!  File:  3057C.PROP
!  Database:  PEPDB
!  Date:  18-FEB-1994:13:24:42

coverpage:

  title_1:         FUV PRISM SPECTRUM OF A HIGH REDSHIFT QSO
    sci_cat:       QUASARS & AGN
    proposal_for:  SAT/FOC
    pi_fname:      DUCCIO
    pi_lname:      MACCHETTO
    pi_inst:       SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE
    pi_country:    USA
    pi_phone:      (301) 338 4790
    keywords_1:    OBJECTIVE PRISMS
    hours_pri:     1.00
    num_pri:       1
    pi_position:   SPD HEAD
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abstract:

    line_1:        Had the OTA PSF been as anticipated, then use of the the ultraviolet
    line_2:        objective prisms of the Faint Object Camera would certainly have been
    line_3:        the fastest and easiest means of obtaining exploratory low resolution
    line_4:        spectra of objects. Whether or not this still is the case can only
    line_5:        be checked by observation.
    line_6:        One of several key FOC GTO programs employing the prisms involves carrying
    line_7:        out an FUV spectroscopic "mini-survey" of a number of Z>3.1 quasars with
    line_8:        the aim of identifying one or more objects that are not completely absorbed
    line_9:        by intervening HI Lyman continuum absorption at emitted HeII 304 A -
    line_10:       thereby permitting the detection of the anticipated "HeII forest" matching
    line_11:       that seen in HI Lyman alpha, and the HeII equivalent of the Gunn-Peterson
    line_12:       test for intergalactic helium to be carried out.
    line_13:       It is proposed that a series of FOC FUV prism exposures of one of the qso's
    line_14:       from the FOC GTO program be brought forward in order to evaluate the
    line_15:       performance of the FOC prisms in with the present OTA PSF. A suitable
    line_16:       target is 2204-409.  This quasar is relatively bright
    line_17:       (V=17.8) and is known to contain no strong HI Lyman limit or damped Lyman
    line_18:       alpha absorption systems down to the atmospheric cutoff.

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general_form_proposers:

  lname:           MACCHETTO
    fname:         DUCCIO
    inst:          SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE
    country:       USA
    esa:           Y

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  lname:           JAKOBSEN
    fname:         PETER
    inst:          ESA
    country:       NETHERLANDS
    esa:           Y

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    section:       1
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    section:       1
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    section:       1
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general_form_address:

  lname:           MACCHETTO
    fname:         DUCCIO
    category:      PI
    inst:          SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE

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fixed_targets:

    targnum:       1
    name_1:        Q2204-409
    descr_1:       HIGH Z QSO
    pos_1:         RA = 22H 07M 34.4S +/- 1",
    pos_2:         DEC = -40D 36' 55.3" +/- 1"
    equinox:       2000
    rv_or_z:       Z = 3.17
    fluxnum_1:     1
    fluxval_2:     V = 17.6

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exposure_logsheet:

    linenum:       1.000
    targname:      Q2204-409
    config:        FOC/96
    opmode:        ACQ
    aperture:      512X1024
    sp_element:    F430W
    num_exp:       1
    time_per_exp:  600S
    s_to_n:        5
    priority:      1
    param_1:       PIXEL=50X25
    req_1:         CYCLE 0;
    req_2:         INT ACQ FOR 2.0;
    req_3:         CRIT OBS
    comment_1:     ALL OBSERVATIONS ARE TO BE SCHEDULED
    comment_2:     OUTSIDE SAA CONTOUR 5

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    linenum:       2.000
    targname:      Q2204-409
    config:        FOC/96
    opmode:        IMAGE
    aperture:      512X512
    sp_element:    PRISM1
    wavelength:    1150-6000
    num_exp:       3
    time_per_exp:  900S
    s_to_n:        5
    fluxnum_1:     1
    priority:      1
    req_1:         CYCLE 0

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