SA: Narges
SO: Veronica
Others:
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Summary
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Observing conditions were good throughout the night; despite some downtime, several high-priority blocks were successfully completed.
Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P1 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2025-2-GWE-002 P1 RSS (Follow-up of GW counterpart candidates)
2025-2-SCI-019 P1 RSS (Probing CGM Response to Quasar Variability)
2024-2-SCI-025 P2 HRS (Looking for proto hot Jupiters)
2025-2-SCI-014 P2 RSS (We are probing the large scale outflows in bright quasars through absorption spectroscopy.)
2025-2-SCI-040 P3 HRS (Characterising a binary system before the stars merge to form a luminous red nova)
2025-2-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x2) (Cosmic dance of massive triple)
2025-2-LSP-003 P3 RSS (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
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Friday, January 9, 2026
Thursday, January 8, 2026
Night Log 2026-01-07
SA: Narges
SO: Veronica
Others: Rudi, E10, Anthony
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Summary
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It was a full night with clear skies and good seeing. Despite multiple technical issues, we observed a good number of high-priority blocks.
Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (x3) (Followup of Transients)
2025-2-SCI-009 P1 HRS (High resolution spectrocopy of Type II Cepheids)
2025-1-COM-001 P1 HRS (HRS HS Commissioning )
2025-2-SCI-010 P2 RSS (Optical spectroscopy of blazars for the CTAO project)
2024-1-MLT-001 P2 RSS (Study of the outer parts of lenticular galaxies.)
2024-2-SCI-025 P2 HRS (Looking for proto hot Jupiters)
2025-2-SCI-003 P2 HRS (Cosmic dance of massive triple)
2025-2-MLT-013 P3 RSS (Searching for double hydrogen-deficient stars)
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SO: Veronica
Others: Rudi, E10, Anthony
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Summary
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It was a full night with clear skies and good seeing. Despite multiple technical issues, we observed a good number of high-priority blocks.
Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (x3) (Followup of Transients)
2025-2-SCI-009 P1 HRS (High resolution spectrocopy of Type II Cepheids)
2025-1-COM-001 P1 HRS (HRS HS Commissioning )
2025-2-SCI-010 P2 RSS (Optical spectroscopy of blazars for the CTAO project)
2024-1-MLT-001 P2 RSS (Study of the outer parts of lenticular galaxies.)
2024-2-SCI-025 P2 HRS (Looking for proto hot Jupiters)
2025-2-SCI-003 P2 HRS (Cosmic dance of massive triple)
2025-2-MLT-013 P3 RSS (Searching for double hydrogen-deficient stars)
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Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Night Log 2026-01-06
SA: Lee
SO: Nomzamo
Others: Narges
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Summary
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A nice night to end the week. Clear skies and sub-arcsecond seeing all night allowed us to complete many high priority blocks, even with a bright moon. The telescope IQ was excellent and we had no technical issues. Humidity closed us about 1 hour before morning twilight.
Science data taken for:
2025-2-DDT-003 P0 RSS (Classification spectra of ZTF0329+0704)
2024-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2025-2-SCI-010 P2 RSS (Optical spectroscopy of blazars for the CTAO project)
2025-2-MLT-010 P2 HRS (SA-China Exoplanet Collaboration PASTA)
2025-2-SCI-003 P2 HRS (x2) (Cosmic dance of massive triple)
2024-2-SCI-025 P2 HRS (x2) (Looking for proto hot Jupiters)
2024-2-MLT-006 P2 HRS (HRS observations of a high mass binary system.)
2023-2-MLT-005 P4 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
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SO: Nomzamo
Others: Narges
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Summary
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A nice night to end the week. Clear skies and sub-arcsecond seeing all night allowed us to complete many high priority blocks, even with a bright moon. The telescope IQ was excellent and we had no technical issues. Humidity closed us about 1 hour before morning twilight.
Science data taken for:
2025-2-DDT-003 P0 RSS (Classification spectra of ZTF0329+0704)
2024-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2025-2-SCI-010 P2 RSS (Optical spectroscopy of blazars for the CTAO project)
2025-2-MLT-010 P2 HRS (SA-China Exoplanet Collaboration PASTA)
2025-2-SCI-003 P2 HRS (x2) (Cosmic dance of massive triple)
2024-2-SCI-025 P2 HRS (x2) (Looking for proto hot Jupiters)
2024-2-MLT-006 P2 HRS (HRS observations of a high mass binary system.)
2023-2-MLT-005 P4 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
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Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Night Log 2026-01-05
SA: Lee
SO: Nomzamo
Others: Sumari, Nico
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Summary
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We lost a little time to weather, technical issues and a second mirror alignment, which was needed due to strong winds during the first. However, we had some amazing seeing in the final few hours of the night after the clouds disappeared and the wind calmed down. We observed many very short blocks of (mostly) very bright stars under a bright moon.
Science data taken for:
2025-1-COM-001 P1 HRS (HRS HS Commissioning )
2025-2-MLT-012 P2 HRS (Search for binary stars which may form planetary nebulae.)
2025-2-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x6) (Cosmic dance of massive triple)
2024-2-MLT-001 P3 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)
2025-2-MLT-013 P3 RSS (x2) (Searching for double hydrogen-deficient stars)
2023-2-MLT-005 P4 HRS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
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SO: Nomzamo
Others: Sumari, Nico
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Summary
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We lost a little time to weather, technical issues and a second mirror alignment, which was needed due to strong winds during the first. However, we had some amazing seeing in the final few hours of the night after the clouds disappeared and the wind calmed down. We observed many very short blocks of (mostly) very bright stars under a bright moon.
Science data taken for:
2025-1-COM-001 P1 HRS (HRS HS Commissioning )
2025-2-MLT-012 P2 HRS (Search for binary stars which may form planetary nebulae.)
2025-2-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x6) (Cosmic dance of massive triple)
2024-2-MLT-001 P3 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)
2025-2-MLT-013 P3 RSS (x2) (Searching for double hydrogen-deficient stars)
2023-2-MLT-005 P4 HRS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
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Monday, January 5, 2026
Night Log 2026-01-04
SA: Lee
SO: Nomzamo
Others: Sumari
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Summary
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The night started and ended with cloud. We observed 4 blocks in a short gap between the weather. High humidity closed us for good.
Science data taken for:
2025-2-MLT-010 P1 HRS (SA-China Exoplanet Collaboration PASTA)
2025-2-SCI-005 P3 HRS (Observing, how disc-atmosphere inhomogeneities are rotating around the forming star)
2025-2-LSP-001 P4 HRS (x2) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
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SO: Nomzamo
Others: Sumari
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Summary
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The night started and ended with cloud. We observed 4 blocks in a short gap between the weather. High humidity closed us for good.
Science data taken for:
2025-2-MLT-010 P1 HRS (SA-China Exoplanet Collaboration PASTA)
2025-2-SCI-005 P3 HRS (Observing, how disc-atmosphere inhomogeneities are rotating around the forming star)
2025-2-LSP-001 P4 HRS (x2) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
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Sunday, January 4, 2026
Night Log 2026-01-03
SA: Lee
SO: Nomzamo
Others: Sumari, Wimpie
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Summary
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We had a very difficult night full of technical issues and poor weather. We had cloud, wind, humidity and very poor seeing, but none were quite bad enough to close us. We managed to complete several low priority blocks.
Science data taken for:
2025-2-MLT-010 P2 HRS (SA-China Exoplanet Collaboration PASTA)
2023-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2025-2-SCI-029 P3 HRS (x2) (High resolution spectroscopy of asteroseismic targets)
2025-2-LSP-001 P4 HRS (x4) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
2023-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
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SO: Nomzamo
Others: Sumari, Wimpie
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Summary
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We had a very difficult night full of technical issues and poor weather. We had cloud, wind, humidity and very poor seeing, but none were quite bad enough to close us. We managed to complete several low priority blocks.
Science data taken for:
2025-2-MLT-010 P2 HRS (SA-China Exoplanet Collaboration PASTA)
2023-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2025-2-SCI-029 P3 HRS (x2) (High resolution spectroscopy of asteroseismic targets)
2025-2-LSP-001 P4 HRS (x4) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
2023-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
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Saturday, January 3, 2026
Night Log 2026-01-02
SA: Lee
SO: Nomzamo
Others: Sumari for training
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Summary
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The night was cut short by high humidity. We had good seeing until then, and completed 5 blocks under a bright full moon.
Science data taken for:
2025-2-MLT-010 P2 HRS (SA-China Exoplanet Collaboration PASTA)
2025-2-SCI-038 P3 HRS (Identifying Be eclipsing binaries)
2025-2-MLT-013 P3 RSS (Searching for double hydrogen-deficient stars)
2025-2-SCI-004 P3 HRS (x2) (observations of ssrAp stars)
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SO: Nomzamo
Others: Sumari for training
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Summary
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The night was cut short by high humidity. We had good seeing until then, and completed 5 blocks under a bright full moon.
Science data taken for:
2025-2-MLT-010 P2 HRS (SA-China Exoplanet Collaboration PASTA)
2025-2-SCI-038 P3 HRS (Identifying Be eclipsing binaries)
2025-2-MLT-013 P3 RSS (Searching for double hydrogen-deficient stars)
2025-2-SCI-004 P3 HRS (x2) (observations of ssrAp stars)
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