13340( 5) - 01-Apr-2014 10:31:35 - [ 1] HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE OBSERVING PROGRAM 13340 Version: 5 Check-in Time: 01-Apr-2014 10:31:35 STScI Edit Number: 0 Title Detecting a Hot Companion to the Progenitor of the Type Ic Supernova 1994I in M51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Type Cycle GO 21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Investigators Contact? PI: Dr. Schuyler D. Van Dyk California Institute of Technology Y ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Abstract Core-collapse supernovae (SNe) are the endpoints of the lives of massive stars (with initial mass > 8 solar masses). We are reasonably confident that the progenitor stars for most hydrogen-rich Type II SNe are red supergiants, based in part on direct identifications with HST. However, the progenitors of the stripped-envelope He-rich Type Ib and He-poor Type Ic SNe have yet to be directly identified. These SNe are thought to arise from either single, high-mass stars in the Wolf-Rayet phase or, alternatively, from lower-mass stars in interacting binary systems. Both models can account for the required extensive envelope stripping. Until a progenitor is identified for these SN types, our best hope of testing these progenitor models is to detect the companion star to the progenitor, if the binary model holds. This star is predicted to be a hot supergiant. Therefore, it is best detected in the ultraviolet. The only SN which is sufficiently nearby and experienced low enough reddening to be a viable target for this detection is the SN Ic 1994I in M51. Furthermore, the SN was imaged by HST when it was still bright, so we can pinpoint its location. We therefore propose, as part of the UV Initiative in Cycle 21, to image the site in F275W and F336W to levels deep enough to significantly detect a putative progenitor companion, if it exists. The proposed observations will provide an important test of the binary progenitor hypothesis. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Observations Description ------------------------ I will be using WFC3/UVIS at F275W and F336W to observe the site of the Type Ic supernova 1994I in M51, to attempt detection of a possible hot binary companion star to the supernova progenitor. This will provide a useful test of the massive interacting binary hypothesis for the origin of these types of supernovae. I have used the UVIS2 aperture, which will optimally place the site on chip 2 of the detector, this chip being the more UV-sensitive of the two chips. I have used the default line dithers between exposures to mitigate against cosmic ray hits and bad pixels, and to optimize subpixel sampling of the star's PSF. More importantly, I used post-flash, with 12 e-, for all exposures, in order to mitigate against CTE losses. The exposure times in each band were established based on assumptions of the largest distance to M51 and the highest likely extinction to the supernova. The observations consist of five frames at F275W, totalling 7360 sec of exposure time, and three frames at F336W, totalling 4548 sec. I will isolate the position of the supernova site through careful comparison with existing WFPC2 imaging of the supernova itself at these wavelengths. The star should be the only UV-bright object at the exact position of the supernova (which itself should have faded well below 13340( 5) - 01-Apr-2014 10:31:35 - [ 2] detectability), should have F275W=25.4 and F336W=25.6 mag based on model predictions, and should be detectable at >5 sigma. Even a non-detection will provide a vital and important constraint on the existing progenitor models. Although I am only interested in the detection of one point source in the images, rather than use the subarray of UVIS, I have used the full two-chip array to provide future archival value of these observations of this famous and important spiral galaxy to other researchers for other studies. Real Time Justification ----------------------- Calibration Justification ------------------------- Additional Comments ------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13340( 5) - 01-Apr-2014 10:31:35 - [ 3] TARGET LIST Fixed Targets ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tar| Target | Target | Target |Coord | Radial | Flux data No | Name | Description | Position |Eqnx | Vel. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 SN-1994I-COM STAR, B0-B2 III-I RA=13H29M54.1037S +/- 0.1", J2000 V = 26.9 +/- 0.1 PANION DEC=+47D11'30.23" +/- 0.1" Reference Frame: ICRS Comments: This object was generated by the targetselector and retrieved from the SIMBAD database. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13340( 5) - 01-Apr-2014 10:31:35 - [ 4] Patterns ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pattern_Number: 1 Primary_Pattern Secondary_Pattern Pattern_Type WFC3-UVIS-DITHER-LINE Pattern_Purpose DITHER Number_Of_Points 5 Point_Spacing 0.145 Line_Spacing Coordinate_Frame POS-TARG Pattern_Orient 46.84 Angle_Between_Sides Center_Pattern NO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pattern_Number: 2 Primary_Pattern Secondary_Pattern Pattern_Type WFC3-UVIS-DITHER-LINE-3PT Pattern_Purpose DITHER Number_Of_Points 3 Point_Spacing 0.135 Line_Spacing Coordinate_Frame POS-TARG Pattern_Orient 46.84 Angle_Between_Sides Center_Pattern NO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13340( 5) - 01-Apr-2014 10:31:35 - [ 5] Visit: 01 Visit Requirements: ORIENT 298D TO 318 D; ORIENT 200D TO 220 D; ORIENT 20D TO 40 D 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| (Total) | Requirements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 SN-1994I-CO WFC3/UVI ACCUM UVIS2 F275W FLASH=12 1 1450 S PATTERN 1 1 MPANION S see below (7147 S) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 SN-1994I-CO WFC3/UVI ACCUM UVIS2 F336W FLASH=12 1 1450 S PATTERN 2 2 MPANION S see below (4360 S) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SN-1994I-COMPANION 1 WFC3/UVI ACCUM UVIS2 F275W 1 none none none 1 1400 S S SN-1994I-COMPANION 1 WFC3/UVI ACCUM UVIS2 F275W 2 none none none 1 1400 S S SN-1994I-COMPANION 1 WFC3/UVI ACCUM UVIS2 F275W 3 none none none 2 1455 S S SN-1994I-COMPANION 1 WFC3/UVI ACCUM UVIS2 F275W 4 none none none 2 1455 S S SN-1994I-COMPANION 1 WFC3/UVI ACCUM UVIS2 F275W 5 none none none 3 1437 S S SN-1994I-COMPANION 2 WFC3/UVI ACCUM UVIS2 F336W 1 none none none 3 1450 S S SN-1994I-COMPANION 2 WFC3/UVI ACCUM UVIS2 F336W 2 none none none 4 1455 S S SN-1994I-COMPANION 2 WFC3/UVI ACCUM UVIS2 F336W 3 none none none 4 1455 S S 13340( 5) - 01-Apr-2014 10:31:35 - [ 6] Summary Form for Proposal 13340 Item Used in this proposal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apertures UVIS2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Configurations WFC3/UVIS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Opmodes ACCUM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Optional Parameters FLASH=12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Requirements ORIENT 200D TO 220 D, ORIENT 20D TO 40 D, ORIENT 298D TO 318 D, PATTERN 1 1, PATTERN 2 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spectral Elements F275W, F336W ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Target Names SN-1994I-COMPANION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------