Page 1 PROPOSAL FOR HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS ST ScI Use Only ID 4220c Report Date: 09-May-96:19:27 Version: ********** Check-in Date: ********** 1.Proposal Title: IMAGING AND SPECTROPHOTOMETRY OF SEYFERT NUCLEI (FOS 14): CYCLE 1 OBSERVATIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Scientific Category 3. Proposal For 4. Proposal Type 5. Continuation ID QUASARS & AGN GTO/FOS 1036 Sub Category ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Principal Investigator Institution Country Telephone Dr. Holland C. Ford SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INST USA (410) 338-4803 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7. Abstract WF/PC narrow band images will be used to isolate clouds near the nucleus and to look for organized structure such as disks, bubbles, and jets. FOS spectrophotometry from 1200A to 7000A will be used to establish density, temperature, chemical composition, ionization mechanisms, and reddening in the emission regions near the nucleus. Line profiles and radial velocities will be used to investigate broadening mechanisms near the nucleus such as turbulence, gas flows, and rotation. Small aperture FOS spectra of the nuclei will be used to separate the broad line region from the narrow line region. The spectra will be used to investigate physical conditions and gas dynamics in the broad line region. Absorption lines in the nuclear spectra will be used to measure the amount and distribution of gas along the line of sight through the parent galaxy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8. Scientific Key Words: SEYFERT, AGN, IONIZED GAS, NUCLEUS, NARROW LINE REGION, BROAD LINE REGION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9. Est obs time (hours) pri: 15.53 par: 0 10. Num targs pri: 9 par: 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11. Instruments requested: FOS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Page 2 I. GENERAL FORM Proposal 4220c PI: Dr. Holland C. Ford Proposal Title: IMAGING AND SPECTROPHOTOMETRY OF SEYFERT NUCLEI (FOS 14): CYCLE 1 OBSERVATIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 1: 158-187 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 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 All WF/PC imaging with a center wavelength blueward of 5000 Angstroms requires UV flood ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12. This is an integrated program to study the morpholgy, dynamics, and ionization of the narrow line region in Type 1 and Type 2 Seyfert galaxies. The program will not be complete until 7 of the 12 Seyferts have been observed. Data release should not begin until one year after the seventh Seyfert has been completed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13. WF/PC images will be used to study the structure of the narrow line region (NLR) in low redshift Seyferts. FOS spectra will used to establish physical conditions, chemical composition, ionization mechanisms and dynamics of individual clouds in the NLR. Small-aperture spectra of the nucleus will be used to isolate the broad line region (BLR) and to study physical condition and gas motion in the BLR. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11. Address Information Name: HOLLAND C. FORD Category: PI Institution: SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE Address: HOMEWOOD CAMPUS 3700 SAN MARTIN DRIVE City: BALTIMORE State: MD Zip Code: 21218 Country: USA Telephone: (410) 338-4803 Telex (or e-mail): ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TARGET LIST a) Fixed Targets ID = 4220c [ 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 NGC1068 E,301,312,910,923,924 RA=02H 42M 40.691S +/- 0.1", 2000 V=1090 1 V=11.57, E(B-V)=0.07 DEC=-00D 00' 48.52" +/- 0.1" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 NGC1068- E,301,312,909,924 RA-OFF=0.052S +/- 0.003S, CLOUD3 DEC-OFF=1.31" +/- 0.043", FROM 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 NGC1068- E,301,312,909,924 R=1.332", CLOUD4 PA=191.2D, FROM 1 Comments: R UNCERTAINTY = +/- 0.022", PA UNCERTAINTY = +/- 0.2D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 NGC4151 E,301,312,910,923,924 RA=12H 10M 32.537S +/- 0.3", 2000 V=900 1 V=11.5, E(B-V)=0.05 DEC=+39D 24' 21.12" +/- 0.3", PLATE-ID=01QY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 NGC4151- E,301,312,909,924 R=0.3", CLOUD1 PA=260D, FROM 4 Comments: R UNCERTAINTY = +/- 0.02", PA UNCERTAINTY = +/- 0.5D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 NGC4151- E,301,312,909,924 R=0.45", CLOUD2 PA=80D, FROM 4 Comments: R UNCERTAINTY = +/- 0.02", PA UNCERTAINTY = +/- 0.5D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 NGC4151- E,301,312,909,924 R=0.76", CLOUD3 PA=272D, FROM 4 Comments: R UNCERTAINTY = +/- 0.02", PA UNCERTAINTY = +/- 0.5D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9 NGC4151- E,301,312,909,924 R=0.99", CLOUD5 PA=248.5D, FROM 4 Comments: R UNCERTAINTY = +/- 0.02", PA UNCERTAINTY = +/- 0.5D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10 NGC4151- E,301,312,909,924 R=0.45", CLOUD6 PA=43.5D, FROM 4 Comments: R UNCERTAINTY = +/- 0.02", PA UNCERTAINTY = +/- 0.5D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EXPOSURE LOGSHEET ID = 4220c [ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 151 DEFINE # FOS/BL ACCUM 0.3 G190H 1 1350S 1 1 NUCBL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 152 DEFINE # FOS/BL ACCUM 0.3 G130H 1 2000S 1 1 NUCBL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 153 DEFINE # FOS/RD ACCUM 0.3 G570H 1 850S 1 1 NUCRD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 154 DEFINE # FOS/RD ACCUM 0.3 G400H 1 850S 1 1 NUCRD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 155 DEFINE # FOS/RD ACCUM 0.3 G270H 1 1000S 1 1 NUCRD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 156 DEFINE # FOS/RD ACCUM # G570H 1 570S 1 CLOUD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 157 DEFINE # FOS/RD ACCUM # G400H 1 570S 1 CLOUD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 158 NGC1068 FOS/RD ACQ/ 4.3 G270H 2460- 1 1.0S 1 GROUP 158-165 PEAK 2780 WITHIN 15D GROUP 158-163 NO GAP SEQ 158-161 NO GAP SPATIAL SCAN ONBOARD ACQ FOR 159 CYCLE 1 / 158-187 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 159 NGC1068 FOS/RD ACQ/ 1.0 G270H 2460- 1 2.0S 1 SPATIAL SCAN PEAK 2780 ONBOARD ACQ FOR 160 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 160 NGC1068 FOS/RD ACQ/ 0.5 G270H 2460- SEARCH-SIZE=4 1 5.0S 1 ONBOARD ACQ FOR PEAK 2780 SCAN-STEP=0.3 161 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 161 NGC1068 FOS/RD ACQ/ 0.3 G270H 2460- SEARCH-SIZE=4 1 10.0S 1 ONBOARD ACQ FOR PEAK 2780 SCAN-STEP=0.06 162-163 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 162 USE NGC1068- NUCRD CLOUD3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 163 USE NGC1068- 0.5 X2.0 CLOUD CLOUD4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EXPOSURE LOGSHEET ID = 4220c [ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 163.7 NGC1068 FOS/BL ACQ/ 4.3 G270H 2460- 1 1.5S 1 GROUP 163.7-165 NO PEAK 2780 GAP SEQ 163.7-164 NO GAP SPATIAL SCAN ONBOARD ACQ FOR 163.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 163.8 NGC1068 FOS/BL ACQ/ 1.0 G270H 2460- 1 3.0S 1 SPATIAL SCAN PEAK 2780 ONBOARD ACQ FOR 163.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 163.9 NGC1068 FOS/BL ACQ/ 0.5 G270H 2460- SEARCH-SIZE=4 1 7.5S 1 ONBOARD ACQ FOR PEAK 2780 SCAN-STEP=0.3 164 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 164 NGC1068 FOS/BL ACQ/ 0.3 G270H 2460- SEARCH-SIZE=4 1 15.0S 1 ONBOARD ACQ FOR PEAK 2780 SCAN-STEP=0.06 165 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 165 USE NGC1068- NUCBL CLOUD3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 166 NGC4151 FOS/RD ACQ/ 4.3 MIRROR FAINT=2200 1 0.66S 1 GROUP 166-180 NO BINARY BRIGHT=660000 GAP ONBOARD ACQ FOR 167 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 167 NGC4151 FOS/RD ACQ/ 0.3 MIRROR SEARCH-SIZE=5 1 3.0S 1 ONBOARD ACQ FOR PEAK SCAN-STEP=0.1 168-180 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 168 NGC4151 FOS/RD ACCUM 0.3 G570H 1 150S 1 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 169 NGC4151 FOS/RD ACCUM 0.3 G400H 1 120S 1 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 170 NGC4151 FOS/RD ACCUM 0.3 G270H 1 120S 1 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 171 NGC4151- FOS/RD ACCUM 0.3 G570H 1 250S 1 1 CLOUD1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 172 NGC4151- FOS/RD ACCUM 0.3 G400H 1 200S 1 1 CLOUD1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 173 NGC4151- FOS/RD ACCUM 0.3 G270H 1 200S 1 1 CLOUD1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 174 NGC4151- FOS/RD ACCUM 0.3 G570H 1 250S 1 1 CLOUD2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 175 NGC4151- FOS/RD ACCUM 0.3 G400H 1 200S 1 1 CLOUD2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 176 NGC4151- FOS/RD ACCUM 0.3 G270H 1 200S 1 1 CLOUD2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EXPOSURE LOGSHEET ID = 4220c [ 6] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 177 USE NGC4151- 0.3 X1.0 CLOUD CLOUD3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 179 NGC4151- FOS/RD ACCUM 0.3 G570H 1 600S 1 CLOUD5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 180 NGC4151- FOS/RD ACCUM 0.3 G570H 1 600S 1 CLOUD6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 180.9 NGC4151 FOS/BL ACQ/ 4.3 MIRROR FAINT=1000 1 0.66S 1 GROUP 180.9-187 NO BINARY BRIGHT=660000 GAP ONBOARD ACQ FOR 181 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 181 NGC4151 FOS/BL ACQ/ 0.3 MIRROR SEARCH-SIZE=5 1 7.0S 1 ONBOARD ACQ FOR PEAK SCAN-STEP=0.1 182-187 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 182 NGC4151 FOS/BL ACCUM 0.3 G190H 1 1440S 1 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 183 NGC4151 FOS/BL ACCUM 0.3 G130H 1 5000S 1 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 184 NGC4151- FOS/BL ACCUM 0.3 G190H 1 1350S 1 1 CLOUD1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 185 NGC4151- FOS/BL ACCUM 0.3 G130H 1 3600S 1 1 CLOUD1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 186 NGC4151- FOS/BL ACCUM 0.3 G190H 1 1350S 1 1 CLOUD2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 187 NGC4151- FOS/BL ACCUM 0.3 G130H 1 3600S 1 1 CLOUD2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scan Paramters Form Proposal ID: 4220c [ 7] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Data ID: 1 Exposure Logsheet lines: 158,163.7 FGS Scan: DWELL Dwell Only: dwell points/line: 3 Seconds per dwell: 1.00 Scan width (arc-secs): 0.0000 Scan length (arc-secs): 2.8000 Angle between sides (degrees) 90.00 Number of lines: 1 Scan rate (arc-sec/sec): 0.0000 PA of first scan line (degrees) 0.000 Scan frame (CEL or S/C): S/C Length Offset (arc-sec): 1.4000 Width Offset (arc-sec): 0.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Data ID: 2 Exposure Logsheet lines: 159,163.8 FGS Scan: DWELL Dwell Only: dwell points/line: 6 Seconds per dwell: 1.00 Scan width (arc-secs): 0.7000 Scan length (arc-secs): 4.2000 Angle between sides (degrees) 90.00 Number of lines: 2 Scan rate (arc-sec/sec): 0.0000 PA of first scan line (degrees) 90.000 Scan frame (CEL or S/C): S/C Length Offset (arc-sec): 2.1000 Width Offset (arc-sec): 0.3500 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary Form for Proposal 4220c [ 8] Item Used in this proposal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Configurations FOS/BL FOS/RD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Opmodes ACCUM ACQ/PEAK ACQ/BINARY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Optional Parameters SEARCH-SIZE SCAN-STEP FAINT=2200 BRIGHT=660000 SEARCH-SIZE=5 SCAN-STEP=0.1 FAINT=1000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Proposal for GTO/FOS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ S/C Hours 15.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scientific Category QUASARS & AGN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scientific Sub-category ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Requirements GROUP 158-165 WITHIN 15D; GROUP 158-163 NO GAP; SEQ 158-161 NO GAP; SPATIAL SCAN; ONBOARD ACQ FOR 159; CYCLE 1 / 158-187 ONBOARD ACQ FOR 160 ONBOARD ACQ FOR 161 ONBOARD ACQ FOR 162-163 GROUP 163.7-165 NO GAP; SEQ 163.7-164 NO GAP; ONBOARD ACQ FOR 163.8 ONBOARD ACQ FOR 163.9 ONBOARD ACQ FOR 164 ONBOARD ACQ FOR 165 GROUP 166-180 NO GAP; ONBOARD ACQ FOR 167; ONBOARD ACQ FOR 168-180 GROUP 180.9-187 NO GAP; ONBOARD ACQ FOR 181 ONBOARD ACQ FOR 182-187 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spectral Elements G190H G130H G570H G400H G270H MIRROR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Target Names NGC1068 NGC1068-CLOUD3 NGC1068-CLOUD4 NGC4151 NGC4151-CLOUD1 NGC4151-CLOUD2 NGC4151-CLOUD3 NGC4151-CLOUD5 NGC4151-CLOUD6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------