GSU SMARTS PROGRAMS FOR 2008A

GSU OBSERVING REQUESTS FOR SMARTS TIME IN 2008A

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEB 2008 THROUGH JUL 2008 (6 months) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- GSU PRIORITY 0 ------------------- TITLE HK Emission in Solar-Type Stars ID # GSTU09 PI Travis Metcalfe (NCAR) CONTACT travis@ucar.edu, 303-497-8326 TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 1.5m + RCSpec MODE (service or user) service TIME 32 hours X 1.5 service = 5.0 nights TRAINING RUN N/A OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? N/A PREFERRED DATES N/A ACCEPTABLE DATES N/A ACCEPTABLE MOON any CADENCE 8 spectra/star/semester PREFERRED SETUP 47/II EXPOSURE TIMES average ~3 min/star = 12 min/star with overhead SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION spectroscopic monitoring of 32 bright stars (~20 stars observable on a given night) ------------------- GSU PRIORITY 1 ------------------- TITLE Optical/IR Monitoring of Blazars ID # GSTU51 PI Dick Miller (GSU), Wes Ryle (GSU) CONTACT ryle@chara.gsu.edu, 404-413-6018 TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 1.3m + ANDICAM MODE (service or user) service TIME 1.0 hour every 3 nights = 60 hours X 1.5 service = 9.5 nights TRAINING RUN N/A OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? N/A PREFERRED DATES any ACCEPTABLE DATES any ACCEPTABLE MOON any CADENCE 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. ------------------- GSU PRIORITY 2 ------------------- TITLE Spectral Monitoring of Luminous Blue Variables (LBVs) ID # GSTU74 PI Doug Gies (GSU), Noel Richardson (GSU) CONTACT gies@chara.gsu.edu, richardson@chara.gsu.edu, 404-413-6021 TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 1.5m + RCSpec MODE (service or user) service TIME 18 hours X 1.2 tax X 1.5 service = 3.4 nights TRAINING RUN N/A OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? yes PREFERRED DATES any ACCEPTABLE DATES any ACCEPTABLE MOON any CADENCE 3 total spectra needed/target, roughly every other month PREFERRED SETUP 47/Ib EXPOSURE TIMES 30 min/exposure (includes overhead) BOTH NARROW AND WIDE SLIT EXPOSURES NEEDED SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION First semester of 3-year project to monitor LBVs to search for evidence of spectroscopic variations caused by multiplicity. Target list: Star V Type RA(2000.0) Dec(2000.0) HD 5980 11.5 WNp 00:59:26.6 -72:09:54 HD 6884 10.2 B9Iae 01:07:18.2 -72:28:04 HD 269321 10.8 B5Iae 05:17:56.1 -69:16:03 S Dor (HD 35343) 9.7 A0e 05:18:14.3 -69:14:59 HR Car (HD90177) 7.6 B2ev 10:22:53.8 -59:37:28 eta Car 6.2 LBV 10:45:03.6 -59:41:04 AG Car (HD 94910) 7.1 B2:pe 10:56:11.6 -60:27:13 V432 Car 11.8 WR 11:08:40.1 -60:42:52 zeta01 Sco (HD 152236) 4.8 B1Iape 16:53:59.7 -42:21:43 HD 160529 6.8 A3Iae 17:41:59.0 -33:30:14 HD 168607 8.3 B9Ia 18:21:14.9 -16:22:32 HD 168625 8.4 B6Ia 18:21:19.6 -16:22:26 ------------------- GSU PRIORITY 3 ------------------- TITLE Spectroscopy of Seyfert 1.8/1.9s ID # GSTU61 PI Mike Crenshaw, Margaret Trippe (GSU) CONTACT crenshaw@chara.gsu.edu, 404-413-6020 TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 1.5m + RCSpec MODE (service or user) service TIME 36 hours observing time X 1.2 tax X 1.5 service = 6.8 nights TRAINING RUN N/A OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? N/A PREFERRED DATES FEB-JULY ACCEPTABLE DATES FEB-JULY ACCEPTABLE MOON dark/gray time preferred for the fainter targets CADENCE two total visits for NGC 2992 (two gratings per visit) one visit only for 11 objects (two gratings per visit) PREFERRED SETUP 26/Ia AND 47/Ib EXPOSURE TIMES 3600 or 7200 sec/grating for each target (two gratings per visit) SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION Spectroscopic monitoring of the Seyfert NGC 2992 with V=13.1, 7200 sec/visit (3600 sec/grating) two total visits --- one from beginning and one from end of the observing semester Single spectroscopic observations of Seyferts: MRK 609 with V=14.4, 14400 sec/visit (7200 sec/grating) NGC 1365 with V=10.2, 7200 sec/visit (3600 sec/grating) NGC 1808 with V=10.8, 7200 sec/visit (3600 sec/grating) MRK 1320 with V=15.0, 14400 sec/visit (7200 sec/grating) NGC 4594 with V=9.0, 7200 sec/visit (3600 sec/grating) NGC 5506 with V=12.8, 7200 sec/visit (3600 sec/grating) NGC 5674 with V=13.7, 7200 sec/visit (3600 sec/grating) MRK 516 with V=15.3, 14400 sec/visit (7200 sec/grating) NGC 7314 with V=11.9, 7200 sec/visit (3600 sec/grating) MRK 915 with V=14.8, 14400 sec/visit (7200 sec/grating) RXJ 1230.8+0115 with V=14.4, 14400 sec/visit (7200 sec/grating) ------------------- GSU PRIORITY 4 ------------------- TITLE CTIOPI Astrometry (user) ID # GSTU01 PI Todd Henry (GSU) CONTACT thenry@chara.gsu.edu, 404-413-6054 TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 0.9m + 2K CCD MODE (service or user) user TIME 7.0 nights TRAINING RUN N/A OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? yes PREFERRED DATES FEB ACCEPTABLE DATES FEB 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. ------------------- GSU PRIORITY 5 ------------------- TITLE Orbits for New Massive Eclipsing Binaries ID # GSTU73 PI Doug Gies (GSU), Stephen Williams (GSU) CONTACT gies@chara.gsu.edu, swilliams@chara.gsu.edu, 404-413-6021 TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 1.5m + RCSpec MODE (service or user) service TIME 50 hours X 1.2 tax X 1.5 service = 9.5 nights TRAINING RUN N/A OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? yes PREFERRED DATES any ACCEPTABLE DATES any ACCEPTABLE MOON any CADENCE 20 total spectra needed/target, roughly 1/week for each target PREFERRED SETUP 47/IIb EXPOSURE TIMES 30 min/exposure (includes overhead) SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION Radial velocity monitoring of 5 eclipsing binaries of spectral type B. ------------------- GSU PRIORITY 6 ------------------- TITLE Optical Monitoring of Blazars ID # GSTU52 PI Dick Miller (GSU), Wes Ryle (GSU) CONTACT ryle@chara.gsu.edu, 404-413-6036 TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 0.9m MODE (service or user) user TIME 5.0 nights TRAINING RUN Wes Ryle to arrive a night early OBSERVER/TRAINER Wes Ryle INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? no PREFERRED DATES FEB dark time ACCEPTABLE DATES FEB-APR ACCEPTABLE MOON gray or dark CADENCE one run of 5 nights (can be combined with 2 CTIOPI nights to make a full week) PHOTOMETRIC? no FILTERS VRI SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION Intense blazar monitoring effort on short timescales. ------------------- GSU PRIORITY 7 ------------------- TITLE CTIOPI Astrometry (service) ID # GSTU01 PI Todd Henry (GSU) CONTACT thenry@chara.gsu.edu, 404-413-6054 TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 0.9m + 2K CCD MODE (service or user) service TIME 7.0 nights X 1.5 service = 10.5 nights TRAINING RUN N/A OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? yes PREFERRED DATES MAY ACCEPTABLE DATES MAY 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. ------------------- GSU PRIORITY 8 ------------------- TITLE CTIOPI Astrometry (user) ID # GSTU01 PI Todd Henry (GSU) CONTACT thenry@chara.gsu.edu, 404-413-6054 TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 0.9m + 2K CCD MODE (service or user) user TIME 7.0 nights TRAINING RUN N/A OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? yes PREFERRED DATES MAR ACCEPTABLE DATES MAR 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. SPECIAL SCHEDULING LATE NOV PREFERRED --- PLEASE PUT 3 TURNOS BETWEEN THE OCT AND NOV RUNS AS HENRY PLANS TO BE ON SABBATICAL IN CHILE AND WILL COVER BOTH USER RUNS ------------------- GSU PRIORITY 9 ------------------- TITLE CTIOPI Astrometry (service) ID # GSTU01 PI Todd Henry (GSU) CONTACT thenry@chara.gsu.edu, 404-413-6054 TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 0.9m + 2K CCD MODE (service or user) service TIME 7.0 nights X 1.5 service = 10.5 nights TRAINING RUN N/A OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? yes PREFERRED DATES JUN ACCEPTABLE DATES JUN 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. ------------------- GSU PRIORITY LAST ------------------- TITLE CTIOPI Spectroscopy (user) ID # GSTU31 PI Todd Henry (GSU) CONTACT thenry@chara.gsu.edu, 404-413-6054 TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 1.5m + RCSpec MODE (service or user) user ***** IN CASE THERE IS USER TIME ***** TIME 7.0 nights TRAINING RUN N/A OBSERVER/TRAINER Jao, Subasavage, Henry (GSU) INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? no PREFERRED DATES any ACCEPTABLE DATES any 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.