Thursday, August 13, 2026

Night Log 2026-08-12

SA: Antoine SO: Fred Others: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We only managed to observe one block. We could not complete the observations for all the other blocks we attempted due to bad weather. Science data taken for: 2024-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (Followup of Transients) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Night Log 2026-08-11

SA: Moses SO: Fred Others: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We lost the whole night due to bad weather No science data taken. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Night Log 2026-08-10

SA: Moses SO: Fred Others: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lost the whole night due to bad weather No science data taken. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Monday, August 10, 2026

Night Log 2026-08-09

SA: Moses SO: Fred Others: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lost the whole night due to bad weather No science data taken. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sunday, August 9, 2026

Night Log 2026-08-08

SA: Moses SO: Fred Others: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We had reasonable conditions and managed to observe many high priority blocks until adverse weather caused us to close up in the morning. Science data taken for: 2024-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (x4) (Followup of Transients) 2025-2-MLT-011 P1 RSS (Obtaining dynamical information and constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales) 2025-2-MLT-006 P1 RSS (Study of galaxy properties of galaxy group HIPASS 1059-09) 2026-1-SCI-016 P1 RSS ("Understanding the peculiar collision geometry of the Cartwheel system") 2026-1-SCI-005 P2 HRS (na) 2024-2-MLT-001 P4 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples) 2025-2-LSP-001 P4 HRS (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Saturday, August 8, 2026

Night Log 2026-08-07

SA: Moses SO: Fred Others: Wimpie ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We had a busy night with okay and mostly stable conditions. We managed to observe many high priority blocks, SMI, MOS and some imaging blocks along with the regular observations. Science data taken for: 2025-2-MLT-011 P0 RSS (x3) (Obtaining dynamical information and constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales) 2024-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Followup of Transients) 2026-1-SCI-013 P0 SCAM (Observing new near Earth asteroids) 2026-1-SCI-016 P1 RSS (x2) ("Understanding the peculiar collision geometry of the Cartwheel system") 2025-2-MLT-005 P1 RSS (IFU observations of nearby MHONGOOSE galaxies) 2025-2-MLT-007 P1 RSS (Spectroscopic monitoring of a unique red (?) supergiant in the LMC) 2025-2-MLT-006 P1 RSS (x2) (Study of galaxy properties of galaxy group HIPASS 1059-09) 2026-1-SCI-005 P2 HRS (x3) (na) 2026-1-SCI-009 P3 RSS (Extreme variability in the BLR of the AGN HE2129-3356) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Friday, August 7, 2026

Night Log 2026-08-06

SA: Moses SO: Fred Others: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We only managed to observe one block before high humidity kept us closed for the night. Science data taken for: 2024-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (Followup of Transients) ------------------------------------------------------------------------