How to Make Observation Plan?

Pelatihan Khusus Tahap II

IOAA 2017 Phuket, Thailand
TPOA Indonesia

Balai Kartini, 20 February 2017 by: Irfan Imaduddin (II)

Optical Telescope System

Optical Tube
Detector + Analyzer + Assembly (OTA)
light source
RTFM! (Read The F* Manual!)
Before use the instrument for any purposes, read your instrument manual first!
 Instrument Specifications
Telescopes Diameter (mm) F/D

Celestron C-8 XLT 203,2 10

Skywatcher BK909EQ2 90 10 Analyzers Sensitivity

Skywatcher BK809EQ2 80 11,375 DSS-7 4000 - 8000

Barride Optics BN-900102EQ IV-S 102 8,82 Bessel B-band B band

Bessel V-band V band
Celestron Astromaster 130EQ 130 5
Bessel R-band R band
Detectors pixel array pixel dimension (m) Bessel I-band I band
SBIG ST-7XME 765 x 510 9x9
SBIG ST-402XME 765 x 510 9x9
Canon 1100D 4727 x 2848 5,2 x 5,2
Astronomical Observation Techniques

Astrometry
Photometry
Spectroscopy
Astrometry
Accurate position measurement of celestial body in the image
Sky
(sphere)
General expression:
(1950.0)= 20h:02m:49.7s
(1950.0)=-14:09:38.1

From astronomical
imaging through Detector
telescope one gets (plane)
image
Source: HLM Source: BD
Astrometry
Accurate position measurement of celestial body in the image
Sky
(sphere)
General expression:
(1950.0)= 20h:02m:49.7s
(1950.0)=-14:09:38.1

From astronomical
imaging through Detector
telescope one gets (plane)
image
Source: HLM Source: BD
Astrometry
Accurate position measurement of celestial body in the image
Sky
(sphere)
General expression:
(1950.0)= 20h:02m:49.7s
(1950.0)=-14:09:38.1

From astronomical
imaging through Detector
telescope one gets (plane)
image
Source: HLM Source: BD
Astrometry (Ne/Sne and small bodies)
For astrometry, there should be three
(minimal) wellknown-position objects in
the field of view.
Uemura et al, 2004b

Source: TPOA Source: BD

 Photometry
Accurate measurement of celestial bodys intensity in various
wavelength

1. Absolute photometry: Atmospheric extinctions, transformation

coefficients, zero point, precision photometry, photometric
sequence
2. Differential photometry: Light curves

For differential photometry, there

should be two (minimal) well known
& relatively constant magnitude of
objects in the field of view.

Source: HLM
Haans et al, 2014
Spectroscopy
Light analysis as a
function of wavelength

Astronomical spectrograph : Instrument for

spectroscopy

Source: HLM
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 Airmass
When observing a star, the total atmospheric absorption
depends upon the column density of gas along the line of sight.
Away from zenith, the column density of material increases,
and hence so does the absorption.
First approx.: planar atmosphere
(plane parallel) X = sec z (descent for
z <= 60)
For z > 60:
X = sec z 0.0018167(sec z -1)
0.002875(sec z -1)2 0.008083(sec z -1)3
(Bemporad, 1904)
sec = (sin sin + cos cos cos )1

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The Case of
Spectroscopy
For Meade LX200-R (D = 254mm; f
= 2500mm), SBIG CCD ST-402XME
and LHIRES III Spectrograph
Source: HLM
 AAVSO OBSERVATION PLANNER

aavso.org
 AAVSO STAR CHARTS

aavso.org
Star chart and observed image
(28 July 2016 02.27 WIB)

Source: II & DGR

AstroPlanner
Available at www.ilangainc.com/astroplanner/
Free (limited), to get complete catalogue, one should buy from the
web site
Running under Microsoft windows platform (Windows XP)
4 menus: Observing, Field
of view, Sky, Planning
Planning observation: Specify site, fix date and time, input
objects coordinates, and select telescope (+CCD camera)

Rise and set of

object (cross) and
moon (circle)
Field-of-view
 Tugas (Deadline: 24 Februari 2017)^
1. Pilih topik pengamatan, teknik pengamatan, tujuan pengamatan*
2. Pilih objek program serta objek pembanding/standar (bila dibutuhkan)**
3. Pilih instrumen yang akan digunakan***
4. Buat diagram ketinggian & massa udara terhadap waktu untuk objek program
serta objek pembanding/standar (bila dibutuhkan).
5. Tentukan waktu eksposure untuk mendapatkan nilai S/N yang dapat diukur****

^ : Jawaban tiap peserta berbeda, seeing Observatorium Bosscha diasumsikan 2

* : Pengamatan dilakukan di Observatorium Bosscha (Long = 107 37 00, Lat = -6 49 53)
** : Tuliskan nama dan informasi objek tersebut
*** : Tuliskan spesifikasi serta parameter turunan dari instrumen yang akan digunakan
**** : khusus spektroskopi, untuk memudahkan, nilai R dapat dihitung dengan persamaan R = /