GSU OBSERVING REQUESTS FOR SMARTS TIME IN 2006A
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GSU PRIORITY 1
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TITLE CTIOPI Astrometry (user)
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) user
TIME 21 nights
TRAINING RUN N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS ok
PREFERRED DATES none
ACCEPTABLE DATES any
ACCEPTABLE MOON any
CADENCE three runs of 7 nights each
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 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 ***** YES, THIS IS A USER REQUEST !!! *****
TIME 7 nights consecutive
TRAINING RUN N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER Subasavage, Henry (GSU)
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS no
PREFERRED DATES any
ACCEPTABLE DATES any
ACCEPTABLE MOON any
CADENCE all one run
PREFERRED SETUP 09/I for blue; 32/I for red
EXPOSURE TIMES various
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 PRIORITY 3
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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
TIME 14 nights
TRAINING RUN N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS ok
PREFERRED DATES none
ACCEPTABLE DATES any
ACCEPTABLE MOON any
CADENCE two runs of 7 nights each
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 PRIORITY 4
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TITLE Optical/IR Monitoring of Blazars
ID # GSTU51
PI Dick Miller (GSU)
CONTACT Wes Ryle (ryle@chara.gsu.edu), 404-651-1363
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.
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GSU PRIORITY 5
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TITLE Seyfert Spectroscopic Monitoring
ID # GSTU53
PI Mike Crenshaw (PI)
CONTACT crenshaw@chara.gsu.edu, 404-651-1365
TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 1.5m + RCSpec
MODE (service or user) service
TIME 26 hours integration on target
TRAINING RUN N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS yes
PREFERRED DATES any
ACCEPTABLE DATES any
ACCEPTABLE MOON any
CADENCE once/week with each grating
PREFERRED SETUP 26/I AND 35/I
EXPOSURE TIMES 30 minutes for each grating
SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION Spectroscopic monitoring for a single
AGN (NGC 2992 with V = 13.2).
Both H-beta (26/I) and H-alpha (35/I)
are desired at roughly weekly intervals.
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GSU PRIORITY 6
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TITLE Massive Binary Orbits
ID # GSTU54
PI Doug Gies (GSU)
CONTACT gies@chara.gsu.edu, 404-651-1366
TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT 1.5m + RCSpec
MODE (service or user) service
TIME 54 hours integration on targets
TRAINING RUN N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS yes
PREFERRED DATES any
ACCEPTABLE DATES MAR-JUN
ACCEPTABLE MOON any
CADENCE any
PREFERRED SETUP 47/IIb
EXPOSURE TIMES 2-30 minutes/target
SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION Spectroscopic monitoring of 27 O star binaries
to determine orbits.
********** NOTE ********** This proposal has also been submitted via the
NOAO TAC. If approved by NOAO, this time is
still desired, to provide more orbital coverage.
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GSU PRIORITY 7
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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 (in addition to PRIORITY 3 above)
TIME 14 nights
TRAINING RUN N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS ok
PREFERRED DATES none
ACCEPTABLE DATES any
ACCEPTABLE MOON any
CADENCE two runs of 7 nights each
PHOTOMETRIC? no
FILTERS BVRI
SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION Continuing parallax/perturbation search effort. Requires one week/month
to catch appropriate parallax factors for all targets.