Night Log 2014-03-11

SA: Paul
SO: Fred
Others: Lisa, John

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- had chance to observe only one target before we had to close due to high humidity.

- obtained data for:
- 2013-2-GU-001 (spectroscopy of the Seyfert galaxy WPVS 48)

Night Log 2014-03-10

SA: Paul
SO: Fred
Others: Simon

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- we were closed for most of the early part of the evening. opened just after 02:00 to partly cloudy and high humidity conditions.

- obtained data for the following programs:
- 2013-2-IUCAA-001 (simultaneous QSO and galaxy spectroscopy)
- 2013-2-RSA_OTH_UKSC-003 (spectroscopy of Be/X-ray binaries)
- 2013-2-RSA_POL-001 (spectroscopy of symbiotic stars)

Night Log 2014-03-09

SA: Paul
SO: Fred
Others:

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- the night was cut short by high humidity. managed to get some data in the very poor seeing conditions before closing.

- obtained data for the following programs:
- 2013-2-RSA_POL-001 (spectroscopy of symbiotic stars)
- 2013-2-RSA_OTH_UKSC-003 x2 (spectroscopy of Be/X-ray binaries)

Night Log 2014-03-08

SA: Paul
SO: Fred
Others:

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- started off with perfect conditions till a front moved in just before 21:00. this brought bad seeing and an increase in humidity which eventually forced us to close at 01:30. continued with closed dome engineering tests till late morning.

- obstained science data for the following programs:
- 2013-2-AMNH-002 (spectroscopy of M-dwarf stars)
- 2013-2-RSA_DC_OTH-001 (reverberation mapping of a Seyfert galaxy)
- 2013-2-UW_RSA-001 (determining redshifts for HI selected galaxies)
- 2013-2-RSA_OTH-005 (spectroscopy of void galaxies to determinine metallicities)

Night Log 2014-03-07

SA: Paul
SO: Fred
Others: Johnathan

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- another night filled good science data. had a clear photometric night with very good seeing. had one or two technical issues, but no show stoppers.

- obtained science data for the following programs:
- 2013-2-RU-003 (spectra of galaxies in a z=0.83 cluster using gravitational arcs)
- 2013-2-UNC_RSA_RU-001 (emission-line spectroscopy of low surface brighness galaxies)
- 2013-2-UW_RSA-001 (determining redshifts for HI detectioned galaxies)
- 2013-2-RSA_OTH-006 (long-slit spectroscopy of starburst galaxies)
- 2013-2-RSA-008 (longslit observations of pairs of galaxies at intermediate redshift (z~0.4 - 0.5))
- 2013-2-DC-005 (spectroscopy of quasars at z = 0.2 - 0.3)
- 2013-2-IUCAA-001 x2 (to determine redshifts simultaneously for a QSO and galaxy)

Night Log 2014-03-06

SA: Paul
SO: Fred
Others: Ettienne

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- a stable night with good, variable seeing.

- obtained data for the following programs:
- 2013-2-UKSC-009 (study of the properties of thin and thick disks of galaxy IC2531)
- 2013-2-UW_RSA-001 x2 (searching for companions to HI sources at intermediate redshifts)
- 2013-2-RSA_OTH-006 (Tracing the history of LIRGs)
- 2013-2-RSA-008 (tracing the stellar mass build-up of BCGs via mergers)
- 2013-2-DC-005 (ionized gas kinematics for obscured quasars with molecular gas measurements)
- 2013-2-IUCAA_UW-001 (spectra of low ionization broad absorption line quasars)
- 2013-2-IUCAA_OTH-001 (fast photometry of the low mass X-ray binary pulsar: 4U1626-67)

Night Log 2014-03-05

SA: Paul
SO: Fred
Others:

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- good stable observing conditions for most of the night. seeing stayed around 1.5'' or just a bit lower.

- obtained data for the following programs:
- 2013-2-HET_GU-001 (reverberation mapping of a Seyfert galaxy)
- 2013-2-POL_RSA-001 (dark energy tests with quasar monitoring)
- 2013-2-RSA-008 (tracing the stellar mass build-up of BCGs via mergers)
- 2013-2-IUCAA-001 (observing QSO pairs to probe high-z ISM)
- 2013-2-RSA-004 (the growth of massive galaxies through mergers)
- 2013-2-RU-004 (investigating H-alpha emission of a supernova bowshock)
- 2013-2-GU-004 (looking for line profile variations in WPVS 48)
- 2013-2-IUCAA_OTH-001 (fast photometry of LMXB pulsar 4U1626-67)