Re: TNG Friday May 10 target list

From: Javier Mendez Alvarez (jma@ing.iac.es)
Date: Fri May 10 2002 - 07:47:20 PDT

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    Hi Rob,

    Thanks for your message. Yes, I will be observing at TNG tonight and the
    next two nights. I will do your list and follow your guidelines.

    Cheers,

    Javier.

    > TNG TARGETS FRIDAY MAY 10 -- Version 1.0
    >
    > This is preliminary, and may be updated again today. The "Version"
    > number above will be bumped if this happens.
    >
    > Javier, are you the observer? If so, could you please acknolwedge
    > receipt of this?
    >
    > Assumptions: night begins at 22:20 GDT, LMST 11:23
    > night ends at 5:55 GDT, LMST 18:59
    > ==> ~7.5 hours available
    > "GDT" is local time....
    >
    > Some of this data will hopefully be used as confirmation data to help us
    > decide what to do at Keck. If possible, right after you take the data
    > please ftp it to
    >
    > brahms.phy.vanderbilt.edu
    >
    > Put it in directory
    >
    > /incoming/tng/2002may10
    >
    > (There are also directories 2002may11 and 2002may12 for the next two
    > nights.)
    >
    > Candidates are listed in the order they should be done; I've assumed a
    > ~2 minute overhead per image. Let me know if this is vastly wrong. The
    > "Prio" at the end can be used as a guide of which to skip if you fall
    > behind schedule. *Higher* numbers are *better* candidates, i.e. make
    > sure you do the 5's. I've chosen exposure times assuming ~1-1.1" seeing
    > and based it on the sky and zeropoint measurements we have from last
    > year's TNG images.
    >
    > The number of exposures and the time of each exposure is listed for each
    > candidate. Please dither between exposures by 10-20", and where there
    > are more than 2 exposures please use a dither pattern that won't repeat
    > a position for any candidate. NOTE -- if the time listed is too long
    > (will bring the sky to well more than half well depth), reduce exposure
    > times to (say) 600s and increase the number of exposures accordingly.
    >
    > Please get R and I twilight and dome flats, and (during the day) zeros.
    > Also please do standard stars in twilight. Let me know if you want some
    > standard star coordinates.
    >
    > NOTE : Magnitudes are based on the search. For S02-xxx candidates, some
    > of the magnitudes are estimates based on AB magnitudes (with ~0.5
    > subtracted to convert to a Vega-mag), and sometimes even that zeropoint
    > isn't well known. Treat them with caution. The magnitudes for the
    > other candidates will hopefully have some bearing on reality. These
    > magnitudes are for informational purposes only; I've already taken them
    > into account when choosing the exposure times.
    >
    > Candidate RA(2000) Dec(2000) Time R(s) Time I(s) Prio Mag (band)
    > ===========================================================================
    > S02-058 13:23:37.3 +27:45:05.1 3x900 5x900 5 ~23 (I)
    >
    > S02-064 13:24:06.3 +27:42:10.0 2x600 3x900 4 ~22.4 (I)
    >
    > T02-037 15:46:57.0 +08:12:36.6 2x300 3x600 5 22.3 (R)
    >
    > T02-028 15:36:25.5 +09:28:18.2 2x600 3x600 5 22.8 (R)
    >
    > T02-030 15:43:24.4 +07:53:57.8 4x900 --- 4 23.3 (R)
    >
    > T02-029 15:37:07.5 +09:36:18.7 2x300 3x300 4 21.3 (R)
    >
    > T02-047 15:36:29.9 +09:38:42.9 3x600 --- 3 22.9 (R)
    >
    > -Rob
    >



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