Thursday, September 25, 2014

Night Log 2014-09-24

SA: Paul
SO: Veronica
Others: Francois, Ockert, Johnathan

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Summary
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- the red arm of HRS is not operational yet, therefore, all the HRS data taken tonight is blue detector only.

- had clear and photometric conditions for the whole evening. the seeing was variable and ranged from 1.1'' to 2.5''. had various small technical issues.

- obtained data for the following programs:

2014-1-RSA_HET_UKSC_OTH-001 P0 SCAM (Observe the accretion disc as a white dwarf, neutron star or black hole gobbles up a companion.)
2014-1-POL-001 P2 HRS (Searching for circumbinary planets)
2014-1-AMNH-005 P4 SCAM (Studying the long-term behavior of classical novae after their eruptions)

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