GSU OBSERVING REQUESTS FOR SMARTS TIME IN 2007A




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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
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                         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
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 3
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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		      FEB
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 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		      MAR
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		      MAY
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               any ???
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		      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 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		      APR
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		      JUN or JUL
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.