Proposals, schedule and observing information for ULTRASPEC run in period 80

Vik Dhillon, University of Sheffield

2 February 2008

Links to useful information for the ULTRASPEC run in period 80

• ESO schedule
• Observing rota
• Almanac for January and February
• ULTRASPEC schedule: ps, log, dat,

Proposals

1. Technical time
   • Nights: 27 & 28 Jan 2008 (2 nights)
   • Targets: Will include standard stars, as well as demonstration science targets. Clive Tadhunter has suggested a faint quasar (PKS 0409-75) which he would like to observe in the blue - this would be a good way of showing the usefulness of ULTRASPEC for some non-HTRA applications. Kieran O'Brien has suggested a target with emission lines between the sky lines in the red part of the spectrum - a z=5.5 lyman-alpha emitting galaxy, for example. Approval obtained for both targets.
2. Proposal D-0520 (O'Brien)
   • Nights: 29 & 30 Jan 2008 (2 nights)
   • XTE times (v1)
   • XTE times (v2)
   • Targets: XRB EXO 0748-676
   • Additional targets to be approved: Ultracompact XRB 4U 1543-624; z=5.5 lyman-alpha emitting galaxy.
3. Proposal D-0803 (Dhillon)
   • Nights: 31 Jan - 3 Feb 2008 (4 nights)
   • Targets: Vela pulsar
   • Additional targets to be approved: Brown dwarf pulsar TVLM 513-46546; T Tauri star RU Lup; Black-hole SXT A0620-00; AM CVn star CP Eri; AM Her star EUVE J0425.6-5714; ultra-compact binary RXJ0806.3+1527
4. Proposal D-0561 (Marsh)
   • Nights: 4 Feb - 8 Feb 2008 (5 nights)
   • Targets: CVs Z Cha, OY Car, QS Vir
   • Eclipse schedule: ps
   • Additional targets to be approved: Done - see VSD's entry above
5. Proposal D-0734 (Watson)
   • Nights: 9 Feb - 10 Feb 2008 (2 nights)
   • Targets: CVs V347 Pup, OY Car, Z Cha, V2051 Oph, LX ser, EX Hya, GY Cnc
   • Additional targets approved: BD eclipsing CV SDSS 1433+1011. Not approved: proposed Fe-core eclipsing CV SDSS 0903+3300 and eclipsing AM CVn system SDSS 0926+3624 due to their northerly declinations - the limit of the ESO 3.6m telescope is +29.5 degrees.
6. Proposal D-0594 (Littlefair)
   • Nights: 11 Feb 2008 - 12 Feb 2008 (2 nights)
   • Targets: Any dwarf nova in outburst at the time of observation, as provided by amateur observers. Already approved by ESO.