Документ взят из кэша поисковой машины. Адрес
оригинального документа
: http://www.stsci.edu/ftp/proposer/leonid_old.html
Дата изменения: Tue Oct 13 21:29:38 1998
Дата индексирования: Tue Oct 2 08:37:39 2012
Кодировка:
Поисковые слова: southpole
HST Observation Opportunities During the Leonid Meteor
Shower
On September 15, 1998, the STScI director, Dr. Steven Beckwith,
announced a special observation
opportunity to the astronomical community during the Leonid Meteor Shower.
During the peak of the Leonid meteor shower on November 17, 1998, HST
will be pointed near the anti-radiant for ten hours.
Anyone who is interested can submit ideas to STScI for scientific
observations during this time. Please submit your ideas as a
Director's Discretionary proposal by September 30, 1998, 8 p.m. EDT.
Telescope Pointing and Targets within the Field of View
The center of the WFPC2 field must be
pointed within one degree of RA=22 04 48, DEC=-23 24 (J2000). At the
time of the observations, the
nominal V3 position angle is 248.3 degrees, and the
STIS/CCD field is centered at RA=22 05 08.6, DEC=-23 25 59. To see what objects
lie within this region, interested observers can go to the
NED or
SIMBAD
web sites and request a map of the field.
Alternatively, you can go to
Simbad_Leonid_FOV
for a SIMBAD listing and map of objects within a one-degree
radius of the above WFPC2 center coordinates.
Ninety stars and extragalactic objects have been
identified in this field. The extragalactic
objects include
QSOs, IR, optical and radio-loud galaxies and galaxy groups.
There are no HST observations in the archives for objects
in this field.
A Digitized Sky Survey
of a one-degree-square image of this field with an HST FOV overlay also
is available at
DSS_Image.
Observation Restrictions
At the time these observations occur, most of the orbits will pass through
the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA). Therefore STIS MAMA modes are NOT
available. As this is after the nominal NICMOS end-of-science, we are most
interested in observations using
WFPC2
or
STIS CCD modes.
Ten hours of telescope time translates into six orbits with a non-SAA
visibility of ~30 minutes each.
The observations should be as simple and straightforward as
possible.
No special orientations or timing may be requested.
No connections of any kind to observations outside this
ten-hour period will be allowed.
No parallel observations may be requested. STScI plans to add parallels
from existing programs if they fit.
STScI staff scientists, working with the scientists who provided the
idea, will write the detailed Phase II proposals.
Data Dissemination
Data will be processed using routine calibrations and be made
immediately available to the community via the HST archive. There will
be no proprietary data rights and no special grant funding opportunity.
Where to Submit Ideas
Please submit your ideas to Director's
Discretionary time. In the time submission template you need only
to fill in your name, mailing address, e-mail address, phone number,
a title of the proposal, and short descriptions of the scientific
justification and the observing details. Ignore the items requesting
the number of orbits, rationale for DD time and scheduling requirements.
For additional information or questions please contact help@stsci.edu
Anuradha Koratkar, koratkar@stsci.edu