SALT Astronomy
Saturday, June 28, 2025
Night Log 2025-06-27
SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> Lost entire night due to high humidity and clouds
No science data taken.
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Friday, June 27, 2025
Night Log 2025-06-26
SO: Austun
Others:
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=> The whole night was lost due to bad weather.
=> HRS weekly calibrations were done
No science data taken.
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Thursday, June 26, 2025
Night Log 2025-06-25
SO: Austun
Others:
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=> Night was lost due to bad weather
No science data taken.
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Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Night Log 2025-06-24
SO: Nomzamo
Others: E10, Alexei and Austun
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We did not manage to observe tonight due to the weather; the wind speed was too high and unstable.
No science data taken.
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Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Night Log 2025-06-23
SO: Nomzamo
Others: Devakshan
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Summary
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We had to deal with high humidity, but managed to observe many blocks.
Science data taken for:
2025-1-SCI-017 P1 RSS (Time-series spectra of cataclysmic variables.)
2024-2-SCI-025 P1 RSS (x2) (Looking for proto hot Jupiters)
2025-1-SCI-015 P1 RSS (Probing the large-scale gas flows im and around galaxies)
2024-2-MLT-003 P2 RSS (Photometric Reverberation Mapping of Seyfert AGN)
2025-1-SCI-005 P2 RSS (Variations of Dark Matter Fraction among Galaxies)
2025-1-SCI-014 P2 RSS (Spatially resolved optical spectra of post-starburst galaxies )
2024-1-ORP-001 P3 RSS (x2) (Double white dwarf candidates)
2025-1-SCI-011 P3 RSS (x2) (Radial Velocity measurements of short-period pulsating stars. )
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Monday, June 23, 2025
Night Log 2025-06-22
SO: Nomzamo
Others:
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Summary
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The weather was not our friend tonight, which only allowed us to observe 2 blocks.
Science data taken for:
2024-2-SCI-025 P1 RSS (Looking for proto hot Jupiters)
2025-1-SCI-011 P3 RSS (Radial Velocity measurements of short-period pulsating stars. )
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Sunday, June 22, 2025
Night Log 2025-06-21
SO: Nomzamo
Others: E10, Eben, Michael, Danièl, Devakshan, Anthony and NIco
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Summary
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A full night of observing with very little technical problems.
Science data taken for:
2025-1-SCI-008 P1 RSS (Monitoring a special sample of quasars showing large continuum variations in their spectra.)
2025-1-SCI-005 P2 RSS (Variations of Dark Matter Fraction among Galaxies)
2025-1-SCI-009 P3 RSS (x3) (We are probing the large scale outflows in bright quasars through absorption spectroscopy.)
2025-1-SCI-011 P3 RSS (x6) (Radial Velocity measurements of short-period pulsating stars. )
2024-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (Followup of Transients)
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