GSU SMARTS PROGRAMS FOR 2011A

GSU OBSERVING REQUESTS FOR SMARTS TIME IN 2011A

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEB 2011 THROUGH JUL 2011 (6 months) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- assumes 9.5 hours = 1.0 night during A semesters 1.5X --- for all service programs 1.2X --- if you need N hours of observations, including makeups 1.5m --- can only request time in 2011A for continuing programs 1.5m --- possible commissioning targets 11-31 JAN (4000-7000A) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GSU PRIORITY 1 --- SCHEDULED 12.0 nights --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1.25 hour every 3 nights = 76 hours X 1.5 service = 114 hours = 12.0 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 --- SCHEDULED 7.0 nights --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 0.9m + 2K CCD TITLE CTIOPI ID # GSTU01 PI Todd Henry (GSU) CONTACT thenry@chara.gsu.edu, 404-413-6054 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 any ACCEPTABLE MOON ***** GRAY TIME IF POSSIBLE, PLEASE ***** CADENCE one run of 7 nights PHOTOMETRIC? no FILTERS VRI SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION Continuing parallax/perturbation search effort. Requires roughly one week/month to catch appropriate parallax factors for all targets. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GSU PRIORITY 3 --- SCHEDULED 3.0 nights --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 = 36.0 hours = 3.8 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 include: 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GSU PRIORITY 4 --- SCHEDULED 7.0 nights --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 0.9m + 2K CCD TITLE CTIOPI ID # GSTU01 PI Todd Henry (GSU) CONTACT thenry@chara.gsu.edu, 404-413-6054 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 any ACCEPTABLE MOON ***** GRAY TIME IF POSSIBLE PLEASE ***** CADENCE one run of 7 nights PHOTOMETRIC? no FILTERS VRI SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION Continuing parallax/perturbation search effort. Requires roughly one week/month to catch appropriate parallax factors for all targets. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GSU PRIORITY 5 --- SCHEDULED 1.3 nights --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 1.3m + ANDICAM TITLE Light Curves of O-type Binaries ID # GSTU77 PI Philip Massey (Lowell), Doug Gies (GSU) CONTACT phil.massey@lowell.edu, 928-233-3264 MODE (service or user) service TIME 7.5 hours X 1.5 service = 11.3 hours = 1.2 nights TRAINING RUN N/A OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? yes PREFERRED DATES DEC/JAN ACCEPTABLE DATES DEC/JAN/FEB/MAR ACCEPTABLE MOON any CADENCE specific dates and times for eclipsing binaries FILTERS V # OBJECTS 4 STANDARDS none, differential photometry only SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION Filling in light curves of 13 eclipsing variables in five LMC fields using 3 observations each at critical phases. Each observation will consist of 2x10sec exposures in the V band. Allowing for two readouts (2x3 mins) and 5 minutes for pointing plus 0.5 min for exposure, each pointing will require 11.5 minutes. So, 3 observations x 13 x 11.5 minutes = 7.5 hours total. The "windows" for the critical phases are a few hours long. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GSU PRIORITY 6 --- SCHEDULED 7.0 nights --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 0.9m + 2K CCD TITLE CTIOPI ID # GSTU01 PI Todd Henry (GSU) CONTACT thenry@chara.gsu.edu, 404-413-6054 MODE (service or user) user TIME 7.0 nights TRAINING RUN N/A OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? yes PREFERRED DATES MAY ACCEPTABLE DATES ***** GRAY TIME IF POSSIBLE, PLEASE ***** ACCEPTABLE MOON any CADENCE one run of 7 nights PHOTOMETRIC? no FILTERS VRI SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION Continuing parallax/perturbation search effort. Requires roughly one week/month to catch appropriate parallax factors for all targets. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GSU PRIORITY 7 --- SCHEDULED 3.0 nights --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 1.5m + RCSpec TITLE Spectroscopy of AGN from the SWIFT/BAT Survey ID # GSTU62 PI Mike Crenshaw, Travis Fischer (GSU) CONTACT crenshaw@chara.gsu.edu, 404-413-6020 MODE (service or user) service TIME 16 hours X 1.5 service X 1.2 tax = 28.8 hours = 3.0 nights TRAINING RUN N/A OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? yes PREFERRED DATES any ACCEPTABLE DATES any ACCEPTABLE MOON dark/gray time preferred for the fainter targets CADENCE only one visit per object PREFERRED SETUP 26/Ia EXPOSURE TIMES single observations of 3600 sec one grating per target = 16 total spectra SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION We will obtain blue spectra of AGN observed with BAT to get optical data that coincide with the X-ray observations. We will determine accurate redshifts and emission-line fluxes for the observed x-ray targets. Object RA (2000.0) DEC Band Mag Type ESO 434-40 09 47 40.17 -30 56 55.9 V 13.6 AGN ESO 263-13 10 09 48.22 -42 48 40.4 V 14.9 AGN ESO 374-44 10 13 19.92 -35 58 58.0 V 15.0 AGN 2MASXJ10402231-4625264 V 16.8 AGN ESO439-G009 11 27 23.42 -29 15 27.18 V 15.5 AGN 2MASX J12024767-5350082 V 17.3 AGN ESO 506-27 12 38 54.59 -27 18 28.4 V 14.6 AGN ESO 511-30 14 19 22.43 -26 38 40.8 V 14.9 AGN 2MASX J14551742-5134150 V 16.0 AGN 2MASX J16115141-6037549 V 16.0 AGN 2MASX J16183642-5927175 V 16.0 AGN ESO 137-34 16 35 13.70 -58 04 48.0 V 12.2 AGN 2MASXJ16481523-3035037 V 15.8 AGN ESO103-035 18 38 20.36 -65 25 39.1 V 14.8 AGN ESO 140-43 18 44 54.01 -62 21 53.2 V 14.1 AGN NGC 6860 20 08 46.80 -61 05 59.6 V 13.7 AGN --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GSU PRIORITY 8 --- SCHEDULED 7.0 nights --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 0.9m + 2K CCD TITLE CTIOPI ID # GSTU01 PI Todd Henry (GSU) CONTACT thenry@chara.gsu.edu, 404-413-6054 MODE (service or user) user TIME 7.0 nights TRAINING RUN N/A OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? yes PREFERRED DATES JUN ACCEPTABLE DATES any ACCEPTABLE MOON any CADENCE one run of 7 nights PHOTOMETRIC? no FILTERS VRI SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION Continuing parallax/perturbation search effort. Requires roughly one week/month to catch appropriate parallax factors for all targets. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GSU PRIORITY 9 --- SCHEDULED 0.6 nights --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 1.5m + echelle TITLE Echelle Monitoring of eta Car ID # Continuation of GSTU75 and NOAO09b-0153 (long term program) PI Noel Richardson, Doug Gies (GSU) CONTACT richardson@chara.gsu.edu MODE (service or user) service TIME 4.0 hours X 1.5 service = 6.0 hours = 0.6 nights TRAINING RUN N/A OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? N/A PREFERRED DATES FEB-MAY ACCEPTABLE DATES FEB-early JUN ACCEPTABLE MOON any CADENCE 1 spectrum/week while eta Car is observable PREFERRED SETUP echelle (presumably the new one) EXPOSURE TIMES each visit 15 min with overhead SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION We wish to continue our spectroscopic monitoring of eta Car, which is changing in unusual ways, including a possible change in mass-loss rate by a factor of two. The large brightness makes this the only telescope/ instrument combination capable of monitoring H-alpha in high resolution, and only combination for a detailed monitoring program. This is a continuation of NOAO-09B-0153, an NOAO approved long term monitoring program that ends in 2010B, and SMARTS program GSTU75 (2008B, 2009A). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GSU PRIORITY 10 --- SCHEDULED 7.0 nights --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 0.9m + 2K CCD TITLE CTIOPI ID # GSTU01 PI Todd Henry (GSU) CONTACT thenry@chara.gsu.edu, 404-413-6054 MODE (service or user) user TIME 7.0 nights TRAINING RUN N/A OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? yes PREFERRED DATES 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 roughly one week/month to catch appropriate parallax factors for all targets. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GSU PRIORITY 11 --- SCHEDULED VIA DIRECTOR'S DISCRETIONARY TIME --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 1.5m + RCSpec TITLE Activity Cycles of Southern Asteroseismic Targets ID # GSTU09 PI Travis Metcalfe (UCAR), Todd Henry (GSU) CONTACT travis@ucar.edu, 303-497-8326 MODE (service or user) service TIME 9.5 hours X 1.5 service = 14.3 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 8 spectra/star/semester folded in with requests from STScI and Yale PREFERRED SETUP 47/II EXPOSURE TIMES average ~3 min/star = 12 min/star with overhead SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION Synoptic Ca II H & K monitoring of 58 bright solar-type stars (~35 stars observable on a given night) to document their magnetic activity cycles, and rotation periods when possible. This request is a continuation of UCAR01 from 2010B. This program has also been submitted as a Director's Discretionary request, and if that is approved, this particular request from GSU can be dropped. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- END ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------