Other Targets

• Observable from the SOAR-4m on the nights of September 28 - October 2, 2018.
  • Targets in the RA range of 20h00m->05h00m and DEC < 0 would be ideal.
  • Targets in the RA range of 15h00m->10h00m may be do-able, depending on the DEC (e.g., a field at 10h00m, -60d00m is do-able).
• Preferably brighter than r=18; definitely brighter than r=20.
• Program that can make use of the main program's setup (Goodman spectrgraph, 400l/mm grating, 2x2 pixel binning, wavelength coverage of about 3700-7200A with a (binned) dispersion of about 2A/pixel.

Combined Target Lists for Secondary Programs (Version: v20180929):

• Formatted for Observing Strategy (includes Estimated Exposure Times, Finding Charts, Airmass Tables, etc.)
• Formatted for the SOAR-4m TCS

Detailed Instructions from Target Contributors:

Quasar Candidates

Purpose: Obtain spectra sufficient to classify the candidate as a QSO (or not), and, if so, its redshift and line widths (the latter for estimating the mass of the central black hole).

Instructions:

Here is some basic information about each target, as well as priorities:

Pri	ObjID	r-band	RA	DEC
1	520	17.2	325.3	-0.8
2	268	20.6	15.8	-0.2
3	204	19.1	15.2	-0.9

Note the last object is almost certainly a blazar, as there is an SDSS
spectrum. It shows a fairly convincing continuum lag, but no broad lines
(just continuum). We're curious about it, but it is definitely our lowest
priority as we don't have a good way to estimate the BH mass.
  

Targets: QSOcandidates.csv

Finding Charts: QSO Candidate Finding Chart Page

Tarball: QSOcandidates.tgz