GSU OBSERVING REQUESTS FOR SMARTS TIME IN 2010A



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FEB 2010 THROUGH JUL 2010 (6 months)
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                              assumes 9.5 hours = 1.0 night during A semesters
                         ???  no 1.2 weather tax on 1.5m because weather outs WILL occur
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GSU PRIORITY 1
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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 573-301-6769
MODE (service or user)        service
TIME                          1.0 hour every 3 nights = 60 hours X 1.5 service = 9.5 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 nights works well.

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GSU PRIORITY 2
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TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT        0.9m + 2K CCD
TITLE                         CTIOPI Astrometry (user)
ID #                          GSTU01
PI                            Todd Henry et al. (GSU)
CONTACT                       thenry@chara.gsu.edu 404-413-6054
MODE (service or user)        user
TIME                          7.0 nights (need 7 nights to make it financially reasonable)
TRAINING RUN                  N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER              N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK?     yes
PREFERRED DATES               MAR 04-10 or MAR 11-17 (GSU spring break MAR 08-12)
ACCEPTABLE DATES              MAR
ACCEPTABLE MOON               any

CADENCE                       one run of 7 nights
PHOTOMETRIC?                  no
FILTERS                       VRI
                              
SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION        Continuing parallax/perturbation search effort.

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GSU PRIORITY 3
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TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT        0.9m + 2K CCD
TITLE                         CTIOPI Astrometry (user)
ID #                          GSTU01
PI                            Todd Henry et al. (GSU)
CONTACT                       thenry@chara.gsu.edu 404-413-6054
MODE (service or user)        user
TIME                          7.0 nights (need 7 nights to make it financially reasonable)
TRAINING RUN                  N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER              N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK?     yes
PREFERRED DATES               FEB
ACCEPTABLE DATES              FEB
ACCEPTABLE MOON               any

CADENCE                       one run of 7 nights
PHOTOMETRIC?                  no
FILTERS                       VRI
                              
SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION        Continuing parallax/perturbation search effort.

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GSU PRIORITY 4
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TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT        1.5m + RCSpec
TITLE                         Spectroscopy of Seyferts
ID #                          GSTU61
PI                            Mike Crenshaw, Stephen Rafter (GSU)
CONTACT                       crenshaw@chara.gsu.edu, 404-413-6020
MODE (service or user)        service
TIME			      18 hours X 1.5 service X 1.2 tax = 32.4 hours = 3.4 nights
TRAINING RUN                  N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER              N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK?     N/A
PREFERRED DATES               FEB - July
ACCEPTABLE DATES              FEB - July
ACCEPTABLE MOON               dark/gray time preferred for the fainter targets

CADENCE                       only one visit per object (including two gratings)
PREFERRED SETUP               26/Ia AND 47/Ib
EXPOSURE TIMES                single observations of 3600 sec each with each grating,
			      two gratings per target

SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION        Spectroscopic Monitoring of 'Naked' Seyfert 2 (NS2):
			      NS2s are found to show x-ray absorption but have no broad
		              lines and therefore no broad line regions.  We believe
			      this is due to their changing from type 1/1.8 to type 2
			      which we will test with these new observations.

			      ESO 15-IG 011 with V=16.2, 7200sec/visit (3600sec/grating)
			      NGC 2992 with V=13.1, 7200sec/visit (3600sec/grating)
			      NGC 3660 with V=13.1, 7200sec/visit (3600sec/grating)
			      CGCG 039-167 with V=14.9, 7200sec/visit (3600sec/grating)
			      NGC 3976 with V=12.3, 3600sec/visit (1800sec/grating)
		  	      NGC 3783 with V=12.6, 3600sec/visit (1800sec/grating)
			      Circinus with V=12.1, 3600sec/visit (1800sec/grating)
			      CGCG 021-063 with V=15.8, 7200sec/visit (3600sec/grating)
			      NGC 5995 with V=14.5, 7200sec/visit (3600sec/grating)
			      NGC 6221 with V=11.2, 3600sec/visit (1800sec/grating)
			      IRAS 20051-1117 with V=14.4, 7200sec/visit (3600sec/grating)

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GSU PRIORITY 5
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TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT        1.5m + RCSpec
TITLE                         RECONS Spectroscopy
ID #                          GSTU03
PI                            Adric Riedel (GSU), Todd Henry (GSU)
CONTACT                       riedel@chara.gsu.edu 404-413-6024, thenry@chara.gsu.edu
MODE (service or user)        service
TIME                          24 hours X 1.5 service X 1.2 tax = 43.2 hours = 4.5 nights
TRAINING RUN                  N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER              N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK?     yes
PREFERRED DATES               any
ACCEPTABLE DATES              any
ACCEPTABLE MOON               any

CADENCE                       two spectra per star, one right after the other
PREFERRED SETUP               32/I with filter OG570 to cover 6000-9500 A
                              prefer 4" slit

EXPOSURE TIMES                varies by target

SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION        Spectroscopy of red dwarfs, young stars, and subdwarfs to
                              identify nearby candidates for parallax program.  Example
                              targets shown here:
                              
                              Star         V      R      I     SpType   IntTime

                              GJ0784      7.95   7.04   6.12   M0.0V    2 x  60 sec
                              GJ1125     11.72  10.58   9.13   M3.0V    2 x 300 sec
                              GJ1111     14.90  12.90  10.64   M6.0V    2 x 600 sec 
                              LHS2065    18.87  16.04  15.21   M9.0V    2 x 900 sec

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GSU PRIORITY 6
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TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT        0.9m + 2K CCD
TITLE                         CTIOPI Astrometry (user)
ID #                          GSTU01
PI                            Todd Henry et al. (GSU)
CONTACT                       thenry@chara.gsu.edu 404-413-6054
MODE (service or user)        user
TIME                          7.0 nights (need 7 nights to make it financially reasonable)
TRAINING RUN                  N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER              N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK?     yes
PREFERRED DATES               MAY
ACCEPTABLE DATES              MAY
ACCEPTABLE MOON               any

CADENCE                       one run of 7 nights
PHOTOMETRIC?                  no
FILTERS                       VRI
                              
SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION        Continuing parallax/perturbation search effort.

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GSU PRIORITY 7
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TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT        0.9m + 2K CCD
TITLE                         CTIOPI Astrometry (user)
ID #                          GSTU01
PI                            Todd Henry et al. (GSU)
CONTACT                       thenry@chara.gsu.edu 404-413-6054
MODE (service or user)        user
TIME                          7.0 nights (need 7 nights to make it financially reasonable)
TRAINING RUN                  N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER              N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK?     yes
PREFERRED DATES               JUN
ACCEPTABLE DATES              JUN
ACCEPTABLE MOON               any

CADENCE                       one run of 7 nights
PHOTOMETRIC?                  no
FILTERS                       VRI
                              
SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION        Continuing parallax/perturbation search effort.

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GSU PRIORITY 8
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TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT        1.5m + RCSpec
TITLE                         Disk Periods in Massive Eclipsing Binaries
ID #                          GSTU78
PI                            Doug Gies (GSU), Steve Williams (GSU)
CONTACT                       gies@chara.gsu.edu 404-413-6021, swilliams@chara.gsu.edu 
MODE (service or user)        service
TIME                          8 hours X 1.5 service X 1.2 tax = 14.4 hours = 1.5 nights
TRAINING RUN                  N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER              N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK?     yes
PREFERRED DATES               any
ACCEPTABLE DATES              any
ACCEPTABLE MOON               any

CADENCE                       one spectrum per week of both targets (48 total spectra)
PREFERRED SETUP               47/Ib
EXPOSURE TIMES                3x20s=1 minute exposure + 9 minute overhead per observation

SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION        Survey H-alpha variations on long periods to follow 
                              accretion disk filling/emptying cycles in RLOF binaries.

                              Star        V        RA  2000.0  Dec

                              HD161741   7.5   17 48 47.60 -35 03 25.6
                              HD173787   7.0   18 47 52.33 -20 16 28.2

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GSU PRIORITY 9
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TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT        0.9m + 2K CCD
TITLE                         CTIOPI Astrometry (user)
ID #                          GSTU01
PI                            Todd Henry et al. (GSU)
CONTACT                       thenry@chara.gsu.edu 404-413-6054
MODE (service or user)        user
TIME                          7.0 nights (need 7 nights to make it financially reasonable)
TRAINING RUN                  N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER              N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK?     yes
PREFERRED DATES               JUL
ACCEPTABLE DATES              JUL
ACCEPTABLE MOON               any

CADENCE                       one run of 7 nights
PHOTOMETRIC?                  no
FILTERS                       VRI
                              
SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION        Continuing parallax/perturbation search effort.

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GSU PRIORITY 10
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TELESCOPE + INSTRUMENT        0.9m + 2K CCD
TITLE                         CTIOPI Astrometry (user)
ID #                          GSTU01
PI                            Todd Henry et al. (GSU)
CONTACT                       thenry@chara.gsu.edu 404-413-6054
MODE (service or user)        user
TIME                          7.0 nights (need 7 nights to make it financially reasonable)
TRAINING RUN                  N/A
OBSERVER/TRAINER              N/A
INTERPOLATED PROGRAMS OK?     yes
PREFERRED DATES               APR
ACCEPTABLE DATES              APR
ACCEPTABLE MOON               any

CADENCE                       one run of 7 nights
PHOTOMETRIC?                  no
FILTERS                       VRI
                              
SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION        Continuing parallax/perturbation search effort.

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