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.