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.