Page 1 PROPOSAL FOR HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS ST ScI Use Only ID 3050c Report Date: 09-May-96:17:52 Version: ********** Check-in Date: ********** 1.Proposal Title: IMAGING AND SPECTROPHOTOMETRY OF NGC1566 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Scientific Category 3. Proposal For 4. Proposal Type 5. Continuation ID QUASARS & AGN SAT/FOS Sub Category ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Principal Investigator Institution Country Telephone Dr. Holland C. Ford SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INST USA (301) 338-4803 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7. Abstract Narrow band [O III] 5007A, nearby offband, and UV continuum PC images will be used to resolve the narrow and broad line regions. These data will test the ability to resolve the narrow regions of Seyfert 1 galaxies in the vicinity of a bright unresolved nucleus. Small aperture FOS spectra of the nucleus will be used to determine how well the emission from the broad line region can be separated from the narrow line region given the degraded spatial resolution. The spectra will be compared to published ground-based (optical) and IUE (ultraviolet) spectrophhotometry of the nucleus. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8. Scientific Key Words: SEYFERT, AGN, IONIZED GAS, NUCLEUS, NARROW LINE REGION, BROAD LINE REGION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9. Est obs time (hours) pri: 4.34 par: 0 10. Num targs pri: 13 par: 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11. Instruments requested: FOS WF/PC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Page 2 I. GENERAL FORM Proposal 3050c PI: Dr. Holland C. Ford Proposal Title: IMAGING AND SPECTROPHOTOMETRY OF NGC1566 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Proposers: Proposers Institution Country ESA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Edward Beaver UC, SAN DIEGO USA E. Margaret Burbidge UC, SAN DIEGO USA Bruce Margon WASHINGTON, UNIVERSITY OF USA J. Roger P. Angel ARIZONA, UNIVERSITY OF USA Frank Bartko APPLIED RESEARCH CORPORATION USA Arthur F. Davidsen JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY USA Richard J. Harms APPLIED RESEARCH CORPORATION USA Ralph Bohlin SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE USA INSTITUTE Holland C. Ford SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE USA INSTITUTE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. Description of proposed observations. Cycle 0: 1-12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5. Description of special scheduling requirements. The SV prerequisite programs for all FOS observations in this program are: Prop ID 2195 FOS Target Acquisition Tests - All observations Prop ID 1318 Spectral Flat Fields - 1st target Prop ID 1320 Absolute Spectrophotometry - 1st target using 0.3 aperture ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11. Address Information Name: HOLLAND C. FORD Category: PI Institution: SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE Address: City: State: Zip Code: Country: Telephone: Telex (or e-mail): ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: GERARD A. KRISS Category: CON Institution: THHE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Address: THE HENRY ROWLAND DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND City: BALTIMORE State: MD Zip Code: 21218 Country: USA Telephone: (301) 338-7679 Telex (or e-mail): ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TARGET LIST a) Fixed Targets ID = 3050c [ 3] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tar| Target | Target | Target |Coord | Radial |Acqui|FLX| Flux data No | Name | Description | Position |Eqnx | Vel. |Prblm|REF| | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 NGC1566 SEYFERT GALAXY RA=04H 18M 53.305S +/- 3.0", 1950 V=1500 1 V=13.1, E(B-V)=0.0 DEC=-55D 03' 22.99" +/- 3.0" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 NGC1566-NUC NUCLEUS OF SEYFERT TBD-EARLY, GALAXY RA-OFF=0S +/- 40.00S, DEC-OFF=0' +/- 10', FROM 1 Comments: POSITION OF NUCLEUS WILL BE IDENTIFIED FROM PC PICTURES. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EXPOSURE LOGSHEET ID = 3050c [ 4] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |10 | 11 | 12 |13 |14| 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Line | Seq | Target |Instr | Oper. | Aper |Spectral|Central| Optional |Num| Time | S/N |Flx|Pr| Special Number | Name | Name |Config| Mode |or FOV |Element |Waveln.| Parameters |Exp| |Rel. Time|Ref| | Requirements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 NGC1566 PC IMAGE ALL F502N CR-SPLIT=NO 1 900S 1 1 GROUP 1-3 NO GAP PRE-FLASH=YES EARLY ACQ FOR 4-13 CYCLE 0 / 1-13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 NGC1566 PC IMAGE ALL F547M CR-SPLIT=NO 1 180S 1 1 SAME POS FOR 2 AS PRE-FLASH=YES 1 EARLY ACQ FOR 4-13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 NGC1566 PC IMAGE ALL F194W CR-SPLIT=NO 1 1800S 1 1 SAME POS FOR 3 AS PRE-FLASH=YES 1 EARLY ACQ FOR 4-13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 NGC1566-NUC FOS/BL ACQ/ 4.3 MIRROR BRIGHT=660000 1 1.1S 1 SEQ 4-7 NO GAP BINARY ONBOARD ACQ FOR 6- 7 REQ DATA FROM 1-3 Comments: EXPOSURE TIME WILL BE UPDATED BASED ON PC PICTURES. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 NGC1566-NUC FOS/BL ACQ 4.3 MIRROR 1 64S 1 REQ DATA FROM 1-3 Comments: EXPOSURE TIME WILL BE UPDATED BASED ON PC PICTURES. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 NGC1566-NUC FOS/BL ACCUM 0.3 G190H 1 1500S 1 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 NGC1566-NUC FOS/BL ACCUM 0.3 G130H 1 3000S 1 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8 NGC1566-NUC FOS/RD ACQ/ 4.3 MIRROR BRIGHT=660000 1 1.1S 1 SEQ 8-13 NO GAP BINARY ONBOARD ACQ FOR 10 -13 REQ DATA FROM 1-3 Comments: EXPOSURE TIME WILL BE UPDATED BASED ON PC PICTURES. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9 NGC1566-NUC FOS/RD ACQ 4.3 MIRROR 1 64S 1 REQ DATA FROM 1-3 Comments: EXPOSURE TIME WILL BE UPDATED BASED ON PC PICTURES. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10 NGC1566-NUC FOS/RD ACCUM 0.3 G270H 1 600S 1 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11 NGC1566-NUC FOS/RD ACCUM 0.3 G570H 1 300S 1 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12 WAVE FOS/RD ACCUM 0.3 G570H 1 DEF 1 CALIB FOR 11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13 NGC1566-NUC FOS/RD ACCUM 0.3 G400H 1 300S 1 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary Form for Proposal 3050c [ 5] Item Used in this proposal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Configurations PC FOS/BL FOS/RD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Opmodes IMAGE ACQ/BINARY ACQ ACCUM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Optional Parameters CR-SPLIT=NO PRE-FLASH=YES BRIGHT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Proposal for SAT/FOS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ S/C Hours 4.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scientific Category QUASARS & AGN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scientific Sub-category ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Requirements GROUP 1-3 NO GAP; EARLY ACQ FOR 4-13; CYCLE 0 / 1-13 SAME POS FOR 2 AS 1; EARLY ACQ FOR 4-13 SAME POS FOR 3 AS 1; SEQ 4-7 NO GAP; ONBOARD ACQ FOR 6-7; REQ DATA FROM 1-3; REQ DATA FROM 1-3 SEQ 8-13 NO GAP; ONBOARD ACQ FOR 10-13; CALIB FOR 11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spectral Elements F502N F547M F194W MIRROR G190H G130H G270H G570H G400H ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Target Names NGC1566 NGC1566-NUC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------