Page 1 PROPOSAL FOR HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS ST ScI Use Only ID 4983c Report Date: 09-May-96:20:14 Version: ********** Check-in Date: ********** 1.Proposal Title: INTERSTELLAR KRYPTON - EXPO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Scientific Category 3. Proposal For 4. Proposal Type 5. Continuation ID INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM GTO/HRS Sub Category ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Principal Investigator Institution Country Telephone Dr. Dennis C. Ebbets BALL AEROSPACE CORPORATION USA (303) 939-5964 PRIN MEM TECH STAFF ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7. Abstract The GHRS will be used in medium resolution mode G160M to observe the very weak absorption lines of interstellar Kr and Ge at wavelengths near 1236 A, and in Echelle B to record Zn and Cr near 2064 A. The S/N as determined by photon statistics will be approximately 400 for the shorter wavelengths and 100 for the longer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9. Est obs time (hours) pri: 2.79 par: 0 10. Num targs pri: 2 par: 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Page 2 I. GENERAL FORM Proposal 4983c PI: Dr. Dennis C. Ebbets Proposal Title: INTERSTELLAR KRYPTON - EXPO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Proposers: Proposers Institution Country ESA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dennis C. Ebbets BALL AEROSPACE CORPORATION USA Jason A. Cardelli UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN USA David M. Meyer NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. Description of proposed observations. Each star has an LSA acquisition using return to brightest point with Mirror A2, an LSA peakup, and an SSA peakup. G160M is used at central wavelength 1239A, with standard fp-split and two substeps per diode width. Echelle B is used for the longer wavelengths, also with fp-split and 2 substeps. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11. Address Information Name: DENNIS C. EBBETS Category: PI Institution: BALL AEROSPACE SYSTEMS DIVISION Address: HRS PROJECT AR1 P.O. BOX 1062 City: BOULDER State: CO Zip Code: 80306 Country: USA Telephone: (303) 939-5964 Telex (or e-mail): ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: JASON A. CARDELLI Category: CON Institution: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN Address: DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY 475 N. CHARTER STREET City: MADISN State: WI Zip Code: 53706 Country: USA Telephone: (608) 262-7921 Telex (or e-mail): ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name: DAVID M. MEYER Category: CON Institution: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Address: DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY City: EVANSTON State: IL Zip Code: 60208 Country: USA Telephone: (312) 492-4516 Telex (or e-mail): ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TARGET LIST a) Fixed Targets ID = 4983c [ 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 ZETA-PER A, 113, G, 508 RA = 03H 50M 58.96S+/-0.1", 1950 1 V = 2.85 +/- 0.1 DEC = +31D 44' 12.55"+/-0.1" 2 F(1240) = 1.16E-9 3 F(2064) = 4.64E-10 Comments: SAO COORDINATES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 LAMBDA-ORI A, 107, G, 503 RA = 05H 32M 22.91S+/-0.1", 1950 1 V = 3.39 +/- 0.5 DEC = +09D 54' 08.35"+/-0.1" 2 F(1240) = 6.19E-9 3 F(2064) = 2.29E-9 Comments: SAO COORDINATES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EXPOSURE LOGSHEET ID = 4983c [ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10 ZETA-PER HRS ACQ 2.0 MIRROR-A2 SEARCH-SIZE=3 1 1.8S 50 1 1 CYCLE 4 / 10-50 BRIGHT=RETURN ONBOARD ACQ FOR 30 -50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 30 ZETA-PER HRS ACQ/ 0.25 MIRROR-A2 1 5S 50 1 1 PEAKUP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 40 ZETA-PER HRS ACCUM 0.25 G160M 1239 STEP-PATT=4 1 30M 400 2 1 FP-SPLIT=STD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 50 ZETA-PER HRS ACCUM 0.25 ECH-B27 2064 STEP-PATT=6 1 5M 100 3 1 FP-SPLIT=STD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 110 LAMBDA-ORI HRS ACQ 2.0 MIRROR-A2 SEARCH-SIZE=3 1 1.8S 50 1 1 CYCLE 4 / 110-150 BRIGHT=RETURN ONBOARD ACQ FOR 130-150 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 130 LAMBDA-ORI HRS ACQ/ 0.25 MIRROR-A2 1 5S 50 1 1 PEAKUP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 140 LAMBDA-ORI HRS ACCUM 0.25 G160M 1239 STEP-PATT=4 1 10M 400 2 1 FP-SPLIT=STD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 150 LAMBDA-ORI HRS ACCUM 0.25 ECH-B27 2064 STEP-PATT=6 1 5M 100 3 1 FP-SPLIT=STD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary Form for Proposal 4983c [ 5] Item Used in this proposal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Configurations HRS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Opmodes ACQ ACQ/PEAKUP ACCUM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Optional Parameters SEARCH-SIZE=3 BRIGHT=RETURN STEP-PATT=4 FP-SPLIT=STD STEP-PATT=6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Proposal for GTO/HRS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ S/C Hours 2.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scientific Category INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scientific Sub-category ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Requirements CYCLE 4 / 10-50; ONBOARD ACQ FOR 30-50; CYCLE 4 / 110-150; ONBOARD ACQ FOR 130-150; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spectral Elements MIRROR-A2 G160M ECH-B27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Target Names ZETA-PER LAMBDA-ORI ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------