Page 1 PROPOSAL FOR HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS ST ScI Use Only ID 4057c Report Date: 09-May-96:19:08 Version: ********** Check-in Date: ********** 1.Proposal Title: SPECTROPOLARIMETRY OF QSOS, BLAZARS AND AGN AUGMENTATION: CYCLE 2 OBSERVATIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Scientific Category 3. Proposal For 4. Proposal Type 5. Continuation ID QUASARS & AGN AUG/FOS 3646 Sub Category AUG/FOS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Principal Investigator Institution Country Telephone J. roger P Angel UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA USA 602-621-7661 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7. Abstract Measurement of the spectrum of polarization has proven to be a powerful tool in deciphering emission processes and source geometry in AGN. This program will extend these observations into the UV below 3000A. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8. Scientific Key Words: QSOS, BLAZARS, SEYFERT, AGN, POLARIZATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9. Est obs time (hours) pri: 13.00 par: 0 10. Num targs pri: 4 par: 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11. Instruments requested: FOS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Page 2 I. GENERAL FORM Proposal 4057c PI: J. roger P Angel Proposal Title: SPECTROPOLARIMETRY OF QSOS, BLAZARS AND AGN AUGMENTATION: CYCLE 2 OBSERVATIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Proposers: Proposers Institution Country ESA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. Edward Beaver UC, SAN DIEGO USA Dr. E. Margaret Burbidge UC, SAN DIEGO USA Dr. J. Roger P Angel UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA USA Dr. Bruce Margon WASHINGTON, UNIVERSITY OF USA Dr. Holland C Ford JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY USA Dr. Frank Bartko MARTIN MARIETTA CORPORATION USA Dr. Arthur F Davidsen JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY USA Dr. Richard J Harms APPLIED RESEARCH CORPORATION USA Dr. Ralph Bohlin SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE USA INSTITUTE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. Description of proposed observations. The spectrum of polarization for a number of AGN of diverse type will be observed with the FOS spectropolarimeter. Targets include both low and high polarization QSOs, Seyfert galaxies, and BL Lac objects. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4. Justification of need for HST observations. The ST is needed to do spectropolarimetry below 3000A. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5. Description of special scheduling requirements. Blazars are so rapidly variable that any observation must be completed within a few hours. The SV prerequisite programs for all FOS observations in this program are: Prop ID 2195 FOS Target Acquisition Tests All observations Prop ID 1317 Int./Ext. Wavelength Offsets 1st target Prop ID 1318 Spectral Flat Fields 1st target Prop ID 1320 Absolute Spectrophotometry 1st visit of bright targets Prop ID 1430 Polarimetric y-bases (lines 103,104) and polarimetric wavelength calibrations (lines 105,106) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13. Spectropolarimetry of QSOs, BL Lac objects, Blazars, Seyferts, and other AGN, are obtained in order to decipher emission and scattering processes and source geometry. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11. Address Information Name: RICHARD ALLEN Category: CON Institution: STEWARD OBSERVATORY Address: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA City: TUCSON State: AZ Zip Code: 85721 Country: USA Telephone: 602-621-7661 Telex (or e-mail): 467175 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: J. ROGER P. ANGEL Category: PI Institution: STEWARD OBSERVATORY Address: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA City: TUCSON State: AZ Zip Code: 85721 Country: USA Telephone: 602-621-7661 Telex (or e-mail): 467175 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TARGET LIST a) Fixed Targets ID = 4057c [ 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| | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 I-ZW1 E,313 RA=0H 53M 34.94S +/- 1", 2000 Z=.061 1 V=14.1 +/- 0.5 DEC=12D 41' 36.3" +/- 1", PLATE-ID=028Y Comments: VARIABLE, WITH PROBABLE PHOTOMETRIC RANGE OF ~1 MAGNITUDE, ALTHOUGH THIS IS A GUESS. APPROXIMATE OPTICAL/UV SPECTRAL INDEX = -1.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 BL-LAC E,316 RA=22H 02M 43.30S +/- 1", 2000 Z=.069 1 V=14.5 +/- 0.85 DEC=42D 16' 39.8" +/- 1", PLATE-ID=02S1 Comments: VARIABLE, WITH AVERAGE V MAG LISTED HERE. APPROXIMATE OPTICAL/UV SPECTRAL INDEX = -3.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8 MRK501 E,316 RA=16H 53M 52.24S +/- 1", 2000 Z=.0337 1 V=13.7 +/- 0.45 DEC=39D 45' 36.6" +/- 1", PLATE-ID=009J Comments: VARIABLE, WITH AVERAGE V MAG LISTED HERE. APPROXIMATE OPTICAL/UV SPECTRAL INDEX = -2.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11 MRK421 E,316 RA=11H 04M 27.32S +/- 1", 2000 Z=.030 1 V=13.3 +/- 0.5 DEC=38D 12' 31.5" +/- 1", PLATE-ID=01QX Comments: VARIABLE, WITH AVERAGE V MAG LISTED HERE. APPROXIMATE OPTICAL/UV SPECTRAL INDEX = -2.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EXPOSURE LOGSHEET ID = 4057c [ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 I-ZW1 FOS/BL ACQ/ 4.3 MIRROR BRIGHT=720000 1 3.3S 1 CYCLE 2 / 7.0-9.0 BINARY SEQ 7.0-9.0 NO GAP ONBOARD ACQ FOR 8.0-9.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8 I-ZW1 FOS/BL ACCUM 4.3 G190H 1600- POLSCAN=8B 1 1440S 1 2300 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8.2 I-ZW1 FOS/BL ACCUM 4.3 G270H 2227- POLSCAN=8B 1 1440S 1 3306 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8.4 I-ZW1 FOS/BL ACCUM 4.3 G190H 1600- POLSCAN=8B 1 1440S 1 2300 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8.6 I-ZW1 FOS/BL ACCUM 4.3 G190H 1600- POLSCAN=8B 1 1440S 1 2300 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8.8 I-ZW1 FOS/BL ACCUM 4.3 G270H 2227- POLSCAN=8B 1 1440S 1 3306 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9 I-ZW1 FOS/BL ACCUM 4.3 G190H 1600- POLSCAN=8B 1 1440S 1 2300 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12 BL-LAC FOS/BL ACQ/ 4.3 MIRROR BRIGHT=720000 1 12S 1 CYCLE 2 / 12.0- BINARY 13.2 SEQ 12.0-13.2 NO GAP ONBOARD ACQ FOR 13.0-13.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13 BL-LAC FOS/BL ACCUM 4.3 G190H 1600- POLSCAN=8B 1 1440S 1 2300 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13.1 BL-LAC FOS/BL ACCUM 4.3 G270H 2227- POLSCAN=8B 1 1440S 1 3306 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13.2 BL-LAC FOS/BL ACCUM 4.3 G190H 1600- POLSCAN=8B 1 1440S 1 2300 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21 MRK501 FOS/BL ACQ/ 4.3 MIRROR BRIGHT=720000 1 5.5S 1 CYCLE 2 / 21.0- BINARY 22.4 SEQ 21.0-22.4 NO GAP ONBOARD ACQ FOR 22.0-22.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 22 MRK501 FOS/BL ACCUM 4.3 G190H 1600- POLSCAN=8B 1 1440S 1 2300 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 22.2 MRK501 FOS/BL ACCUM 4.3 G270H 2227- POLSCAN=8B 1 1440S 1 3306 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EXPOSURE LOGSHEET ID = 4057c [ 5] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 22.4 MRK501 FOS/BL ACCUM 4.3 G190H 1600- POLSCAN=8B 1 1440S 1 2300 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 30 MRK421 FOS/BL ACQ/ 4.3 MIRROR BRIGHT=720000 1 2.4S 1 CYCLE 2 / 30.0- BINARY 31.4 SEQ 30.0-31.4 NO GAP ONBOARD ACQ FOR 31.0-31.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 31 MRK421 FOS/BL ACCUM 4.3 G190H 1600- POLSCAN=8B 1 1440S 1 2300 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 31.2 MRK421 FOS/BL ACCUM 4.3 G270H 2227- POLSCAN=8B 1 1440S 1 3306 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 31.4 MRK421 FOS/BL ACCUM 4.3 G190H 1600- POLSCAN=8B 1 1440S 1 2300 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary Form for Proposal 4057c [ 6] Item Used in this proposal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Configurations FOS/BL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Opmodes ACQ/BINARY ACCUM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Optional Parameters BRIGHT POLSCAN=8B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Proposal for AUG/FOS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ S/C Hours 13.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scientific Category QUASARS & AGN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scientific Sub-category AUG/FOS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Requirements CYCLE 2 / 7.0-9.0; SEQ 7.0-9.0 NO GAP; ONBOARD ACQ FOR 8.0-9.0 CYCLE 2 / 12.0-13.2; SEQ 12.0-13.2 NO GAP; ONBOARD ACQ FOR 13.0-13.2 CYCLE 2 / 21.0-22.4; SEQ 21.0-22.4 NO GAP; ONBOARD ACQ FOR 22.0-22.4 CYCLE 2 / 30.0-31.4; SEQ 30.0-31.4 NO GAP; ONBOARD ACQ FOR 31.0-31.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spectral Elements MIRROR G190H G270H ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Target Names I-ZW1 BL-LAC MRK501 MRK421 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------