Page 1 PROPOSAL FOR HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS ST ScI Use Only ID 5099 Report Date: 18-Jul-95:16:58 Version: ********** Check-in Date: ********** 1.Proposal Title: IMAGING AND SPECTROSCOPY OF A COMPLETE SAMPLE OF BRIGHT NEARBY QUASARS: I. IMAGING ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Scientific Category 3. Proposal For 4. Proposal Type 5. Continuation ID QUASARS & AGN GTO/OS Sub Category ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Principal Investigator Institution Country Telephone Dr. John N. Bahcall INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY USA (609) 734-8054 DR. JOHN BAHCALL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7. Abstract A sample of 7 Palomar Green quasars will be imaged with the WFC. The morphology of the host galaxies is not discernible - in the presence of a bright center source (quasar) - with ground based observations, but will be determined with ST unless the galaxies are unexpectedly faint. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8. Scientific Key Words: QUASARS, IMAGING, MORPHOLOGY, HOST GALAXIES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9. Est obs time (hours) pri: 6.26 par: 0 10. Num targs pri: 9 par: 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11. Instruments requested: WF/PC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Page 2 I. GENERAL FORM Proposal 5099 PI: Dr. John N. Bahcall Proposal Title: IMAGING AND SPECTROSCOPY OF A COMPLETE SAMPLE OF BRIGHT NEARBY QUASARS: I. IMAGING ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Proposers: Proposers Institution Country ESA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. Donald Schneider INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY USA Dr. John N. Bahcall INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. Description of proposed observations. All exposures should be performed during dark time in order to image the faint surface brightness features of the galaxies. All objects will be imaged once with F606W. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4. Justification of need for HST observations. Ground-based observations cannot give a clear picture of the morphology of the host galaxies because of the effects of seeing on the intense light from the bright central sources. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5. Description of special scheduling requirements. Dark time is required to reveal low surface brightness features of host galaxies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Description of special calibration exposures. Dark time is required to reveal the galactic features of low surface brightness. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8. Additional comments or special requests. Deep 5 meter exposures will be obtained for comparison with ST images and for testing data analysis programs. These ground-based observations will also be used to determine the galactic companions of the bright quasars. Ground-based photometry of the quasars will be carried out as nearly simultaneously as possible to determine quasar brightness at time of ST imaging. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10. Resources to be supplied by investigator's institution(s). An image processing system, as well as computing support, will be provided. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11. Address Information Name: JOHN N. BAHCALL Category: PI Institution: INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY Address: OLDEN LANE City: PRINCETON State: NJ Zip Code: 08540 Country: USA Telephone: 609-734-8054 Telex (or e-mail): 837 680 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TARGET LIST a) Fixed Targets ID = 5099 [ 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 PG0953+414 E,313 RA=09H 56M 52.4S +/- 0.1S, 2000 Z=0.239 1 V = 14.5 +/- 0.2 (K348-7) DEC=+41D 15' 23" +/- 1.0" Comments: ALL RA UNCERTAINTIES ARE +/- 0.1S; ALL DEC UNCERTAINTIES ARE +/- 1.0". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 PG1116+215 E,313 RA=11H 19M 08.7S +/- 0.1S, 2000 Z=0.177 1 V=15.2 +/- 0.2 (TON1388) DEC=+21D 19' 18" +/- 1.0" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 PG1202+281 E,313 RA = 12H 04M 42.2S +/- 0.1S, 2000 Z=0.165 1 V=15.6 +/- 0.2 (GQ-COM) DEC = +27D 54' 12" +/- 1.0" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 PG1226+023 E,314 RA = 12H 29M 06.7S +/- 0.1S, 2000 Z=0.158 1 V = 12.8 +/- 0.2 (3C273) DEC = +02D 03' 08" +/- 1.0" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 PG1302-102 E,314 RA = 13H 05M 33.0S +/- 0.1S, 2000 Z=0.286 1 V = 15.2 +/- 0.2 (PKS1302- DEC = -10D 33' 20" +/- 1.0" 102) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 PG1444+407 E,313 RA = 14H 46M 45.9S +/- 0.1S, 2000 Z=0.267 1 V = 16.0 +/- 0.2 DEC = +40D 35' 06" +/- 1.0" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 PG1545+210 E,314 RA = 15H 47M 43.5S +/- 0.1S, 2000 Z=0.266 1 V = 16.7 +/- 0.2 (3C323.1) DEC = +20D 52' 16" +/- 1.0" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EXPOSURE LOGSHEET ID = 5099 [ 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 PG0953+414 WFPC2 IMAGE WF3 F606W CR-SPLIT=NO 1 1100S 1 CYCLE 4 SEQ 1.0-1.2 NO GAP DARK TIME / 1.0- 7.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.1 PG0953+414 WFPC2 IMAGE WF3 F606W CR-SPLIT=NO 1 100S 1 CYCLE 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.2 PG0953+414 WFPC2 IMAGE WF3 F606W CR-SPLIT=NO 1 600S 1 CYCLE 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 PG1116+215 WFPC2 IMAGE WF3 F606W CR-SPLIT=NO 1 1100S 1 CYCLE 4 SEQ 2.0-2.2 NO GAP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2.1 PG1116+215 WFPC2 IMAGE WF3 F606W CR-SPLIT=NO 1 600S 1 CYCLE 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2.2 PG1116+215 WFPC2 IMAGE WF3 F606W CR-SPLIT=NO 1 100S 1 CYCLE 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 PG1202+281 WFPC2 IMAGE WF3 F606W CR-SPLIT=NO 1 1100S 1 CYCLE 4 SEQ 3.0-3.2 NO GAP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3.1 PG1202+281 WFPC2 IMAGE WF3 F606W CR-SPLIT=NO 1 600S 1 CYCLE 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3.2 PG1202+281 WFPC2 IMAGE WF3 F606W CR-SPLIT=NO 1 100S 1 CYCLE 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 PG1226+023 WFPC2 IMAGE WF3 F606W CR-SPLIT=NO 1 1100S 1 CYCLE 4 SEQ 4.0-4.4 NO GAP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4.1 PG1226+023 WFPC2 IMAGE WF3 F606W CR-SPLIT=NO 1 600S 1 CYCLE 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4.2 PG1226+023 WFPC2 IMAGE WF3 F606W CR-SPLIT=NO 1 100S 1 CYCLE 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4.3 PG1226+023 WFPC2 IMAGE WF3 F450W CR-SPLIT=NO 1 200S 1 CYCLE 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4.4 PG1226+023 WFPC2 IMAGE WF3 F450W CR-SPLIT=NO 1 900S 1 CYCLE 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 PG1302-102 WFPC2 IMAGE WF3 F606W CR-SPLIT=NO 1 1100S 1 CYCLE 4 SEQ 5.0-5.2 NO GAP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5.1 PG1302-102 WFPC2 IMAGE WF3 F606W CR-SPLIT=NO 1 600S 1 CYCLE 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5.2 PG1302-102 WFPC2 IMAGE WF3 F606W CR-SPLIT=NO 1 100S 1 CYCLE 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 PG1444+407 WFPC2 IMAGE WF3 F606W CR-SPLIT=NO 1 1100S 1 CYCLE 4 SEQ 6.0-6.2 NO GAP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6.1 PG1444+407 WFPC2 IMAGE WF3 F606W CR-SPLIT=NO 1 600S 1 CYCLE 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6.2 PG1444+407 WFPC2 IMAGE WF3 F606W CR-SPLIT=NO 1 100S 1 CYCLE 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 PG1545+210 WFPC2 IMAGE WF3 F606W CR-SPLIT=NO 1 1100S 1 CYCLE 4 SEQ 7.0-7.2 NO GAP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7.1 PG1545+210 WFPC2 IMAGE WF3 F606W CR-SPLIT=NO 1 600S 1 CYCLE 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EXPOSURE LOGSHEET ID = 5099 [ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7.2 PG1545+210 WFPC2 IMAGE WF3 F606W CR-SPLIT=NO 1 100S 1 CYCLE 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary Form for Proposal 5099 [ 6] Item Used in this proposal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Configurations WFPC2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Opmodes IMAGE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Optional Parameters CR-SPLIT=NO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Proposal for GTO/OS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ S/C Hours 6.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scientific Category QUASARS & AGN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scientific Sub-category ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Requirements CYCLE 4; SEQ 1.0-1.2 NO GAP; DARK TIME / 1.0-7.2 CYCLE 4 SEQ 2.0-2.2 NO GAP SEQ 3.0-3.2 NO GAP SEQ 4.0-4.4 NO GAP SEQ 5.0-5.2 NO GAP SEQ 6.0-6.2 NO GAP SEQ 7.0-7.2 NO GAP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spectral Elements F606W F450W ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Target Names PG0953+414 (K348-7) PG1116+215 (TON1388) PG1202+281 (GQ-COM) PG1226+023 (3C273) PG1302-102 (PKS1302-102) PG1444+407 PG1545+210 (3C323.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------