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Exp | Target | Instr | Oper. | Aper |Spectral|Central| Optional |Num| Time | Special Num | Name | Config | Mode | or FOV |Element |Waveln.| Parameters |Exp| | Requirements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 HD145417 COS/NUV ACQ/SEA BOA MIRRORA SCAN-SIZE=3 1 15 S RCH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 HD145417 COS/NUV ACQ/IMA BOA MIRRORA 1 15 S GE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 HD145417 COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 BUFFER-TIME=990, FP-POS=1 1 1110 S G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 HD145417 COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 BUFFER-TIME=1005, FP-POS=2 1 1125 S G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 HD145417 COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 BUFFER-TIME=1450, FP-POS=3, 1 1560 S G SEGMENT=A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 HD145417 COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 BUFFER-TIME=1445, FP-POS=4, 1 1555 S G SEGMENT=A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sub Exposures ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Target | Exp |Instr | Oper. | Aper |Spectral|Cent.|Primary |Secondary |Iteration |CR-SPLIT |Orbit |Duration Name | Num |Config | Mode | or FOV |Element |Wave.|Pattern Pos |Pattern Pos |Num |Num |Number | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HD145417 1 COS/NUV ACQ/SEA BOA MIRRORA none none none none 1 N/A RCH HD145417 2 COS/NUV ACQ/IMA BOA MIRRORA none none none none 1 N/A GE HD145417 3 COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 none none none none 1 N/A G HD145417 4 COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 none none none none 1 N/A G HD145417 5 COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 none none none none 2 N/A G HD145417 6 COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 none none none none 2 N/A G 11555( 6) - 20-Jan-2010 11:21:38 - [ 5] Visit: 02 Visit Requirements: On Hold Comments: Additional Comments: Exposures ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Exp | Target | Instr | Oper. | Aper |Spectral|Central| Optional |Num| Time | Special Num | Name | Config | Mode | or FOV |Element |Waveln.| Parameters |Exp| | Requirements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 HD65583 COS/NUV ACQ/SEA BOA MIRRORA SCAN-SIZE=3 1 15 S RCH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 HD65583 COS/NUV ACQ/IMA BOA MIRRORA 1 15 S GE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 HD65583 COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 BUFFER-TIME=860, FP-POS=1 1 980 S G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 HD65583 COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 BUFFER-TIME=880, FP-POS=2 1 1000 S G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 HD65583 COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 BUFFER-TIME=1320, FP-POS=3, 1 1430 S G SEGMENT=A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 HD65583 COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 BUFFER-TIME=1320, FP-POS=4, 1 1430 S G SEGMENT=A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sub Exposures ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Target | Exp |Instr | Oper. | Aper |Spectral|Cent.|Primary |Secondary |Iteration |CR-SPLIT |Orbit |Duration Name | Num |Config | Mode | or FOV |Element |Wave.|Pattern Pos |Pattern Pos |Num |Num |Number | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HD65583 1 COS/NUV ACQ/SEA BOA MIRRORA none none none none 1 N/A RCH HD65583 2 COS/NUV ACQ/IMA BOA MIRRORA none none none none 1 N/A GE HD65583 3 COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 none none none none 1 N/A G HD65583 4 COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 none none none none 1 N/A G HD65583 5 COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 none none none none 2 N/A G HD65583 6 COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 none none none none 2 N/A G 11555( 6) - 20-Jan-2010 11:21:38 - [ 6] Visit: 03 Visit Requirements: On Hold Comments: Additional Comments: Exposures ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Exp | Target | Instr | Oper. | Aper |Spectral|Central| Optional |Num| Time | Special Num | Name | Config | Mode | or FOV |Element |Waveln.| Parameters |Exp| | Requirements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 HD90508 COS/NUV ACQ/SEA BOA MIRRORB SCAN-SIZE=3 1 20 S RCH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 HD90508 COS/NUV ACQ/IMA BOA MIRRORB 1 20 S GE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 HD90508 COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 BUFFER-TIME=885, FP-POS=1 1 1005 S G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 HD90508 COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 BUFFER-TIME=910, FP-POS=2 1 1030 S G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 HD90508 COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 BUFFER-TIME=1400, FP-POS=3, 1 1510 S G SEGMENT=A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 HD90508 COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 BUFFER-TIME=1375, FP-POS=4, 1 1485 S G SEGMENT=A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 HD90508-OFF COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 BUFFER-TIME=1395, FP-POS=1 1 1505 S SET G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8 HD90508-OFF COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 BUFFER-TIME=1380, FP-POS=2 1 1490 S SET G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9 HD90508-OFF COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 BUFFER-TIME=1395, FP-POS=3, 1 1505 S SET G SEGMENT=A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10 HD90508-OFF COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 BUFFER-TIME=1380, FP-POS=4, 1 1490 S SET G SEGMENT=A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sub Exposures ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Target | Exp |Instr | Oper. | Aper |Spectral|Cent.|Primary |Secondary |Iteration |CR-SPLIT |Orbit |Duration Name | Num |Config | Mode | or FOV |Element |Wave.|Pattern Pos |Pattern Pos |Num |Num |Number | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HD90508 1 COS/NUV ACQ/SEA BOA MIRRORB none none none none 1 N/A RCH HD90508 2 COS/NUV ACQ/IMA BOA MIRRORB none none none none 1 N/A GE HD90508 3 COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 none none none none 1 N/A G 11555( 6) - 20-Jan-2010 11:21:38 - [ 7] Sub Exposures ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Target | Exp |Instr | Oper. | Aper |Spectral|Cent.|Primary |Secondary |Iteration |CR-SPLIT |Orbit |Duration Name | Num |Config | Mode | or FOV |Element |Wave.|Pattern Pos |Pattern Pos |Num |Num |Number | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HD90508 4 COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 none none none none 1 N/A G HD90508 5 COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 none none none none 2 N/A G HD90508 6 COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 none none none none 2 N/A G HD90508-OFFSET 7 COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 none none none none 3 N/A G HD90508-OFFSET 8 COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 none none none none 3 N/A G HD90508-OFFSET 9 COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 none none none none 4 N/A G HD90508-OFFSET 10 COS/FUV TIME-TA PSA G140L 1230 none none none none 4 N/A G 11555( 6) - 20-Jan-2010 11:21:38 - [ 8] Summary Form for Proposal 11555 Item Used in this proposal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apertures BOA, PSA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Configurations COS/FUV, COS/NUV ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Opmodes ACQ/IMAGE, ACQ/SEARCH, TIME-TAG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Optional Parameters BUFFER-TIME=1005, BUFFER-TIME=1320, BUFFER-TIME=1375, BUFFER-TIME=1380, BUFFER-TIME=1395, BUFFER-TIME=1400, BUFFER-TIME=1445, BUFFER-TIME=1450, BUFFER-TIME=860, BUFFER-TIME=880, BUFFER-TIME=885, BUFFER-TIME=910, BUFFER-TIME=990, FP-POS=1, FP-POS=2, FP-POS=3, FP-POS=4, SCAN-SIZE=3, SEGMENT=A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spectral Elements G140L, MIRRORA, MIRRORB ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Target Names HD145417, HD65583, HD90508, HD90508-OFFSET ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------