Night Log 2025-11-12

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others:

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A full night of observing with some high level clouds for most of the night. Very little technical downtime. Mostly high priority blocks observed.

Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2025-2-SCI-009 P1 HRS (High resolution spectrocopy of Type II Cepheids)
2025-2-SCI-032 P1 RSS (x3) (Low resolution spectra of blue, low-mass galaxies to determine redshifts/velocities)
2025-2-SCI-019 P2 RSS (Probing CGM Response to Quasar Variability)
2024-2-SCI-025 P2 RSS (Looking for proto hot Jupiters)
2025-2-SCI-031 P2 RSS (x2) (Redshifts of candidate TeV blazars)

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Night Log 2025-11-11

SA: Moses
SO: Nomzamo
Others: Antoine (for SMI), Rudi, Anthony, Michael, Etienne, Jean

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After a troublesome mirror alignment we had a very smooth evening to end the week, with good stable seeing and clear skies, and we managed to observe many high priority blocks.

Science data taken for:
2025-2-SCI-035 P1 RSS (Study of a sample of high redshift radio sources at z>3)
2024-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2025-2-SCI-006 P1 HRS (x2) (Measuring Lithium abundances in UMa candidate stars)
2025-2-SCI-032 P1 RSS (Low resolution spectra of blue, low-mass galaxies to determine redshifts/velocities)
2025-2-SCI-017 P1 RSS (x2) ("Understanding the peculiar collision geometry of the Cartwheel system")
2025-2-SCI-031 P2 RSS (Redshifts of candidate TeV blazars)
2025-2-SCI-018 P2 RSS (Near-infrared (and one optical) spectra of AGN)
2024-2-SCI-025 P2 RSS (Looking for proto hot Jupiters)

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Night Log 2025-11-10

SA: Moses
SO: Nomzamo
Others: Rudi, SALT Board members + other visitors

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We had a very productive night with mostly clear skies and great seeing, and we managed to observe many high priority blocks while the Board was watching.

Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2025-2-LSP-002 P1 NIR (x2) (Reverberation mapping of high-z quasars )
2025-2-SCI-006 P1 HRS (Measuring Lithium abundances in UMa candidate stars)
2025-1-MLT-004 P1 RSS (x3) (Near-UV and visible spectroscopy of the primitive asteroids)
2025-2-SCI-017 P1 RSS ("Understanding the peculiar collision geometry of the Cartwheel system")
2024-2-LSP-002 P1 RSS (Pan-African AGN survey using SALT/IFS: tracing the properties of AGN and their host galaxies)
2025-2-SCI-018 P2 RSS (Near-infrared (and one optical) spectra of AGN)
2025-2-MLT-013 P3 RSS (Searching for double hydrogen-deficient stars)

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Night Log 2025-11-09

SA: Moses
SO: Nomzamo
Others: Irina, Visitors, DSI Deputy Minister

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Most of the night was lost due to thick clouds or high humidity, but we managed a couple of blocks even got a little sub-arcsecond seeing observing towards the end.

Science data taken for:
2025-2-SCI-019 P1 RSS (Probing CGM Response to Quasar Variability)
2024-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (Followup of Transients)

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Night Log 2025-11-08

SA: Moses
SO: Nomzamo
Others: Etienne, Eben, Ros, + Many Visitors

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We had mostly clearly skies and great seeing for most of the night and we managed to observe many high priority blocks.

Science data taken for:
2025-2-SCI-016 P0 HRS (Observing rare and fast transients.)
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-MLT-001 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far.)
2025-2-SCI-032 P1 RSS (Low resolution spectra of blue, low-mass galaxies to determine redshifts/velocities)
2025-2-SCI-035 P1 RSS (Study of a sample of high redshift radio sources at z>3)
2025-2-SCI-006 P1 HRS (Measuring Lithium abundances in UMa candidate stars)
2025-2-MLT-007 P1 RSS (Spectroscopic monitoring of a unique red (?) supergiant in the LMC)
2025-2-SCI-031 P2 RSS (Redshifts of candidate TeV blazars)
2025-2-SCI-033 P2 HRS (Two transiting TESS triple planet systems composed of super-Earths involved in two-body 3:2 MMRs.)
2025-2-LSP-003 P2 RSS (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2025-2-LSP-001 P4 HRS (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)

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Night Log 2025-11-07

SA: Moses
SO: Nomzamo
Others: Anthony (for NCON), Devakshan (for Mirror), Etienne, Lisa, Jon, Daniel H, LFC team

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We fought valiantly against the weather but it won and we only managed 2 blocks.

Science data taken for:
2025-2-SCI-003 P3 HRS (Cosmic dance of massive triple)
2025-2-LSP-001 P4 HRS (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)

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Night Log 2025-11-06

SA: Moses
SO: Nomzamo
Others: Lisa, Daniel H, LFC team

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We managed to do a few blocks at the start of the night, but the seeing got bad in the middle and then humidity went up and caused us to close early.

Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2025-2-LSP-001 P4 HRS (x4) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)

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