GSU OBSERVING REQUESTS FOR SMARTS TIME IN 2006B




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GSU PRIORITY 1
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TITLE			      Optical/IR Monitoring of Blazars
ID #                          GSTU51
PI			      Dick Miller (GSU)
CONTACT			      Wes Ryle (ryle@chara.gsu.edu), 404-651-1363
TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT        1.3m + ANDICAM
MODE (service or user)	      service
TIME			      1.0 hour/night = 60 hours equivalent = 7 nights
TRAINING RUN                  N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER	      N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK?     N/A
PREFERRED DATES		      any
ACCEPTABLE DATES	      any, can be done in JAN 2007
ACCEPTABLE MOON		      any

CADENCE                       one observation set every 3 days
FILTERS			      always: first R/K, then B/J, then V/H
# OBJECTS		      4
STANDARDS		      none, differential photometry only

SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION        Continuing monitoring effort of variable blazars.  
                              Cadence of one set of observations every 3 days 
                              works well.

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GSU PRIORITY 2
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TITLE			      CTIOPI Spectroscopy
ID #                          GSTU31
PI			      Todd Henry (GSU)
CONTACT			      thenry@chara.gsu.edu, 404-463-9954
TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT	      1.5m + RCSpec
MODE (service or user)	      user ***** YES, THIS IS A USER REQUEST !!! *****
TIME			      7 nights consecutive
TRAINING RUN                  N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER	      Subasavage, Henry (GSU)
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK?     no
PREFERRED DATES		      OCT-DEC (to balance MAY run)
ACCEPTABLE DATES	      any, can be done in JAN 2007
ACCEPTABLE MOON		      any

CADENCE                       all one run
PREFERRED SETUP               09/I for blue; 32/I for red
EXPOSURE TIMES                various
ORDER BLOCKING FILTERS	      no filter for blue, OG570 for red

SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION        Continuing spectroscopic effort to characterize
                              parallax targets.  We will switch between blue and
			      red setups depending on need for white dwarf and 
			      red dwarf candidates.

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GSU PRIORITY 3
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TITLE                         Seyfert Spectroscopic Monitoring
ID #                          GSTU53
PI                            Mike Crenshaw (GSU)
CONTACT                       crenshaw@chara.gsu.edu, 404-651-1365
TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT        1.5m + RCSpec
MODE (service or user)        service
TIME                          12 hours = 1.5 nights
TRAINING RUN                  N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER              N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK?     N/A
PREFERRED DATES               any
ACCEPTABLE DATES              any, can be done in JAN 2007
ACCEPTABLE MOON               any

CADENCE                       three visits on each object (including both gratings)
			      during the semester would be great
PREFERRED SETUP               26/I AND 47/Ib
EXPOSURE TIMES                60 minutes for each grating/visit

SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION        Spectroscopic monitoring of two AGN:
                              NGC 2992 with V = 13, 2700 sec on each grating.
                              NGC 5252 with V = 13, 3600 sec on each grating.  
		              Two gratings on each object need to be as close to
			      simultaneous as possible.

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GSU PRIORITY 4
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TITLE			      CTIOPI Astrometry (user)
ID #                          GSTU01
PI			      Todd Henry (GSU)
CONTACT			      thenry@chara.gsu.edu, 404-463-9954
TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT	      0.9m + 2K CCD
MODE (service or user)	      user
TIME			      7 nights
TRAINING RUN                  N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER              N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK?     yes
PREFERRED DATES		      SEP
ACCEPTABLE DATES	      any
ACCEPTABLE MOON		      any

CADENCE                       one run of 7 nights
PHOTOMETRIC?		      no
FILTERS			      VRI
			      
SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION	      Continuing parallax/perturbation search effort. 
                              Requires one week/month to catch appropriate 
			      parallax factors for all targets.

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GSU PRIORITY 5
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TITLE			      CTIOPI Astrometry (user)
ID #                          GSTU01
PI			      Todd Henry (GSU)
CONTACT			      thenry@chara.gsu.edu, 404-463-9954
TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT	      0.9m + 2K CCD
MODE (service or user)	      user
TIME			      7 nights
TRAINING RUN                  N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER              N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK?     yes
PREFERRED DATES		      NOV
ACCEPTABLE DATES	      any
ACCEPTABLE MOON		      any

CADENCE                       one run of 7 nights
PHOTOMETRIC?		      no
FILTERS			      VRI
			      
SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION	      Continuing parallax/perturbation search effort. 
                              Requires one week/month to catch appropriate 
			      parallax factors for all targets.

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GSU PRIORITY 6
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TITLE                         Massive LMC Eclipsing Binaries
ID #                          GSTU55
PI                            Doug Gies (GSU), Phil Massey (Lowell)
CONTACT                       gies@chara.gsu.edu, 404-651-1366
                              massey@lowell.edu
TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT        1.0m + CCD
MODE (service or user)        service
TIME                          25 hours = 3 nights
TRAINING RUN                  N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER              N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK?     N/A
PREFERRED DATES               NOV and DEC every night (7 weeks = 49 nights)
ACCEPTABLE DATES              any when LMC is up, can be done in JAN 2007
ACCEPTABLE MOON               any

CADENCE                       30 min/night
PHOTOMETRIC?		      no
FILTERS			      V only
OBSERVING DETAILS	      two 20 second frames of each cluster = 10 frames/night
			      
SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION	      Search for eclipsing binaries in 5 different clusters ---
                              NGC 2044, NGC 2072, R136, N346, N602 --- in the LMC.

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GSU PRIORITY 7
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TITLE			      CTIOPI Astrometry (service)
ID #                          GSTU01
PI			      Todd Henry (GSU)
CONTACT			      thenry@chara.gsu.edu, 404-463-9954
TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT	      0.9m + 2K CCD
MODE (service or user)	      service
TIME			      7 nights
TRAINING RUN                  N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER              N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK?     yes
PREFERRED DATES		      OCT
ACCEPTABLE DATES	      any
ACCEPTABLE MOON		      any

CADENCE                       one run of 7 nights
PHOTOMETRIC?		      no
FILTERS			      VRI
			      
SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION	      Continuing parallax/perturbation search effort. 
                              Requires one week/month to catch appropriate 
			      parallax factors for all targets.

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GSU PRIORITY 8
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TITLE			      CTIOPI Astrometry (service)
ID #                          GSTU01
PI			      Todd Henry (GSU)
CONTACT			      thenry@chara.gsu.edu, 404-463-9954
TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT	      0.9m + 2K CCD
MODE (service or user)	      service
TIME			      7 nights
TRAINING RUN                  N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER              N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK?     yes
PREFERRED DATES		      DEC
ACCEPTABLE DATES	      any
ACCEPTABLE MOON		      any

CADENCE                       one run of 7 nights
PHOTOMETRIC?		      no
FILTERS			      VRI
			      
SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION	      Continuing parallax/perturbation search effort. 
                              Requires one week/month to catch appropriate 
			      parallax factors for all targets.

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GSU PRIORITY 9
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TITLE			      CTIOPI Astrometry (service)
ID #                          GSTU01
PI			      Todd Henry (GSU)
CONTACT			      thenry@chara.gsu.edu, 404-463-9954
TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT	      0.9m + 2K CCD
MODE (service or user)	      service
TIME			      7 nights
TRAINING RUN                  N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER              N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK?     yes
PREFERRED DATES		      JAN
ACCEPTABLE DATES	      any
ACCEPTABLE MOON		      any

CADENCE                       one run of 7 nights
PHOTOMETRIC?		      no
FILTERS			      VRI
			      
SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION	      Continuing parallax/perturbation search effort. 
                              Requires one week/month to catch appropriate 
			      parallax factors for all targets.

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GSU PRIORITY 10
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TITLE                         Massive Binary Orbits
ID #                          GSTU54
PI                            Doug Gies (GSU)
CONTACT                       gies@chara.gsu.edu, 404-651-1366
TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT        1.5m + RCSpec
MODE (service or user)        service
TIME                          54 hours = 7 nights
TRAINING RUN                  N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER              N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK?     N/A
PREFERRED DATES               any
ACCEPTABLE DATES              any, can be done in JAN 2007
ACCEPTABLE MOON               any

CADENCE                       any
PREFERRED SETUP               47/IIb
EXPOSURE TIMES                2-30 minutes/target

SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION        Spectroscopic monitoring of O star binaries
                              to determine orbits.