Dates Telescope Program Observers Phot/Total Nights ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2001 Mar 06-12 Bige 1.5m NIR imag Engelbracht, Gordon 0.5/6 2001 Mar 27-Apr 01 KPNO 2.1m Opt imag Calzetti, Dale 2.5/6 2001 Mar 05-10 Bige 1.5m NIR imag Grauer 3/5 2001 Oct 16-Oct 23 CTIO 1.5m Opt imag Regan 5/8 2001 Oct 30-Nov 08 CTIO 1.5m NIR imag Thornley, Roussel 3.5/10 2001 Nov 07-Nov 15 KPNO 2.1m Opt imag Gordon,Engelbr,Malhotra 5/9 2001 Nov 10-13 Stew 2.3m Opt spec Kennicutt, Moustakas 2.5/3 2001 Dec 03-08 Stew 2.3m NIR imag Grauer 4/6 2001 Dec 20-Dec 24 CTIO 1.5m Opt spec Calzetti, Dale 2.5/5 2002 Feb 07-Feb 10 Stew 2.3m Opt spec Kennicutt, Moustakas 3.5/4 2002 Feb 25-Mar 03 Stew 1.5m NIR imag M. Rieke 5/7 2002 Mar 04-Mar 10 KPNO 2.1m Opt imag Dale, Murphy, Smith 4/7 2002 Apr 08-Apr 14 KPNO 2.1m Opt imag Smith,Roussel,Enge,Kenn 0.5/7 2002 Apr 25-Apr 30 Stew 2.3m NIR imag Grauer 0.5/6 2002 May 02-May 04 Bige 1.5m NIR imag Grauer 3/3 2002 May 11-May 13 Stew 2.3m Opt spec Kennicutt, Moustakas ?/3 2002 May 27-May 28 Stew 2.3m NIR imag Grauer ?/2 2002 May 29-Jun 03 Stew 1.5m NIR imag Grauer (forest fire) 0/6 2002 Dec 10-Dec 18 Bige 1.5m NIR imag Grauer, Dale, Smith ~4/9 2003 Feb 20-Feb 22 KPNO 2.1m Opt imag Smith, Engelbracht 1.5/3 2004 Jan 25-Jan 27 Plmr 5m NIR imag Armus, Smith ~1/1.5 2004 Mar 21-Mar 25 Bige 1.5m NIR imag Bendo ~1/4 2004 Apr 9-Apr 11 Plmr 5m NIR imag Roussel, Jarrett 3/3 ---------------------------------------------------------- ** Steward 1.5m NIR imaging 2001 Mar 06-12 >Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 19:29:15 -0700 (MST) >From: Rob Kennicutt Our first IR imaging and optical imaging runs began this month. The IR imaging on the Steward 1.5m telescope was all but wiped out by bad weather, and we will try again in the near future. ---------------------------------------------------------- ** KPNO 2.1m optical imaging 2001 Mar 27-Apr 01 >Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 15:52:05 -0700 (PDT) >From: Danny Dale Dear Team, Daniela and I are happy to announce the (data) birth of the SINGS project! We are the proud parents of 5.5 nights of KPNO 2.1m data (we closed the dome the last half night of the run), with about 2.5 of the nights being photometric. BVRI+Halpha data were obtained during the photometric nights. Otherwise we just took deep R+Halpha frames, with the expectation that they will be calibrated during the run next spring. Some interesting aspects to the run: a spectacular dust lane in NGC 5866, strong Halpha emission in the outer disk of M81, a beautiful colorful aurora on the morning of March 30, and wind gusts over 60 mph last night! Galaxies with BVRI+Halpha data: NGC 3031, NGC 4321, NGC 5194/5, NGC 5474, Holmberg II, NGC 3521 (R+Ha), NGC 3351 (R+Ha), IC 2574, NGC 4236, and NGC 5713. See you tomorrow, Danny ---------------------------------------------------------- ** Steward 1.5m optical imaging >Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 13:11:21 -0700 (MST) >From: Rob Kennicutt Hi, During an observing run this weekend on the 90-inch I was able to obtain Halpha and R imaging for several SINGS galaxies, mostly M81 group members. All are single fields with a 5x5 arcmin imager. NGC 2366 * NGC 2976 NGC 4625 NGC 5474 * DDO 53 Ho I M81dwA M81dwB Ho IX * means galaxy may be larger than CCD field ---------------------------------------------------------- ** CTIO BVRI+Halpha Imaging 2001 Oct 16-Oct 23 >From mregan@stsci.edu Mon Nov 12 12:58:21 2001 Rob, The run went went very well. I had 5 photometric and 2.25 spectroscopic nights out of 8 possible. I observed 19 SINGS galaxies in all the wave bands. I think we have two southern galaxies left that I could not reach. The seeing was 0.8-1.3 arc seconds during the run. I got the following galaxies. Unless noted I obtained photometric observations with all the filters: IC 4710 NGC 6822 NGC 7552 NGC 7793 NGC 0024 NGC 0337 NGC 0584 NGC 0628 - Photometric BVRI seeing of 1.1-1.3; non-photo, wrong filter H alpha, not great seeing NGC 1097 NGC 1266 NGC 1291 NGC 1316 NGC 1377 NGC 1404 NGC 1482 NGC 1512 NGC 1566 NGC 1705 NGC 2915 Mike ------------------------------------------------- ** CTIO JHK Imaging 2001 Oct 30-Nov 08 >From hroussel@ipac.caltech.edu Mon Nov 12 11:06:16 2001 Dear Rob, Here is a brief summary of my part of the near-IR imaging run in Cerro Tololo (five nights from October 30 to November 3) : - 3 good nights, 2 cloudy nights. - observed galaxies (20 min in each filter and in good weather unless specified) : IC4710 J, H, Ks N1097 : J, H, Ks (in clouds) N1291 : J, H, Ks (16 min in J instead of 20 min, very clear sky) N1316 : J, H, Ks (16 min in J, track rate problem) N1404 : J, H, Ks (16 min in H and Ks) N1512 : H, Ks (in clouds) and J (12 min, very clear sky) N1705 : J, H, Ks N7552 : J, H, Ks N7793 : J, H, Ks (24 min in Ks, high sky variability) - very severe track rate error during the observation of N1316, likely because the telescope was not well balanced after it had been rotated (drift by as much as 3.2 arcsec per minute after an arbitrary correction by the night assistant). This problem should not affect the other galaxies. - ring pattern in H-band images, due to OH sky lines, which can be subtracted satisfactorily with sky frames according to Bob Blum. We received a good support from the CTIO staff. Michele will send you another report for the part she has covered. Helene >From mthornle@bucknell.edu Mon Nov 12 15:03:44 2001 Dear Rob, For the second half of the NIR run: --1 cloudy night (no useable data), 1 half clear/half cloudy, and three nights of continuously variable cirrus. Much of the data taken is probably usable, even if not photometric; I'll have to sort through it to really tell. NGC 0584: J,H,Ks (variable clouds) NGC 1566: J,H, Ks (cirrus, improving for the Ks map) NGC 1566: J (clear on another night, but worse seeing, 16 minutes) NGC 7793: Ks (clear) NGC 1097: J, Ks (mostly clear) NGC 1482: J, Ks (increasing clouds) NGC 0024: J, Ks (variable cirrus) NGC 1512: Ks (clear) NGC 2915: Ks non-detection in light cirrus NGC 3621: Ks (12 minutes) Non SINGS: I got a Ks map of Tol2138-405 and a shorter integration in Ks of Haro 11 for Chad before the clouds closed in one night. Michele --------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 13:38:36 -0700 (MST) From: George Bendo To: ddale@uwyo.edu Subject: Summary of data reduction from CTIO 2001 observations Hello Danny, Here is a summary of my data reduction results for data taken by Michele Thornley and Helene Roussel at the CTIO 1.5m on Oct 30 - Nov 8. Please let me know if you cannot understand this table. I will produce a similar table for the submillimeter data later today and tomorrow. Thank you, George B J H K IC 4710 1* 2 2 NGC 24 2 4 NGC 584 2 3 3 NGC 1097 1 1 NGC 1291 1* 3* 1* NGC 1316 2* 2* 2* NGC 1404 1 3 1 NGC 1482 3 3 NGC 1512 1* 1 NGC 1566 1 2 1 NGC 1705 1* 1* 1* NGC 7552 1* 1* 1* NGC 7793 3 3 1 Quality Key: * Photometric 1 Very good quality, minimal artifacts 2 Good quality, minor artifacts (background is not flat, focus is imperfect) 3 Fair quality, strong artifacts (background is not flat) 4 Poor quality, data unusable ------------------------------------------------------ ** KPNO BVRI+H-alpha Imaging 2001 Nov 07-Nov 15 >From kgordon@mips.as.arizona.edu Mon Nov 12 03:20:22 2001 KP 2.1m, 7-15 Nov 2001 Gordon, Engelbrach, Malhotra BVRI,H-alpha imaging The weather has not been fully cooperating. Of the 5 nights so far, we have lost 1.5 to clouds. The seeing has usually been sub-arcsecond and 3 of the nights have probably been photometric. As of 12 Nov 2001, we have gotten: NGC 6946 d=11.5 BVRI,H-alpha NGC 7331 d=10.5 BVRI NGC 925 d=10.5 BVRI NGC 2403 d=21.5 BVI (BV still need a couple of pointings) Cheers, Karl. >Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 14:39:30 -0700 >From: Karl Gordon Hi Danny, Don't know if it would help, but I think all of the optical images are summarized at http://dirty.as.arizona.edu/~kgordon/Legacy/sings_obs2.html This was the page which I used during the Nov KP run to make sure we'd gotten what we needed. Cheers, Karl. From: Karl Gordon To: , CC: Karl Gordon Hi, Here is a summary of our SINGS run. Cheers, Karl. 7-15 Nov 2001 - SINGS Kitt Peak 2.1m run Gordon, Engelbracht, Malhotra 5 out of the 9 nights yielded useful data only NGC 855 (d=2.6) is left to observe of the SINGS galaxies between 18 and 8 hours **Summary by galaxy** 4 pos, NGC 6946 BVRI,Ha 2 pos, NGC 7331 BVRI,Ha 4 pos, NGC 628 Ha 2 pos, NGC 925 BVRI,Ha 9 pos, NGC 2403 BVRI,Ha exposure times B 24 min V 9 min R 9 min I 12 min Ha 30 min **Summary by date** 08 Nov 2001 some scattered clouds NGC 6946 VR(missed SW) NGC 925 VR NGC 2403 V(redo N,NW) 09 Nov 2001 clouds all night clouds closed us the second half of the night NGC 6946 Ha 10 Nov 2001 clouds keep us closed all night 11 Nov 2001 seeing degraded over the night NGC 6946 R(SW only),I NGC 7331 VRI NGC 925 I NGC 2403 I 12 Nov 2001 clouds - not photometric only opened for less than an hour NGC 7331 Ha 13 Nov 2001 NGC 6946 B NGC 7331 B NGC 925 B NGC 2403 B(need S,NE,SW) 14 Nov 2001 muck and major temperatue change seeing/focus very variable seeing 1.5 - 2.0 arcsec data probably not very usable (redone on next night) NGC 7331 Ha NGC 925 Ha NGC 2403 Ha(center,SE,NE only) 15 Nov 2001 muck and variable seeing seeing between 1 and 1.5 useable data NGC 6946 Ha NGC 7331 Ha NGC 925 Ha NGC 2403 (need S,NE,SW) 16 Nov 2001 nice night - seeing around 1-1.2 some muck during the last half of the night NGC 628 Ha NGC 2403 B(S,SW,NE),Ha(S,SW,NE),R ---------------------------------------------------------- ** Steward 2.3m long-slit spectroscopy 2001 Nov 10-13 Kennicutt, Moustakas We are observing 200 yards away from Karl et al, and experiencing the same mixed weather. Nevertheless we have obtained complete spectra (nuclear pointed spectra, nuclear drift scans, galaxy drift scans) for 11 galaxies: NGC 7331, NGC 337, NGC 628, NGC 584, NGC 855, NGC 925, NGC 1266, NGC 1377, NGC 1482, NGC 2798 (plus its companion NGC 2799), and Ho II. We also have observed the nuclei centers of NGC 2403, NGC 2841, NGC 2976, and NGC 6946. We have 2 more nights for this run but the forecast is discouraging. We are asking for more time in the spring to continue the program. We did encounter one problem during our observing. Some of the galaxies, mainly those in the M81 group, have very large observing windows, and as a result we have no idea how to orient the slit to match the IRS scans. This is not a problem for small galaxies (you get all of them in the scan regardless of orientation), but for large galaxies you really need to know the orientation. As a result we plan to defer our large scans of these galaxies until the SIRTF orients are known. In the meantime we will obtain nuclear spectra and 20-arcsec scans of the centers of the galaxies, since they are not orientation-dependent. >Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 19:13:40 -0700 (MST) >From: Rob Kennicutt Dannies, Here is a list of the southern objects we did from the 2.3m last month. The slit actually is 3.5 arcmin in length, but the useful length is 3', less if you need a good sky subtraction. It definitely would be useful to redo some of the larger galaxies with the longer slit, but at least we have some data on these in case weather turns bad. done (3') pa=45 NGC0024 done (3') pa=70 NGC0337 00:59:50.3 -07:34:44 10/7 2 245-256, 59-71 130 2.9 done (3') pa=70 NGC0584 01:31:20.6 -06:52:04 10/22 2 245-259, 59-72 55 4.2 done (6') pa=70 NGC0628 01:36:41.7 +15:46:59 10/22 3 247-251, 69-73 25 10 done (3') pa=70 NGC1266 03:16:00.7 -02:25:38 11/7 2 252-269, 62-80 120 1.5 done (3') pa=90 NGC1377 03:36:39.1 -20:54:07 11/22 1 257-283, 76-83 92 1.8 done (3') pa=00 NGC1482 03:54:39.3 -20:30:09 11/2 1 272-286, 999 103 2.5 For each galaxy we took 3 spectra: - A pointed observation of the nucleus, taken at or near the parallactic angle (unless the airmass was <1.1, in which case it did not matter). Slit width used was 2.5 arcsec. The main purpose of this spectrum is so we know how much a central nucleus contributes to the other two spectra. - A driftscan at the position angle given above, with a scan width of 20 arcseconds. This is intended to approximately match the region in the central high-res mini-maps, so we can extract an optical spectrum with approximately the same spatial coverage. - A driftscan at the same pa with width 55 arcsec, to match the SED and short-low spectral maps. Let me know if you have any other questions. Rob ---------------------------------------------------------- ** CTIO 1.5m long-slit spectroscopy 2001 Dec 20-Dec 24 Calzetti, Dale Rob, Our five-night run should be considered a success by all means, but we unfortunately finished with two nearly overcast nights. To sweetly counter this sour ending, Edgardo Cosgrove shared a Christmas- morning bottle of Undurraga (Chilean sparkling wine) with us. In addition to the below summary of our run, I've also collated all such observing run comments into one file. Moreover, I've created an executive summary, in tabular format, of all new and archival data we have to date. I think it's comprehensive enough, but I'm always open to new ideas and suggestions. Perhaps Marcia would like to post this on our team page so that future observers know exactly what's been done. I can maintain this table. [ I think my observing-run- comments file will be a useful supplement to the terse table--in many cases the observers give useful hints to the quality of the data. ] Both of these files are attached. Please let me know if you have trouble viewing these! Cheers, Danny Night 1: photometric Night 2: 1st half mildly non-photometric; 2nd half photometric Night 3: photometric Night 4: mostly overcast; 2 hours of perhaps useful data Night 5: 1st half overcast (->A. Schwarzenegger in "Total Recall"; Undurraga); 2nd half somewhat usable ---------------------------------- Source (Nominal PA) Comments -------- ----------- ------------- NGC 1097 ( 70)- Done at nominal PA for nucleus stare and 56" scan. Also done at PA=110 for all 3 (nuc. stare, nuc. scan, 56" scan) NGC 1291 ( 5)- Attempted all three observations in lousy weather; quality TBD NGC 1316 ( 60)- Complete NGC 1404 ( 75)- Complete NGC 1482 (100)- Rob already did from Steward; we redid nucleus stare and 56" scan (at PA=110). Done in lousy weather. NGC 1512 ( 50)- Complete NGC 1566 ( 60)- Complete NGC 1705 ( 50)- Complete NGC 2915 (150)- Complete NGC 3351 (110)- Complete, but done in lousy weather NGC 3521 (110)- Complete NGC 3621 (140)- Complete: but did nuc. and nuc. scan at PA=150; the long 56" scan was done at the nominal PA NGC 7793 ( 80)- Complete ---------------------------------------------------------- ** Stew 2.3m Opt spectroscopy 2002 Feb 07-Feb 10 Kennicutt, Moustakas Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 09:39:16 -0700 (MST) From: Rob Kennicutt Danny, here you go. Recall that for each object we take 3 kinds of spectra, a fixed pointing on the nucleus, a 20 arcsec driftscan of the center, and 55 arcsec driftscan(s) to replicate the IRS/MIPS SED strips. The number of 3.5 arcmin legs taken is given in parentheses. For some of the galaxies we have not yet taken SED strips, because we need to know the actual IRS slit orientation to match. NGC 3049 all NGC 3184 all (2 legs) NGC 3190 all NGC 3198 all NGC 3265 all NGC 3351 all (2 legs) NGC 3627 all NGC 3773 all NGC 4254 all NGC 4450 all NGC 4552 all NGC 5713 all M81 dwA all (no nucleus) NGC 4559 nucleus and central 20 arcsec, SED strip done in May NGC 4579 ditto NGC 3938 nucleus and central 20 arcsec, need SED strip NGC 5055 ditto NGC 5194 ditto NGC 5195 ditto NGC 5474 central 20 arcsec (no nucleus), need SED strip IC 2574 ditto Ho I ditto Ho IX ditto DDO 53 ditto DDO 165 ditto ---------------------------------------------------------- ** Steward 2.3m NIR imaging 2002 Feb 25-Mar 03 M. Rieke Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 09:35:26 -0700 From: Marcia Rieke Hi Danny, This run used PISCES with its ~8' FOV -- multiple positions used to cover the largest galaxies. NGC2403 - H NGC5055 - H HoII - H NGC3031 - H NGC4736 - H M81DwA - H DDO53 - H NGC2841 - H NGC2976 - H IC2574 - H NGC4236 - H ---------------------------------------------------------- ** KPNO 2.1m optical imaging 2002 Mar 04-Mar 10 Dale, Murphy, Smith Rob, We had a good run--at least 4 photometric nights out of 7 (we were closed for business on 2 nights). We were able to finish off all large (D>5.5') spring objects, save for one object at -33 degrees declination (N3621). Here is our bragging list: NGC2841 BVRI+Ha (short Ha to calibrate Spring01 deep images) NGC2976 BVRI+Ha (short R+Ha to calibrate Spring01 deep images; Kennicutt also obtained R+Ha) NGC3034 BVRI+Ha (short R+Ha to calibrate Spring01 deep images) NGC3184 B (already have VRI+Ha SONG data) NGC3198 BVRI+Ha NGC3521 R +Ha (already have BVRI SONG data) NGC3621 BVRI+Ha NGC4125 BVRI+Ha NGC4536 BVRI+Ha NGC4559 BVRI+Ha (2 overlapping fields; also have Ha SONG data) NGC4579 BVRI+Ha NGC4594 BVRI+Ha NGC4631 BVRI+Ha (2 overlapping fields) NGC4725 BVRI+Ha (2 overlapping fields) DDO053 BV I (phot?; Kennicutt obtained R+Ha) Attached is the updated version of my file that summarizes in table format what we've done for ancillary work. I've also attached an updated postscript figure of this. Note that these do not include any updates from our feb Steward 1.5 m spectroscopy run and our feb/mar Steward 1.5 m NIR run; I'll gladly update the table & figure if you have that info. Cheers, Danny ---------------------------------------------------------- ** KPNO 2.1m optical imaging 2002 Apr 08-Apr 14 Smith,Roussel,Engelbracht This was the "freebie" run we were given, resulting from an unexpected problem with FLAMINGOS. Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 09:21:21 -0700 From: JD Smith I'm working on gathering the info from our last run. The basic bottom line is we got everything in all filters, and only one night (the first, which has about 1/2 night) was photometric.... i.e. they could probably all use some photometry touch-up... like *many* galaxies in our sample. Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 14:22:49 -0700 (MST) From: Rob Kennicutt 6. Ancillary Data Update Last month our team was the beneficiary of 7 dark nights on the KPNO 2.1m telescope, which were awarded to us at the last minute after a failure of the instrument that had been scheduled originally. Thanks to the positive response of JD Smith, Helene Roussel, and Chad Engelbracht we were able to accept all of the available nights, and their diligence was rewarded with a run of 7 workable nights, most of them with sub-arcsecond seeing! By the end of the run we had completed BVRI and H-alpha imaging for the entire remaining set of galaxies in the SINGS sample, less a handful of galaxies that already had data from the BIMA SONG project, and a few objects with H-alpha imaging from the Steward 2.3m telescope. This major part of our ancillary data program is nearly completed. All that remains is to obtain absolute calibrated photometry for about a dozen galaxies (can be done on a small telescope), and check the quality and completeness of the dataset. Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 09:56:19 -0700 From: Chad Engelbracht I don't remember any of the nights being really photometric, although we had excellent seeing on several nights. We didn't do much mapping, so I believe every galaxy is complete except Tol 89 (that's when the telescope broke). NGC3190 BVRI+Ha NGC4450 BVRI+Ha NGC5866 BVRI+Ha NGC2798 BVRI+Ha NGC3265 BVRI+Ha NGC4625 BVRI NGC3049 BVRI+Ha NGC3773 BVRI+Ha NGC4552 BVRI+Ha DDO 165 BVRI DDO 53 BVRI M81 DwB BVRI NGC3938 BVRI+Ha NGC4254 BVRI+Ha M81 DwA BVRI Ho I BVRI+Ha Mrk 33 BVRI+Ha DDO 154 BVRI Ho IX BVRI NGC3627 BVRI+Ha NGC4736 BVRI+Ha NGC5033 BV I NGC3184 VRI+Ha Tol 89 BVRI+Ha ---------------------------------------------------------- ** Stew 2.3m NIR imaging 2002 Apr 25-Apr 30 Grauer Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 09:35:26 -0700 From: Marcia Rieke Hi Danny, The Apr 24-Apr 30 run got switched to Par 25-30 on the Steward 2.3-meter but only part of a night was usable. HoI - H NGC4125 - H DDO165 - H NGC5866 - J, H, Ks ---------------------------------------------------------- ** Stew 2.3m NIR imaging 2002 May 02-May 04 Grauer Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 09:35:26 -0700 From: Marcia Rieke NGC3351 - H NGC3373 - H NGC3938 - H NGC4559 - H NGC4631 - H NGC5033 - H NGC5195 - H NGC5474 - H NGC5713 - H NGC5866 - H NGC6946 - H ---------------------------------------------------------- ** Stew 2.3m Opt spectroscopy May 11-13, 2002 Kennicutt, Moustakas Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 09:39:16 -0700 (MST) From: Rob Kennicutt Danny, here you go. Recall that for each object we take 3 kinds of spectra, a fixed pointing on the nucleus, a 20 arcsec driftscan of the center, and 55 arcsec driftscan(s) to replicate the IRS/MIPS SED strips. The number of 3.5 arcmin legs taken is given in parentheses. For some of the galaxies we have not yet taken SED strips, because we need to know the actual IRS slit orientation to match. NGC 4536 all (2 legs) NGC 4559 all (2 legs) NGC 4569 all NGC 4579 all (2 legs) NGC 4594 all (2 legs) some clouds NGC 4725 all (2 legs) some clouds NGC 4826 all (2 legs) NGC 5866 all Tol 89 all NGC 4125 nucleus and central 20 arcsec; need SED strip NGC 4321 ditto NGC 4736 ditto NGC 5033 ditto NGC 6946 spectra of all 5 HII regions ---------------------------------------------------------- ** CTIO 4m NIR imaging July 8, 2002 Smith, Eikenberry Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 17:11:46 -0700 (MST) From: JD Smith Subject: RE: N5408, Tol89 Thanks for the rapid turnaround guys.... I'm getting 5408 (faint little bugger) as we speak, using 3x3x20" grids, about 10-15 min in each band. My observing partner has a target to hit, so we probably won't get to Tol89. Thanks again, JD ---------------------------------------------------------- ** KPNO 2.1m Opt imaging Feb 20 2003 Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 11:20:10 -0700 From: JD Smith Subject: SINGS Run Chad and I a pleased to declare our three night SINGS photometric tie-in optical imaging run at the KPNO 2.1m a qualified success. Synopsis: Night 1: Clearing late, snow on the dome -- did not open. Night 2: Photometric with ~1" seeing. Night 3: First 1/2 night photometric with poor seeing, weather and filter wheel problems late. Since we weren't sure we'd have more than one photometric night, we decided to strike while the iron was hot, and reduce our integration times for photometric tie-in observations: B: 2min, VRI: 1min, H-alpha: 4min. We verified all tie-in fields have multiple unsaturated, high S/N stars for flux re-calibration. We also got the NW segment of N4236 at full H-alpha depth, and added a complete suite of exposures for SONG galaxy N3184, as a consistency check for these data (and SONG data in general). Completed images: Night 2: DDO053 BV I M81DwA BV I HoI BV I HoIX BV I NGC2798 BVRIH-a NGC3049 BVRIH-a M81DwB BV I Mrk33 BVRIH-a NGC3190 BVRIH-a NGC3265 BVRIH-a NGC3773 BVRIH-a NGC3938 BVRIH-a DDO154 BVRIH-a NGC4236 H-a (full 30min exposure) NGC4552 BVRIH-a Night 3: NGC3184 BVRIH-a (full 24,12,7,14,30min - SONG spot check) NGC4254 BVRIH-a NGC4450 BVRIH-a NGC4625 BV I DDO165 BVRIH-a NGC5866 IH-a Two caveats: * The latter part of Night 3 suffered from declining weather. Landolt/Feige calibrators were revisited often; check photometric status. * The filter wheel began to fail at file n3.0047, and worked intermittently beyond that. The failure mode was twofold: 1. At first the filter was being changed, but this was not being reported correctly. 2. By the end the filter was not changing at all, and was reporting this correctly. The filters reported in the logs and data headers are therefore sometimes incorrect, and this is noted in the logs, but care should be taken to check the consistency of image backgrounds and stellar fluxes. We only performed this check for a sample few to verify the problem, and are unsure which exposures failed according to which mode above. One piece of evidence: in file n3.0079, vignetting is present in the lower-left corner, suggesting partial filter wheel operation with no filter lock-in. Observing logs attached. Data will be burned to CD and mailed out shortly. JD ---------------------------------------------------------- ** Bigelow 1.5m NIR imaging 2002 Dec 10-Dec 18 Grauer, Dale, Smith From: Marcia Rieke 1) NGC6822 has H and limited K coverage. 2) NGC6946 has J from some older work 3) NGC0925 has H 4) NGC2798 has H 5) NGC0855 has H 6) NGC1482 has H 7) NGC3184 has H 8) NGC3190 has H 9) NGC3198 has H 10)NGC3521 has H 11)NGC3627 has H 12)NGC4254 has H The NGC6822 data were from half nights on the 61-inch Sept 19-21, 2002 which were photometric. The others came from Dec 10-14 at the 61-inch (just before you came). These were largely photometric. CHeers, Marcia ---------------------------------------------------------- ** Palomar 5m NIR imaging 2004 Jan Armus, Smith For the news items, JD and I had a moderately successful run at Palomar using the Hale Telescope and the WIRC instrument. We had three, half-nights, but lost about half of this to clouds and rain. However, we did manage to get good images of NGC 3184 in J,H,Ks and of NGC 2403 and NGC 4254 in J,Ks. Only the NGC 3184 data were taken under photometric conditions. I will send around snaphsots of the mosaics once they are reduced. Our next run for broad-band imaging is April 9-11 at Palomar using WIRC. The next SINGS-related run is Feb 25-28 at Palomar using WIRC to obtain narrow-band [FeII] and Br-gamma images of select SINGS galaxies for Eric Murphy's thesis. ---------------------------------------------------------- ** Steward Mt. Bigelow 61-inch NIR imaging 2004 Mar Bendo Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 13:55:46 -0700 (MST) From: George Bendo Hello, Here's a list of SINGS targets I observed last month at JHK with Steward Observatory's 61" telescope and the 256x256 camera. The weather was fairly variable during these observations, with the weather being clear at some times and completely overcast at other times. However, what I have listed are observations that I believe to be useful (but not necessarily photometric). Unless otherwise noted, the observations covered the entire target. Galaxy Waveband Comments DDO 154 H Mrk 33 H NGC 2798 JK NGC 3190 JK NGC 3265 H NGC 3773 K NGC 4321 H NGC 4536 H NGC 4552 H Incomplete observations (did not integrate long enough on SW side of galaxy) NGC 4579 H NGC 4625 H Thank you, George B ---------------------------------------------------------- ** Palomar 5m WIRC NIR imaging 2004 Apr Roussel, Jarrett Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 15:19:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Helene Roussel April 9 : seeing excellent, clear N2403 JK N4321 JK N5055 JK N6822 K start (not long enough), not focussed April 10 : seeing higher and variable (desert wind), clear N2841 JK N3184 JHK + Pab N4736 JK April 11 : seeing excellent, clear N2976 JK N3184 [FeII] N4579 JK N5033 JK SDSSJ134026+6344 K (Lee's target) ---------------------------------------------------------- OTHER NOTABLE EXCHANGES ON ANCILLARY SINGS DATA ---------------------------------------------------------- >Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 10:23:45 -0700 (MST) >From: Rob Kennicutt 3. SINGS HST PROJECT APPROVED In September we submitted an HST Snapshot proposal to carry out NICMOS imaging of the centers of our sample using the NICMOS camera. Last week we learned that our project has been approved! The oversubscription on HST this cycle was horrendous even by HST standards, with fewer than 160 projects approved out of nearly 1100 proposals. Our success is further testimony to the high standing of our project in the astronomical community, and the value placed on observations of our sample. We were approved for observations of 80 targets. Because the number of available SINGS targets was substantially lower than this number we submitted the proposal jointly with the MIPS and IRS GTO teams, so that their complementary sample of starburst and dwarf galaxies could be observed in a consistent way. Although we limited the number of names on the HST proposal for practical reasons, everyone on the SINGS team is welcome to participate in the project. Following the Legacy tradition we have applied a minimal proprietary period to the data (3 months), but we expect to be analyzing the data for a considerable time after that. ---------------------------------------------------------- >From jarrett@ipac.caltech.edu Fri Nov 2 14:29:36 2001 Subject: 2MASS-SINGS I've completed building the SINGS sample with 2MASS imaging data. You can view the jpegs here: http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/2mass/gallery/largegal/ which also includes other galaxies. The photometry is currently embargoed, but if you need numbers for a particular galaxy just email me. -tj ----------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 14:44:53 -0700 (MST) From: George Bendo Subject: JCMT SINGS observations summary Hello Danny, Here's an updated summary of the JCMT SCUBA observations that have been done of SINGS galaxies. George B Successful observations Galaxy 450 850 Mrk 33 J2 NGC 1097 J2 NGC 2798 J2 J2 NGC 3031 S2 NGC 3034* J1 J1 NGC 3265 S2 NGC 4254 R1 NGC 4579 R2 R2 NGC 4631 J1 J1 NGC 4736 J1 NGC 4826 J1 NGC 5194 R1 NGC 5195 R2 NGC 5713 J2 NGC 6946 R2 R1 NGC 7331 J1 J1 NGC 7552 J1 Key: J: Image for SINGS compiled from jiggle map data R: Image for SINSG compiled from raster map data S: Image for SINGS compiled from stare photometry data 1: Extended emission detected 2: Central source detected *: 350, 750 images (with extended emission) also available