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UVES Science Verification sucessfully took place from Feb 10 to Feb 17 2000 !
click here  to see the logs of the observations and a first quality assessment

 

A Spectroscopic Survey of Intermediate Redshift QSOs

 
 
Target RA DEC redshift mag
Q 0453-423 04 55 23.0 -42 16 17 2.661 V=17.5
HE 0940-1050  09 42 53.6 -11 04 27 3.054 V=16.6
Q 1101-264 11 03 25.3 -26 45 16 2.145 V=16.0
HE 1122-1648 11 24 42.8 -17 05 18 2.400 V=15.5
POX 42 12 00 45.0 -18 59 45 2.453 V=16.9
HE 1217-0333 12 20 08.0 -03 49 45 3.093 B=17.7
Q 1246-057 12 49 13.9 -05 59 19 2.224 V=16.7
HE 1347-2457 13 50 38.9 -25 12 17 2.534 B=16.8
The target selection includes quasars from the Veron catalogue at z > 2.05, DEC < 0 and V < 17.0
 

Abundance Ratios of Extremely Metal Poor  Stars from the Hamburg-ESO Survey

 
HE Survey (Christlieb & Reimers 1999)
 
HE name B B-V [Fe/H] approx.*
HE 1501 14.9 0.38 -2.9
HE 0045 15.5 0.41 -3.0
HE 2708 15.6 0.45 -3.2
HE 0954 15.4 0.48 -2.8
HE 2735 15.1  0.42 -3.3
HE 1610  15.3 0.51 -2.9
HE 2008 14.5   0.59 -2.8
*)The metallicity scale was brought to mach that of Beers et al. 1999
 
Other extremely metal-poor stars
Star RA (2000) DEC (2000) V [Fe/H] Comment
CS22177-009 04 07 -25 02 14.3 -3.67  
CS22186-017 04 16  -34 18 13.5 -3.14  
BD -13 3442 11 46 -14 06 10.4 -3.10  UV (<380 nm)
G 64-12 13 37 +00 12 11.4 -3.24 UV (<380 nm)
G 64-37 13 59 -05 24 11.1 -3.03 UV (<380 nm)
 
 
 
Mode: R = 50-60000, (slit  0.7")   --   WL_range = 300-1000 nm using Dichroics
ExpTime: ~ 2-4 hrs / object (including overhead) (S/N~>100 @ >350 nm, ~60 @320) 
Conditions: seeing < 0.8" (except for bright stars), grey-bright
Notes: 
 		 ~5 stars will be observed from the lists above. 
Lines of interest: Li, alpha-elements, iron-group (Ti, Cr, Fe, Ni),  heavy elements  (Sr, Ba, Eu) . 
 

 Chemical Abundances in LMC Clusters in A Wide Age Range

 
Cluster RA DEC Age (Gyrs) [Fe/H] Vr  (km/s) E(B-V)
NGC 2210 06 11 -69 08 14 -2.0 343 0.06
NGC 1841 04 45 -83 60 14 -2.1 188 0.18
NGC 1835 05 05 -69 28 14 -1.8 188 0.13
NGC 1754 04 55 -70 31 10 -1.5 236 0.08
ESO 121 06 03 -60 31  9 -0.9 309 0.03
NGC 1978 05 29 -66 14 2 -0.4 292 0.08
NGC 1866  05 14  -65 28  0.1 -0.4   0.06 
 
 
Mode: R ~ 40000   --   WL_range = 480 - 680 nm  (Red580nm settings)
ExpTime: ~ 3 hrs / star  (S/N~>100 ) (Total = 20hrs,  6 stars = 2 stars /cluster x 3 clusters) 
Conditions: seeing < 1", grey
Notes: 
 		 Red Giants in LMC Globular Clusters will be targeted (16.5< V < 17). 
Lines of interest: (O, Mg, Si, Ca),  (Ti, Fe, Ni),  (Ba, Eu).
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Last update: Feb 23, 2000
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