GSU OBSERVING REQUESTS FOR SMARTS TIME IN 2010A
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FEB 2010 THROUGH JUL 2010 (6 months)
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assumes 9.5 hours = 1.0 night during A semesters
??? no 1.2 weather tax on 1.5m because weather outs WILL occur
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GSU PRIORITY 1
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TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 1.3m + ANDICAM
TITLE Optical/IR Monitoring of Blazars
ID # GSTU51
PI Joe Eggen (GSU), Dick Miller (GSU)
CONTACT eggen@chara.gsu.edu 573-301-6769
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 nights works well.
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GSU PRIORITY 2
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TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 0.9m + 2K CCD
TITLE CTIOPI Astrometry (user)
ID # GSTU01
PI Todd Henry et al. (GSU)
CONTACT thenry@chara.gsu.edu 404-413-6054
MODE (service or user) user
TIME 7.0 nights (need 7 nights to make it financially reasonable)
TRAINING RUN N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? yes
PREFERRED DATES MAR 04-10 or MAR 11-17 (GSU spring break MAR 08-12)
ACCEPTABLE DATES MAR
ACCEPTABLE MOON any
CADENCE one run of 7 nights
PHOTOMETRIC? no
FILTERS VRI
SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION Continuing parallax/perturbation search effort.
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GSU PRIORITY 3
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TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 0.9m + 2K CCD
TITLE CTIOPI Astrometry (user)
ID # GSTU01
PI Todd Henry et al. (GSU)
CONTACT thenry@chara.gsu.edu 404-413-6054
MODE (service or user) user
TIME 7.0 nights (need 7 nights to make it financially reasonable)
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.
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GSU PRIORITY 4
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TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 1.5m + RCSpec
TITLE Spectroscopy of Seyferts
ID # GSTU61
PI Mike Crenshaw, Stephen Rafter (GSU)
CONTACT crenshaw@chara.gsu.edu, 404-413-6020
MODE (service or user) service
TIME 18 hours X 1.5 service X 1.2 tax = 32.4 hours = 3.4 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 only one visit per object (including two gratings)
PREFERRED SETUP 26/Ia AND 47/Ib
EXPOSURE TIMES single observations of 3600 sec each with each grating,
two gratings per target
SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION Spectroscopic Monitoring of 'Naked' Seyfert 2 (NS2):
NS2s are found to show x-ray absorption but have no broad
lines and therefore no broad line regions. We believe
this is due to their changing from type 1/1.8 to type 2
which we will test with these new observations.
ESO 15-IG 011 with V=16.2, 7200sec/visit (3600sec/grating)
NGC 2992 with V=13.1, 7200sec/visit (3600sec/grating)
NGC 3660 with V=13.1, 7200sec/visit (3600sec/grating)
CGCG 039-167 with V=14.9, 7200sec/visit (3600sec/grating)
NGC 3976 with V=12.3, 3600sec/visit (1800sec/grating)
NGC 3783 with V=12.6, 3600sec/visit (1800sec/grating)
Circinus with V=12.1, 3600sec/visit (1800sec/grating)
CGCG 021-063 with V=15.8, 7200sec/visit (3600sec/grating)
NGC 5995 with V=14.5, 7200sec/visit (3600sec/grating)
NGC 6221 with V=11.2, 3600sec/visit (1800sec/grating)
IRAS 20051-1117 with V=14.4, 7200sec/visit (3600sec/grating)
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GSU PRIORITY 5
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TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 1.5m + RCSpec
TITLE RECONS Spectroscopy
ID # GSTU03
PI Adric Riedel (GSU), Todd Henry (GSU)
CONTACT riedel@chara.gsu.edu 404-413-6024, thenry@chara.gsu.edu
MODE (service or user) service
TIME 24 hours X 1.5 service X 1.2 tax = 43.2 hours = 4.5 nights
TRAINING RUN N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? yes
PREFERRED DATES any
ACCEPTABLE DATES any
ACCEPTABLE MOON any
CADENCE two spectra per star, one right after the other
PREFERRED SETUP 32/I with filter OG570 to cover 6000-9500 A
prefer 4" slit
EXPOSURE TIMES varies by target
SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION Spectroscopy of red dwarfs, young stars, and subdwarfs to
identify nearby candidates for parallax program. Example
targets shown here:
Star V R I SpType IntTime
GJ0784 7.95 7.04 6.12 M0.0V 2 x 60 sec
GJ1125 11.72 10.58 9.13 M3.0V 2 x 300 sec
GJ1111 14.90 12.90 10.64 M6.0V 2 x 600 sec
LHS2065 18.87 16.04 15.21 M9.0V 2 x 900 sec
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GSU PRIORITY 6
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TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 0.9m + 2K CCD
TITLE CTIOPI Astrometry (user)
ID # GSTU01
PI Todd Henry et al. (GSU)
CONTACT thenry@chara.gsu.edu 404-413-6054
MODE (service or user) user
TIME 7.0 nights (need 7 nights to make it financially reasonable)
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.
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GSU PRIORITY 7
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TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 0.9m + 2K CCD
TITLE CTIOPI Astrometry (user)
ID # GSTU01
PI Todd Henry et al. (GSU)
CONTACT thenry@chara.gsu.edu 404-413-6054
MODE (service or user) user
TIME 7.0 nights (need 7 nights to make it financially reasonable)
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.
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GSU PRIORITY 8
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TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 1.5m + RCSpec
TITLE Disk Periods in Massive Eclipsing Binaries
ID # GSTU78
PI Doug Gies (GSU), Steve Williams (GSU)
CONTACT gies@chara.gsu.edu 404-413-6021, swilliams@chara.gsu.edu
MODE (service or user) service
TIME 8 hours X 1.5 service X 1.2 tax = 14.4 hours = 1.5 nights
TRAINING RUN N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? yes
PREFERRED DATES any
ACCEPTABLE DATES any
ACCEPTABLE MOON any
CADENCE one spectrum per week of both targets (48 total spectra)
PREFERRED SETUP 47/Ib
EXPOSURE TIMES 3x20s=1 minute exposure + 9 minute overhead per observation
SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION Survey H-alpha variations on long periods to follow
accretion disk filling/emptying cycles in RLOF binaries.
Star V RA 2000.0 Dec
HD161741 7.5 17 48 47.60 -35 03 25.6
HD173787 7.0 18 47 52.33 -20 16 28.2
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GSU PRIORITY 9
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TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 0.9m + 2K CCD
TITLE CTIOPI Astrometry (user)
ID # GSTU01
PI Todd Henry et al. (GSU)
CONTACT thenry@chara.gsu.edu 404-413-6054
MODE (service or user) user
TIME 7.0 nights (need 7 nights to make it financially reasonable)
TRAINING RUN N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? yes
PREFERRED DATES JUL
ACCEPTABLE DATES JUL
ACCEPTABLE MOON any
CADENCE one run of 7 nights
PHOTOMETRIC? no
FILTERS VRI
SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION Continuing parallax/perturbation search effort.
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GSU PRIORITY 10
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TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 0.9m + 2K CCD
TITLE CTIOPI Astrometry (user)
ID # GSTU01
PI Todd Henry et al. (GSU)
CONTACT thenry@chara.gsu.edu 404-413-6054
MODE (service or user) user
TIME 7.0 nights (need 7 nights to make it financially reasonable)
TRAINING RUN N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? yes
PREFERRED DATES APR
ACCEPTABLE DATES APR
ACCEPTABLE MOON any
CADENCE one run of 7 nights
PHOTOMETRIC? no
FILTERS VRI
SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION Continuing parallax/perturbation search effort.
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