GSU OBSERVING REQUESTS FOR SMARTS TIME IN 2012B (part 1)
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AUG 2012 THROUGH SEP 2012 (2 months only)
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assumes 9.0 hours = 1.0 night during B semesters
1.5X --- for all service programs
1.2X --- if you need N hours of observations, including makeups
# nights listed are equivalent user nights
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GSU PRIORITY 1 --- SCHEDULED 4.0 nights
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TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 1.5m + RCSpec
TITLE Reverberation Mapping of Nearby AGN
ID # GSTU91
PI Misty Bentz (GSU), Mike Crenshaw (GSU)
CONTACT bentz@chara.gsu.edu, 404-413-6082
MODE (service or user) service
TIME 100 min X 15 (even) nights X 1.5 service = 38 hours = 4.2 nights
TRAINING RUN N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? yes
PREFERRED DATES AUG only
ACCEPTABLE DATES AUG only
ACCEPTABLE MOON any
CADENCE ROUND 3 = AUG
PREFERRED SETUP 26/I, 26/Ia, 26/Ib all acceptable
4" slit required
E-W slit orientation required (must be rotated back before observations if
at non-standard orientation from previous program)
EXPOSURE TIMES 2xTBD sec per target per visit = 30 min per target per visit with overheads
SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION Spectrophotometric monitoring of nearby AGNs to determine the time lag
between continuum variations and variations in the broad emission line flux;
will ultimately lead to black hole mass measurements. Targets TBD.
Object RA DEC mag z
TBD 00 00 00.0 -00 00 00 00.0 0.0000
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GSU PRIORITY 2 --- SCHEDULED 6.7 nights
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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, 404-401-0769
MODE (service or user) service
TIME 2.0 hours every 3 nights = 40 hours X 1.5 service = 60 hours = 6.7 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 3 --- SCHEDULED 3.0 nights
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TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 1.5m + CHIRON
TITLE Radial Velocities of Young Stars
ID # GSTU82
PI Russel White (GSU), Justin Cantrell (GSU)
CONTACT white@chara.gsu.edu, 404-413-6018
MODE (service or user) service
TIME 20 min X 54 visits = 18 hours X 1.5 service = 27.0 hours = 3.0 nights
TRAINING RUN N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? yes
PREFERRED DATES AUG-SEP
ACCEPTABLE DATES AUG-SEP
ACCEPTABLE MOON any
CADENCE 2 observations/week on each star
PREFERRED SETUP TBD normal or fiber mode, 10 m/s precision needed on V=8 targets
EXPOSURE TIMES assumed 600 sec per target per visit + 600 sec overhead
SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION Pilot program to detect hot Jupiters orbiting young stars.
Object RA J2000 DEC mag notes
HD 8558 01 23 21.3 -57 28 51 V=8.51 G5.5
HD 12039 01 57 49.0 -21 54 05 V=8.07 G2.5
HD 222259 23 39 39.5 -69 11 45 V=8.49 G4
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GSU PRIORITY 4 --- SCHEDULED 8.0 nights
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TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 0.9m + 2K CCD (1.0m CANNOT BE USED)
TITLE CTIOPI
ID # GSTU01
PI Todd Henry (GSU)
CONTACT thenry@chara.gsu.edu, 404-413-6054
MODE (service or user) user
TIME 8.0 nights
TRAINING RUN N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? yes
PREFERRED DATES SEP
ACCEPTABLE DATES SEP
ACCEPTABLE MOON any
CADENCE one run of 8 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.
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GSU PRIORITY 5 --- SCHEDULED 2.0 nights
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TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 0.9m + 2K CCD (1.0m CANNOT BE USED)
TITLE CTIOPI
ID # GSTU01
PI Todd Henry (GSU)
CONTACT thenry@chara.gsu.edu, 404-413-6054
MODE (service or user) user
TIME 2.0 nights
TRAINING RUN N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? yes
PREFERRED DATES 04 and 05 AUG
ACCEPTABLE DATES 04 and 05 AUG
ACCEPTABLE MOON any
CADENCE one run of 2 nights --- add-on to 2012A schedule
PHOTOMETRIC? no
FILTERS VRI
SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION Continuing parallax/perturbation search effort. Requires roughly one
week/month to catch appropriate parallax factors for all targets.
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