GSU SMARTS PROGRAMS FOR 2012B (part 2)

GSU OBSERVING REQUESTS FOR SMARTS TIME IN 2012B (part 2)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OCT 2012 THROUGH JAN 2013 (4 months only) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GSU PRIORITY 1 --- SCHEDULED 4.7 nights --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 min X 47 (even) nights X 1.5 service = 41 hours = 4.6 nights TRAINING RUN N/A OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? yes PREFERRED DATES DEC/JAN/FEB ACCEPTABLE DATES DEC/JAN/FEB ACCEPTABLE MOON any CADENCE ROUND 4 = DEC/JAN/FEB 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GSU PRIORITY 2 --- SCHEDULED 10.0 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, 404-401-0769 MODE (service or user) service TIME 1.5 hours every 3 nights = 60 hours X 1.5 service = 90 hours = 10.0 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 3 --- SCHEDULED 10.0 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 10.0 nights TRAINING RUN N/A OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? yes PREFERRED DATES OCT ACCEPTABLE DATES OCT ACCEPTABLE MOON any CADENCE one run of 10 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 4 --- SCHEDULED 10.0 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 10.0 nights TRAINING RUN N/A OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? yes PREFERRED DATES NOV ACCEPTABLE DATES NOV ACCEPTABLE MOON any CADENCE one run of 10 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 10.0 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 10.0 nights TRAINING RUN N/A OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK? yes PREFERRED DATES DEC ACCEPTABLE DATES DEC ACCEPTABLE MOON any CADENCE one run of 10 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- END ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------