----------------------------------------------------------------------- INSTRUMENT SETUP 2012A SCHAEFER - 13 April 2012 - CTIO 0.9m queue observing ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CONDITIONS: NON-PHOTOMETRIC CCD: FULL 13.7'x13.7' READOUT: ONE AMP GAIN INDEX: 3: Read Noise ~ 3.5 ADU = 3.5 e- FILTER SET: UBVRI CALIBRATION FRAMES: BIAS - 10 DOME FLAT V 5 ~20000 counts DOME FLAT R 5 ~20000 counts DOME FLAT I 5 ~20000 counts SKY FLAT U 3 > 5000 counts SKY FLAT B 3 >10000 counts ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTES FOR TARGET FIELDS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The dark of night is 11 hours long, and my half night is thus 5.5 hours. IF NON-PHOTOMETRIC, then my 5.5 hours of observations will consist of a time series starting in the last half of the night, say at 05:00 UT running until dawn at 10:30 UT. This will be easy, and since I am using differential photometry, I can work through almost any observing conditions (including poor seeing, some twilight, and thick & thin cirrus clouds). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTES FOR CALIBRATION FIELDS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- OBSERVING SEQUENCE ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TARGET IM Nor PRIORITY 1 COORDINATES 15:39:26.47 -52:19:18.0 (J2000) FINDER CHART http://archive.stsci.edu/prepds/cvcat/query_processor.cgi?setup_file=varcat.setup.cgi&query_decision=single_record&uid=7422&query_select=everything AIRMASS Start only when it rises to 2.0 airmass (after 02:00 UT) FILTER(S) V INTEGRATION(S) 55 x 300s TOTAL TIME 5.5 hours NOTES Start at 05:00 UT, go until twilight saturates the image - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - End Template - - - - - - - - - - - - - -