Page 1 PROPOSAL FOR HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE OBSERVATIONS ST ScI Use Only ID 5224c Report Date: 09-May-96:20:27 Version: ********** Check-in Date: ********** 1.Proposal Title: QUASAR ABSORPTION LINE SURVEY - CYCLE 3 SUPPLEMENTAL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Scientific Category 3. Proposal For 4. Proposal Type 5. Continuation ID QUASARS & AGN GO 3 Long Term yrs 2424 Sub Category Large Project QUASAR ABSORPTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Principal Investigator Institution Country Telephone John N. Bahcall INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7. Abstract This file contains observations that are part of supplemental time cycle 3 allocation. This allocation is for 25 hours of spacecraft time. The Absorption Line Survey of bright quasars provides a homogeneous data base for studying fundamental questions about the origin and evolution of gaseous systems in the universe. The initial results determine at small redshifts the number densities of Ly-ALPHA systems, of metal-lines and extragalactic halos, of Lyman-limit systems, of associated absorption systems, and the shapes and intensities of quasar emission lines and spectral energy distributions. The survey reveals that much of the sky is covered by high or very high velocity metal-line clouds present in the Galactic halo. A larger sample, which includes the requested Cycle 3 HIGH Priority Obs., required to answer many important questions. (See abstract for Part 1, P4581) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9. Est obs time (hours) pri: 25.00 par: 0 10. Num targs pri: 6 par: 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11. Instruments requested: FOS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Page 2 I. GENERAL FORM Proposal 5224c PI: John N. Bahcall Proposal Title: QUASAR ABSORPTION LINE SURVEY - CYCLE 3 SUPPLEMENTAL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Proposers: Proposers Institution Country ESA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pi John N. Bahcall INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY USA Jacqueline Bergeron CNRS INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE FRANCE X Alec Boksenberg ROYAL GREENWICH OBSERVATORY UNITED KING X George F. Hartig STSCI USA Buell T. Jannuzi INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY USA W. Sargent CALTECH USA Blair D. Savage UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN USA Donald P. Schneider INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY USA Dave A. Turnshek UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH USA Ray J. Weymann OBSERVATORIES OF THE CIW USA Arthur M. Wolfe CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS & SPACE USA SCIENCES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11. Address Information Name: John N. Bahcall Category: PI Institution: Institute for Advanced Study Address: School of Natural Sciences Olden Lane City: Princeton State: NJ Zip Code: 08540 Country: USA Telephone: 609-734-8058 Telex (or e-mail): 229734 IAS UR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TARGET LIST a) Fixed Targets ID = 5224c [ 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 PKS0355-483 E,314,321 RA = 03H 57M 21.9S +/- 0.1S 2000 Z=1.016 1 V = 16.38 +/- 0.1 , DEC = -48D 12' 15.0" +/- 1.0" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 PKS0402-362 E,314,321 RA = 04H 03M 53.7S +/- 0.1S 2000 Z=1.417 1 V = 16.90 +/- 0.1 , DEC = -36D 05' 03.0" +/- 1.0" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 PKS0514-16 E,314,321 RA = 05H 16M 15.9S +/- 0.1S 2000 Z=1.278 1 V = 16.90 +/- 0.1 , DEC = -16D 03' 08.0" +/- 1.0" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 HS0624+6907 E,313,321 RA = 06H 30M 02.5S +/- 0.1S 2000 Z=0.370 1 V = 14.20 +/- 0.1 , DEC = +69D 05' 04.3" +/- 1.0" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 3C351 E,314,321 PLATE-ID=00T2 , 2000 Z=0.371 1 V = 15.50 +/- 0.1 RA = 17H 04M 41.3S +/- 0.1S , DEC = +60D 44' 30.0" +/- 1.0" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 TON28 E,314,321 PLATE-ID=021H , 2000 Z=0.329 1 V = 15.80 +/- 0.1 RA = 10H 04M 02.6S +/- 0.1S , DEC = +28D 55' 35.0" +/- 1.0" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EXPOSURE LOGSHEET ID = 5224c [ 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 PKS0355-483 FOS/RD ACQ/ 4.3 MIRROR 1 12.2S 1 ONBOARD ACQ FOR BINARY 1.10 CYCLE 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.1 PKS0355-483 FOS/RD ACQ/ 0.25X2. MIRROR TYPE=UP 1 12.2S 1 CYCLE 3 PEAK 0 ONBOARD ACQ FOR 2.00, 3.00 SPATIAL SCAN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 PKS0355-483 FOS/RD RAPID 0.25X2. G190H 1900 READ-TIME=40 1 176.00M 1 1 CYCLE 3 0 SEQ 2.00, 3.00 NO GAP ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 PKS0355-483 FOS/RD RAPID 0.25X2. G270H 2700 READ-TIME=40 1 36.00M 1 1 CYCLE 3 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 PKS0402-362 FOS/RD ACQ/ 4.3 MIRROR 1 19.6S 1 ONBOARD ACQ FOR BINARY 4.10 CYCLE 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4.1 PKS0402-362 FOS/RD ACQ/ 0.25X2. MIRROR TYPE=UP 1 19.6S 1 CYCLE 3 PEAK 0 ONBOARD ACQ FOR 5.00 SPATIAL SCAN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 PKS0402-362 FOS/RD RAPID 0.25X2. G270H 2700 READ-TIME=40 1 70.00M 1 1 CYCLE 3 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 PKS0514-16 FOS/RD ACQ/ 4.3 MIRROR 1 19.56S 1 ONBOARD ACQ FOR BINARY 6.10 CYCLE 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6.1 PKS0514-16 FOS/RD ACQ/ 0.25X2. MIRROR TYPE=UP 1 19.56S 1 CYCLE 3 PEAK 0 ONBOARD ACQ FOR 7.00 SPATIAL SCAN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 PKS0514-16 FOS/RD RAPID 0.25X2. G270H 2700 READ-TIME=40 1 76.00M 1 1 CYCLE 3 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8 HS0624+6907 FOS/BL ACQ/ 4.3 MIRROR 1 3.6S 1 CYCLE 3 BINARY ONBOARD ACQ FOR 8.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8.1 HS0624+6907 FOS/BL ACQ/ 0.25X2. MIRROR TYPE=UP 1 3.6S 1 CYCLE 3 PEAK 0 ONBOARD ACQ FOR 9.00 SPATIAL SCAN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9 HS0624+6907 FOS/BL RAPID 0.25X2. G130H 1300 READ-TIME=40 1 154.00M 1 1 CYCLE 3 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EXPOSURE LOGSHEET ID = 5224c [ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10 3C351 FOS/BL ACQ/ 4.3 MIRROR 1 11.9S 1 CYCLE 3 BINARY ONBOARD ACQ FOR 10.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10.1 3C351 FOS/BL ACQ/ 0.25X2. MIRROR TYPE=UP 1 11.9S 1 CYCLE 3 PEAK 0 ONBOARD ACQ FOR 11.00 SPATIAL SCAN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11 3C351 FOS/BL RAPID 0.25X2. G130H 1300 READ-TIME=40 1 284.00M 1 1 CYCLE 3 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12 TON28 FOS/BL ACQ/ 4.3 MIRROR 1 15.57S 1 CYCLE 3 BINARY ONBOARD ACQ FOR 12.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12.1 TON28 FOS/BL ACQ/ 0.25X2. MIRROR TYPE=UP 1 15.57S 1 CYCLE 3 PEAK 0 ONBOARD ACQ FOR 13.00 SPATIAL SCAN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13 TON28 FOS/BL RAPID 0.25X2. G130H 1300 READ-TIME=40 1 288M 1 1 CYCLE 3 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scan Paramters Form Proposal ID: 5224c [ 6] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Data ID: 1 Exposure Logsheet lines: 1.10, 4.10, 6.10, FGS Scan: DWELL Dwell Only: dwell points/line: 7 Seconds per dwell: 1.00 Scan width (arc-secs): 0.0000 Scan length (arc-secs): 0.4000 Angle between sides (degrees) 90.00 Number of lines: 1 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): 0.2000 Width Offset (arc-sec): 0.0000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary Form for Proposal 5224c [ 7] Item Used in this proposal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Configurations FOS/RD FOS/BL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Opmodes ACQ/BINARY ACQ/PEAK RAPID ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Optional Parameters TYPE=UP READ-TIME=40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Proposal for GO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ S/C Hours 25.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scientific Category QUASARS & AGN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scientific Sub-category QUASAR ABSORPTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Requirements ONBOARD ACQ FOR 1.10; CYCLE 3; ONBOARD ACQ FOR 2.00, 3.00; SPATIAL SCAN ; SEQ 2.00, 3.00 NO GAP ; ONBOARD ACQ FOR 4.10; ONBOARD ACQ FOR 5.00; ONBOARD ACQ FOR 6.10; ONBOARD ACQ FOR 7.00; ONBOARD ACQ FOR 8.10 ; ONBOARD ACQ FOR 9.00; CYCLE 3 ; ONBOARD ACQ FOR 10.10 ; ONBOARD ACQ FOR 11.00; ONBOARD ACQ FOR 12.10 ; ONBOARD ACQ FOR 13.00; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Spectral Elements MIRROR G190H G270H G130H ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Target Names PKS0355-483 PKS0402-362 PKS0514-16 HS0624+6907 3C351 TON28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------