SA: Narges
SO: Austun
Others: Antoine, Daniel
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Summary
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We lost most of the night due to bad weather. Only a few blocks were observed.
Science data taken for:
2023-1-COM-002 P1 RSS (Observing the Moon for polarimetry calibrations)
2024-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x2) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
2025-1-SCI-031 P3 HRS (x2) (High resolution spectra to obtain abundances of RR Lyrae stars.)
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SALT Astronomy
Monday, July 14, 2025
Sunday, July 13, 2025
Night Log 2025-07-12
SA: Narges
SO: Austun
Others: Lisa, her visitor, E10
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Summary
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It was a reasonably good night. We had some downtime but managed to observe several blocks including a P0.
Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-SCI-031 P1 HRS (x3) (High resolution spectra to obtain abundances of RR Lyrae stars.)
2025-1-COM-001 P1 HRS (HRS HS Commissioning )
2024-1-LSP-001 P1 NIR (x2) (Study of star formation quenching in post-starburst galaxies)
2023-1-COM-002 P1 RSS (Observing the Moon for polarimetry calibrations)
2024-2-MLT-001 P2 HRS (x2) (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)
2024-1-MLT-007 P3 HRS (Long-term monitoring of the first known blue large-amplitude pulsator in a binary)
2025-1-MLT-006 P3 HRS (Search for binary post-AGB stars.)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x3) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
2025-1-SCI-004 P3 HRS (High resolution spectrocopy of Type II Cepheids)
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SO: Austun
Others: Lisa, her visitor, E10
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Summary
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It was a reasonably good night. We had some downtime but managed to observe several blocks including a P0.
Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-SCI-031 P1 HRS (x3) (High resolution spectra to obtain abundances of RR Lyrae stars.)
2025-1-COM-001 P1 HRS (HRS HS Commissioning )
2024-1-LSP-001 P1 NIR (x2) (Study of star formation quenching in post-starburst galaxies)
2023-1-COM-002 P1 RSS (Observing the Moon for polarimetry calibrations)
2024-2-MLT-001 P2 HRS (x2) (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)
2024-1-MLT-007 P3 HRS (Long-term monitoring of the first known blue large-amplitude pulsator in a binary)
2025-1-MLT-006 P3 HRS (Search for binary post-AGB stars.)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x3) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
2025-1-SCI-004 P3 HRS (High resolution spectrocopy of Type II Cepheids)
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Saturday, July 12, 2025
Night Log 2025-07-11
SA: Narges
SO: Austun
Others: Nico
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Summary
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Lost the whole night mainly due to bad weather a few technical issues.
No science data taken.
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SO: Austun
Others: Nico
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Summary
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Lost the whole night mainly due to bad weather a few technical issues.
No science data taken.
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Friday, July 11, 2025
Night Log 2025-07-10
SA: Narges
SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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Lost the whole night due to bad weather.
No science data taken.
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SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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Lost the whole night due to bad weather.
No science data taken.
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Thursday, July 10, 2025
Night Log 2025-07-09
SA: Narges
SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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We lost most of the night due to high winds. HRS was offline and only 4 RSS science blocks were observed.
Science data taken for:
2025-1-SCI-012 P4 RSS (x3) (Artificial intelligence identification of extragalactic sources)
2025-1-MLT-002 P4 RSS (Tracking Accretion Flows via BLR Emission in Changing-Look Active Galactic Nuclei)
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SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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We lost most of the night due to high winds. HRS was offline and only 4 RSS science blocks were observed.
Science data taken for:
2025-1-SCI-012 P4 RSS (x3) (Artificial intelligence identification of extragalactic sources)
2025-1-MLT-002 P4 RSS (Tracking Accretion Flows via BLR Emission in Changing-Look Active Galactic Nuclei)
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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Night Log 2025-07-08
SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Narges, Anthony
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Summary
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We had varying cloud cover throughout the night but we managed to observe a few blocks before the clouds and high winds closed us.
Science data taken for:
2022-1-COM-003 P0 HRS (Some targets for NIR first LIght)
2025-1-SCI-031 P1 HRS (x3) (High resolution spectra to obtain abundances of RR Lyrae stars.)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x5) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
2025-1-SCI-004 P3 HRS (High resolution spectrocopy of Type II Cepheids)
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SO: Veronica
Others: Narges, Anthony
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Summary
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We had varying cloud cover throughout the night but we managed to observe a few blocks before the clouds and high winds closed us.
Science data taken for:
2022-1-COM-003 P0 HRS (Some targets for NIR first LIght)
2025-1-SCI-031 P1 HRS (x3) (High resolution spectra to obtain abundances of RR Lyrae stars.)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x5) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
2025-1-SCI-004 P3 HRS (High resolution spectrocopy of Type II Cepheids)
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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Night Log 2025-07-07
SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Nico, Johan, E10, Taygan + Tamiah
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Summary
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We had stable conditions tonight: mostly clear skies and good seeing, and we were able to observe many blocks despite some technical problems.
Science data taken for:
2025-1-SCI-011 P1 RSS (Radial Velocity measurements of short-period pulsating stars. )
2024-2-MLT-001 P2 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)
2025-1-SCI-031 P2 HRS (x2) (High resolution spectra to obtain abundances of RR Lyrae stars.)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x4) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
2025-1-SCI-004 P3 HRS (High resolution spectrocopy of Type II Cepheids)
2024-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-SCI-002 P3 HRS (x2) (Observations of ssrAp stars)
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SO: Veronica
Others: Nico, Johan, E10, Taygan + Tamiah
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Summary
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We had stable conditions tonight: mostly clear skies and good seeing, and we were able to observe many blocks despite some technical problems.
Science data taken for:
2025-1-SCI-011 P1 RSS (Radial Velocity measurements of short-period pulsating stars. )
2024-2-MLT-001 P2 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)
2025-1-SCI-031 P2 HRS (x2) (High resolution spectra to obtain abundances of RR Lyrae stars.)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x4) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
2025-1-SCI-004 P3 HRS (High resolution spectrocopy of Type II Cepheids)
2024-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-SCI-002 P3 HRS (x2) (Observations of ssrAp stars)
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