GSU/NAU OBSERVING REQUESTS FOR SMARTS TIME IN 2004B




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GSU/NAU PRIORITY 1
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TITLE			              CTIOPI Astrometry (service)
ID #                                  GSTU01
PI			              Todd Henry (GSU), Dave Koerner (NAU)
CONTACT			              thenry@chara.gsu.edu, 404-463-9954
TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT	              0.9m + 2K CCD
MODE (service or user)	              service (one run could be user, if necessary)
TIME			              42 nights
TRAINING RUN                          N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER                      N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS		      ok
PREFERRED DATES			      none
ACCEPTABLE DATES	              any
ACCEPTABLE MOON		              any
CADENCE                               six runs of 7 nights/month
				      
PHOTOMETRIC?		              no
FILTERS			              BVRI
				      
SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION		      Continuing parallax/perturbation search effort. Requires one week/month 
                                      to catch appropriate parallax factors for all targets.

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GSU/NAU PRIORITY 2
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TITLE			              CTIOPI Spectroscopy
ID #                                  GSTU31
PI			              Todd Henry (GSU)
CONTACT			              thenry@chara.gsu.edu, 404-463-9954
TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT	              1.5m + RCSpec
MODE (service or user)	              user
TIME			              7 nights consecutive
TRAINING RUN                          N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER		      Beaulieu, Henry, Subasavage (GSU)
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS		      no
PREFERRED DATES			      August 1 to October 31 much preferred for remaining targets!
ACCEPTABLE DATES	              any
ACCEPTABLE MOON		              any
CADENCE                               all one run
				      
GRATING # AND ORDER                   blue grating 09, red grating 32, both 1st order
CENTRAL WAVE (A), ACCEPTABLE RANGE    5188 +/- 50 for blue, 7816 +/- 50 for red
OTHER ACCEPTABLE GRATINGS	      none
ORDER BLOCKING FILTERS		      no filter for blue, OG570 for red

SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION		      Continuing spectroscopic effort to characterize new parallax targets.
                                      We will switch between blue and red setups depending on need for white
                                      dwarf and red dwarf candidates.

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GSU/NAU PRIORITY 3
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TITLE			              Optical/IR Monitoring of Blazars
ID #                                  GSTU51
PI			              Dick Miller (GSU)
CONTACT			              miller@chara.gsu.edu, 404-651-1368
TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT                1.3m + ANDICAM
MODE (service or user)	              service
TIME			              1.0 hour/night = 60 hours equivalent
TRAINING RUN                          N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER		      N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS		      N/A
PREFERRED DATES			      none
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.