SA: Lee
SO: Veronica
Others: JC & family, Wimpie, Nico
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Summary
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We were closed for most of the night due to thick cloud, but managed to complete 5 blocks after it cleared up.
Science data taken for:
2025-1-SCI-022 P0 RSS (Studying the spectroscopy of three seperate regions in NGC2467.)
2024-2-SCI-025 P1 HRS (Looking for proto hot Jupiters)
2024-2-MLT-001 P2 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)
2025-1-SCI-011 P2 RSS (Radial Velocity measurements of short-period pulsating stars. )
2024-2-MLT-003 P2 RSS (Photometric Reverberation Mapping of Seyfert AGN)
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Thursday, October 23, 2025
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Night Log 2025-10-21
SA: Alexei
SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> Very nice and stable dark night with very good and good seeing. Practically, only high priority blocks were observed.
Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 SCAM (Followup of Transients)
2023-2-MLT-002 P1 RSS (x2) (Constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales)
2024-1-SCI-036 P1 RSS (Studying a Variety of ACT sources with SALT)
2023-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2023-2-MLT-005 P2 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2024-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (x3) (Followup of Transients)
2024-2-LSP-002 P2 RSS (Pan-African AGN survey using SALT/IFS: tracing the properties of AGN and their host galaxies)
2024-1-MLT-001 P3 RSS (Study of the outer parts of lenticular galaxies.)
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SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> Very nice and stable dark night with very good and good seeing. Practically, only high priority blocks were observed.
Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 SCAM (Followup of Transients)
2023-2-MLT-002 P1 RSS (x2) (Constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales)
2024-1-SCI-036 P1 RSS (Studying a Variety of ACT sources with SALT)
2023-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2023-2-MLT-005 P2 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2024-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (x3) (Followup of Transients)
2024-2-LSP-002 P2 RSS (Pan-African AGN survey using SALT/IFS: tracing the properties of AGN and their host galaxies)
2024-1-MLT-001 P3 RSS (Study of the outer parts of lenticular galaxies.)
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Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Night Log 2025-10-20
SA: Alexei
SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> Stable dark night with slowly rising humidity and degrading seeing. Mostly high priority blocks were observed during this night.
Science data taken for:
2024-2-MLT-007 P0 RSS (Rutgers discretionary time.)
2024-2-LSP-002 P1 RSS (x2) (Pan-African AGN survey using SALT/IFS: tracing the properties of AGN and their host galaxies)
2023-2-MLT-002 P1 RSS (x2) (Constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales)
2025-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Study the most metal-poor void dwarf galaxies)
2024-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (x2) (Followup of Transients)
2024-2-LSP-001 P2 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2023-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
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SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> Stable dark night with slowly rising humidity and degrading seeing. Mostly high priority blocks were observed during this night.
Science data taken for:
2024-2-MLT-007 P0 RSS (Rutgers discretionary time.)
2024-2-LSP-002 P1 RSS (x2) (Pan-African AGN survey using SALT/IFS: tracing the properties of AGN and their host galaxies)
2023-2-MLT-002 P1 RSS (x2) (Constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales)
2025-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Study the most metal-poor void dwarf galaxies)
2024-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (x2) (Followup of Transients)
2024-2-LSP-001 P2 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2023-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
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Monday, October 20, 2025
Night Log 2025-10-19
SA: Alexei
SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> Rising humidity closed us about midnight. Few high priority blocks were observed during first half of the night.
Science data taken for:
2023-2-MLT-002 P1 RSS (Constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales)
2025-1-SCI-017 P1 RSS (Time-series spectra of cataclysmic variables.)
2024-2-LSP-002 P2 RSS (Pan-African AGN survey using SALT/IFS: tracing the properties of AGN and their host galaxies)
2024-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (Followup of Transients)
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SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> Rising humidity closed us about midnight. Few high priority blocks were observed during first half of the night.
Science data taken for:
2023-2-MLT-002 P1 RSS (Constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales)
2025-1-SCI-017 P1 RSS (Time-series spectra of cataclysmic variables.)
2024-2-LSP-002 P2 RSS (Pan-African AGN survey using SALT/IFS: tracing the properties of AGN and their host galaxies)
2024-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (Followup of Transients)
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Sunday, October 19, 2025
Night Log 2025-10-18
SA: Alexei
SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> Stable dark night with good seeing and rising humidity. Only high priority blocks were observed.
Science data taken for:
2025-1-MLT-001 P0 RSS (x2) (Observations of supernovae, near and far.)
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-SCI-028 P1 RSS (Determining orbital periods for ultracompact binaries)
2023-2-MLT-002 P1 RSS (Constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales)
2024-2-LSP-002 P1 RSS (x2) (Pan-African AGN survey using SALT/IFS: tracing the properties of AGN and their host galaxies)
2024-1-MLT-001 P2 RSS (Study of the outer parts of lenticular galaxies.)
2025-1-SCI-024 P2 RSS (Probing glaxy evolution using large scale gas flows around galaxies)
2025-2-MLT-004 P2 HRS (Radial Velocity Monitoring and Atmospheric Parameters Study of Yellow Symbiotic Giants)
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SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> Stable dark night with good seeing and rising humidity. Only high priority blocks were observed.
Science data taken for:
2025-1-MLT-001 P0 RSS (x2) (Observations of supernovae, near and far.)
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-SCI-028 P1 RSS (Determining orbital periods for ultracompact binaries)
2023-2-MLT-002 P1 RSS (Constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales)
2024-2-LSP-002 P1 RSS (x2) (Pan-African AGN survey using SALT/IFS: tracing the properties of AGN and their host galaxies)
2024-1-MLT-001 P2 RSS (Study of the outer parts of lenticular galaxies.)
2025-1-SCI-024 P2 RSS (Probing glaxy evolution using large scale gas flows around galaxies)
2025-2-MLT-004 P2 HRS (Radial Velocity Monitoring and Atmospheric Parameters Study of Yellow Symbiotic Giants)
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Saturday, October 18, 2025
Night Log 2025-10-17
SA: Alexei
SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> This night was completely lost due to bad weather.
No science data taken.
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SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> This night was completely lost due to bad weather.
No science data taken.
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Friday, October 17, 2025
Night Log 2025-10-16
SA: Alexei
SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> Unstable dark night with rising humidity and from moderate to bad seeing. Most of observed blocks were low priority blocks for this reason. Anyway, one P0 was observed as well.
Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2023-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2025-1-SCI-026 P2 RSS (x2) (Measuring chemical abundances in the Magellanic Bridge; a glimpse of the past in nearby space. )
2024-1-SCI-036 P2 RSS (Studying a Variety of ACT sources with SALT)
2024-2-MLT-001 P2 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)
2025-1-SCI-016 P3 RSS (x2) (Probing magnetic field strength in mangnetic CVs)
2025-1-SCI-005 P3 RSS (Variations of Dark Matter Fraction among Galaxies)
2025-1-SCI-002 P3 HRS (Observations of ssrAp stars)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x4) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
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SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> Unstable dark night with rising humidity and from moderate to bad seeing. Most of observed blocks were low priority blocks for this reason. Anyway, one P0 was observed as well.
Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2023-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2025-1-SCI-026 P2 RSS (x2) (Measuring chemical abundances in the Magellanic Bridge; a glimpse of the past in nearby space. )
2024-1-SCI-036 P2 RSS (Studying a Variety of ACT sources with SALT)
2024-2-MLT-001 P2 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)
2025-1-SCI-016 P3 RSS (x2) (Probing magnetic field strength in mangnetic CVs)
2025-1-SCI-005 P3 RSS (Variations of Dark Matter Fraction among Galaxies)
2025-1-SCI-002 P3 HRS (Observations of ssrAp stars)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x4) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
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