Sunday, May 31, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-30

SA: Paul
SO: Thea
Others: Cara, Wolfram

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- Did not open due to high humidity and rain.

Saturday, May 30, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-29

SA: Paul
SO: Thea
Others: Cara

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- Not a productive night at all. A cold front moved in. We closed just after 02:00. Before that we managed to get some observations done through the clouds.

2015-1-SCI-026 P3 HRS (Doppler tomography of T Tauri-type star and a search for forming planet)
2015-1-SCI-036 P3 HRS (Metal abundance of extremely metal poor candidates with high S/N and high resolution spectra.)
2015-1-SCI-017 P3 HRS (Observations of evolved massive stars revealed with Spitzer and WISE)
2015-1-SCI-062 P4 SCAM (x3) (Studying the long-term behavior of classical novae after their eruptions)

Friday, May 29, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-28

SA: Paul
SO: Thea
Others: Cara

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- Had a very productive night with seeing varying between 1'' and 4'', mostly between 1'' and 2''. The night was cut short at the end due to a technical problem.

- We obtained data for the following programs:

2015-1-SCI-068 P1 RSS (Line profile variations in He 1136-2304)
2015-1-SCI-064 P2 HRS (Determining the rotation rate of O stars in Wolf Rayet/ O star binaries.)
2015-1-SCI-018 P2 HRS (Accretion in Young Binary Star Systems)
2015-1-SCI-009 P2 HRS (x3) (Pulsations of the Extreme Helium Star BX Cir)
2015-1-SCI-012 P2 RSS (x4) (Searching for high redshift quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS))
2015-1-SCI-038 P2 RSS (Determining galaxy group member redshifts )

Thursday, May 28, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-27

SA: Paul
SO: Thea
Others: Cara, Martin at the start of the night

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- A very difficult first night at the telescope. Had several technical issues and unfavourable weather conditions. High wind speeds caused bad image quality since we could not properly align the mirror. Had a spike in humidity which closed us for a while. Seeing was variable.
- Attempted a number of proposals, but only ended up accepting the following observations:

2015-1-SCI-058 P1 SCAM (Studying the long-term behavior of classical novae after their eruptions)
2015-1-SCI-009 P2 HRS (Pulsations of the Extreme Helium Star BX Cir)
2015-1-SCI-005 P2 RSS (x2) (Time variability of emerging BAL QSOs.)
2015-1-SCI-017 P3 RSS (x2) (Observations of evolved massive stars revealed with Spitzer and WISE)
2015-1-SCI-062 P4 SCAM (Studying the long-term behavior of classical novae after their eruptions)

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-26

SA: Encarni
SO: Thea
Others: Paul and Cara. Martin for a while.

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Mostly foggy night, so unfortunately, no science tonight.
However, we did manage to make some engineering observations desperately needed for the HRS pipeline development, as well as taken several engineering tests: some polarimetry functionality tests, monochromator performance tests and took calibration series for the Low Resolution Fabry-Perot mode. Whew!

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-25

SA: Encarni
SO: Veronica
Others: Kai, Mike Shara. Marissa to help with BVIT observations. Thabelo for the power-cut rescue..

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Beautiful clear skies at sunset, cloudy shortly after for about 1 hour and then beautiful, good seeing, dark skies Unfortunately a power cut at ~4am caused some technical problems and we were unable to continue.

Took some telescope throughput measurements, some commissioning observations and science data for:

2015-1-SCI-061 P1 SCAM (Perform a high- cadence imaging survey of stars in NGC-2808)
2015-1-SCI-012 P1 RSS (Searching for high redshift quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS))
2015-1-SCI-009 P1 HRS (x3) (Pulsations of the Extreme Helium Star BX Cir)
2015-1-COM-001 P1 BVIT (SALT dome seeing measurement.)
2015-1-SCI-064 P3 HRS (Determining the rotation rate of O stars in Wolf Rayet/ O star binaries.)
2015-1-MLT-003 P4 RSS (We aim to study a number of candidate ultracool objects, which should include new brown dwarfs.)

Monday, May 25, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-24

SA: Encarni
SO: Veronica
Others: Mike Shara. Eben, Thabelo and Junior at the beginning of the night. Chris for a while.

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Partly cloudy night with plummeting temperatures - from 15C at the beginning of the night, to 5.5C at the end!

Science data for:

2015-1-SCI-068 P1 RSS (Line profile variations in He 1136-2304)
2015-1-SCI-058 P1 SCAM (Studying the long-term behavior of classical novae after their eruptions)
2015-1-SCI-038 P2 RSS (Determining galaxy group member redshifts )
2015-1-SCI-064 P2 HRS (x3) (Determining the rotation rate of O stars in Wolf Rayet/ O star binaries.)
2015-1-SCI-011 P3 RSS (Searching the Milky Way for symbiotic stars)
2015-1-SCI-017 P3 RSS (Observations of evolved massive stars revealed with Spitzer and WISE)
2015-1-SCI-026 P3 HRS (Doppler tomography of T Tauri-type star and a search for forming planet)
2015-1-SCI-036 P3 HRS (Metal abundance of extremely metal poor candidates with high S/N and high resolution spectra.)
2015-1-MLT-003 P4 RSS (We aim to study a number of candidate ultracool objects, which should include new brown dwarfs.)

Sunday, May 24, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-23

SA: Encarni
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Frustrating night with loads of clouds rolling by and a few gaps - some long enough for observations, and some... not.

Science data for:
2015-1-SCI-038 P2 RSS (Determining galaxy group member redshifts )
2015-1-SCI-026 P3 HRS (Doppler tomography of T Tauri-type star and a search for forming planet)
2015-1-SCI-045 P3 RSS (Searching for binaries in unusual central stars of planetary nebulae)
2015-1-SCI-017 P3 RSS (x2) (Observations of evolved massive stars revealed with Spitzer and WISE)

Saturday, May 23, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-22

SA: Encarni
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Busy night with thin clouds and variable seeing.

Science data for:
2015-1-SCI-008 P0 RSS (Classification of possible supernovae)
2015-1-SCI-018 P0 HRS (Accretion in Young Binary Star Systems)
2015-1-SCI-058 P1 SCAM (Studying the long-term behavior of classical novae after their eruptions)
2015-1-SCI-055 P2 RSS (Spectroscopic classification of candidate magnetic cataclysmic variables in the CRTS)
2015-1-SCI-012 P2 RSS (x5) (Searching for high redshift quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS))
2015-1-SCI-052 P2 RSS (Finding the redshift and ionization of WISE-selected QSOs)
2015-1-SCI-064 P3 HRS (x2) (Determining the rotation rate of O stars in Wolf Rayet/ O star binaries.)

Friday, May 22, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-21

SA: Encarni
SO: Veronica
Others: Kai and Garith. Hitesh over the phone for SAMS help.

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Mostly cloudy night with a few patches of clear skies. Managed to take advantage of those gaps and got data for:

2015-1-SCI-064 P2 HRS (x3) (Determining the rotation rate of O stars in Wolf Rayet/ O star binaries.)
2015-1-SCI-001 P3 RSS (Characterising a rapidly pulsating star)

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-20

SA: Encarni
SO: Veronica
Others: Garith and Kai

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Dark night with variable seeing and clouds.
Science data for:

2015-1-MLT-004 P0 RSS (x3) (Deriving the mass of the central super-massive black hole in the core of active galaxies)
2015-1-SCI-012 P2 RSS (x3) (Searching for high redshift quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS))
2015-1-SCI-055 P2 RSS (x2) (Spectroscopic classification of candidate magnetic cataclysmic variables in the CRTS)
2015-1-SCI-017 P3 SCAM (Observations of evolved massive stars revealed with Spitzer and WISE)
2015-1-SCI-017 P3 RSS (x4) (Observations of evolved massive stars revealed with Spitzer and WISE)
2015-1-SCI-062 P4 SCAM (Studying the long-term behavior of classical novae after their eruptions)

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-19

SA: Alexei
SO: Thea
Others: Encarni

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=> Unstable night with good and moderate seeing. Thin clouds during the whole night.

=> Data were taken for the following programs:
2015-1-SCI-025 P1 RSS (Trying to confirm existence of new dwarf Galaxy )
2015-1-SCI-055 P2 RSS (x4) (Spectroscopic classification of candidate magnetic cataclysmic variables in the CRTS)
2015-1-SCI-012 P2 RSS (Searching for high redshift quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS))
2014-2-MLT-001 P2 RSS (x2) (Study of the evolution of lenticular galaxies.)
2015-1-SCI-052 P2 RSS (x3) (Finding the redshift and ionization of WISE-selected QSOs)
2015-1-SCI-067 P3 RSS (Spectroscopic verification of FU-Ori type outbursts )

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-18

SA: Alexei
SO: Thea
Others: Tamara for a while

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=> Unstable night with strong wind and thin clouds. Moderate and bad seeing. Some telescope problems during the night.

=> Data were taken for the following programs:
2015-1-SCI-012 P2 RSS (Searching for high redshift quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS))
2015-1-SCI-067 P2+P3 RSS (x6) (Spectroscopic verification of FU-Ori type outbursts )
2014-2-MLT-001 P2+P3 RSS (x2) (Study of the evolution of lenticular galaxies.)
2015-1-SCI-052 P2 RSS (x2) (Finding the redshift and ionization of WISE-selected QSOs)
2015-1-SCI-017 P3 RSS (Observations of evolved massive stars revealed with Spitzer and WISE)

=> Straylight test on RSS was done

Monday, May 18, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-17

SA: Alexei
SO: Thea
Others: Tamara for a while

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=> Dark night with cirrus. Moderate seeing. Very strong wind closed us finally.

=> Data were taken for the following programs:
2015-1-SCI-008 P0 RSS (x2) (Classification of possible supernovae)
2015-1-MLT-002 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far.)
2015-1-SCI-005 P1 RSS (Time variability of emerging BAL QSOs.)
2015-1-SCI-012 P2 RSS (Searching for high redshift quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS))
2015-1-SCI-009 P2 HRS (Pulsations of the Extreme Helium Star BX Cir)
2014-2-MLT-001 P2 RSS (Study of the evolution of lenticular galaxies.)

Sunday, May 17, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-16

SA: Alexei
SO: Thea
Others: Tamara for a while

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=> Clear dark night. Were closed some hours by humidity, but open later and continue to observe practically up to twilight and were closed by humidity again.

=> A lot of positive events: (1) Russia beat USA in the semifinal of the Ice Hockey World Champs! (2) Happy Birthday, Alexei!!!

=> Data were taken for the following programs:
2015-1-SCI-041 P1 RSS (Superwinds in luminous starburst galaxies)
2015-1-SCI-067 P2 RSS (Spectroscopic verification of FU-Ori type outbursts )
2015-1-SCI-012 P2 RSS (x4) (Searching for high redshift quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS))
2015-1-SCI-052 P2 RSS (Finding the redshift and ionization of WISE-selected QSOs)
2015-1-SCI-069 P2 RSS (Target of opportunity for variable AGN)
2015-1-SCI-022 P2 HRS (Spectroscopy of the evolved binary star DY Cen)
2015-1-SCI-009 P2 HRS (Pulsations of the Extreme Helium Star BX Cir)

Saturday, May 16, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-15

SA: Alexei
SO: Thea
Others:

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=> Most of the night was lost due to heavy clouds. Observed only two last hours

=> Data were taken for the program:
2015-1-SCI-052 P2 RSS (x2) (Finding the redshift and ionization of WISE-selected QSOs)

=> Reference spectra were taken to check new calibration system.

Friday, May 15, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-14

SA: Alexei
SO: Thea
Others: Day team for a while to finish payload work

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=> The overcast day became a completely overcast night.

=> Some calibration data were taken

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-13

SA: Alexei
SO: Thea
Others: Deon, Janus and Darragh for a while

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=> Nice dark and grey night with good enough seeing. Some clouds came during the second half of the night.

=> Data were taken for the following programs:
2015-1-MLT-004 P0 RSS (x3) (Deriving the mass of the central super-massive black hole in the core of active galaxies)
2015-1-SCI-025 P1 RSS (Trying to confirm existence of new dwarf Galaxy )
2015-1-SCI-012 P1 RSS (x2) (Searching for high redshift quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS))
2015-1-SCI-067 P1 RSS (x4) (Spectroscopic verification of FU-Ori type outbursts )
2015-1-SCI-009 P2 HRS (Pulsations of the Extreme Helium Star BX Cir)
2015-1-SCI-011 P2 RSS (Searching the Milky Way for symbiotic stars)
2015-1-SCI-052 P2 RSS (x3) (Finding the redshift and ionization of WISE-selected QSOs)
2015-1-SCI-017 P3 SCAM (Observations of evolved massive stars revealed with Spitzer and WISE)

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-12

SA: Petri
SO: Veronica
Others: Alexei (ha!), Darragh, Janus, Stephen, Keith, Thea, Lizelke, Hamish and lots of visitors

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Now what would the world be like if every night was like this night?
Do you have a dream? Calm, clear, dark, sub-arcsec seeing. No
issues to speak of. Finland beat Russia on penalties in
the Ice Hockey World Champs. Yes, it is true. Lots of long high
priority blocks taken:

2014-2-DDT-006 P0 RSS (Identification of a Nova/Symbiotic nova candidate OGLE-2015-NOVA-01)
2015-1-SCI-018 P1 HRS (Accretion in Young Binary Star Systems)
2015-1-SCI-041 P1 RSS (Superwinds in luminous starburst galaxies)
2015-1-SCI-025 P1 RSS (Trying to confirm existence of new dwarf Galaxy )
2015-1-SCI-012 P1 RSS (x4) (Searching for high redshift quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS))
2015-1-SCI-016 P1 RSS (RINGS: The RSS Imaging spectroscopy Nearby Galaxy Survey)
2015-1-SCI-064 P2 HRS (x2) (Determining the rotation rate of O stars in Wolf Rayet/ O star binaries.)

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-11

SA: Petri
SO: Veronica
Others: Janus, Darragh, Steven H., Deon, Martin

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Nearly the full night lost to humidity. Managed just two blocks before
closing up:
2015-1-SCI-030 P2 RSS (Compact star clusters near optical centers of dwarf galaxies)
2015-1-SCI-032 P2 HRS (Investigating the birth and evolution of X-ray binaries through their radial motion.)

Monday, May 11, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-10

SA: Petri
SO: Veronica
Others: Eric and Encarni over email and phone

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Beautiful beginning of the night, clear and great seeing. However,
humidity shot up and had to close after 11pm already. Data were taken
for the following programs, however, the recipients of the HRS blocks
tonight do read the log carefully.


2015-1-SCI-012 P1 RSS (Searching for high redshift quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS))
2015-1-SCI-009 P1 HRS (Pulsations of the Extreme Helium Star BX Cir)
2015-1-SCI-032 P2 HRS (Investigating the birth and evolution of X-ray binaries through their radial motion.)
2015-1-SCI-052 P2 RSS (Finding the redshift and ionization of WISE-selected QSOs)

Sunday, May 10, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-09

SA: Petri
SO: Veronica
Others: Keith, Hamish

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Started out bit cirrusy, then cleared up for many hours until
humidity forced us to close after 3am. No problems whatsoever, so
ended up being a productive science night. Data for:

2015-1-SCI-009 P1 HRS (Pulsations of the Extreme Helium Star BX Cir)
2015-1-SCI-012 P1 RSS (x4) (Searching for high redshift quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS))
2015-1-SCI-064 P2 HRS (Determining the rotation rate of O stars in Wolf Rayet/ O star binaries.)
2015-1-SCI-018 P2 HRS (Accretion in Young Binary Star Systems)
2015-1-SCI-005 P2 RSS (Time variability of emerging BAL QSOs.)
2015-1-SCI-052 P2 RSS (Finding the redshift and ionization of WISE-selected QSOs)
2015-1-SCI-017 P3 RSS (x2) (Observations of evolved massive stars revealed with Spitzer and WISE)

Saturday, May 9, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-08

SA: Petri
SO: Veronica
Others: Keith

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Absolutely great dark and gray night with consistently 1 arcsec
seeing and clear, until around 3am when clouds starting coming.
Many Blocks done, plus two rejected ones:

2015-1-MLT-002 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far.)
2015-1-SCI-012 P1 RSS (x2) (Searching for high redshift quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS))
2015-1-SCI-009 P1 HRS (Pulsations of the Extreme Helium Star BX Cir)
2015-1-SCI-064 P1 HRS (x2) (Determining the rotation rate of O stars in Wolf Rayet/ O star binaries.)
2014-2-MLT-001 P2 RSS (Study of the evolution of lenticular galaxies.)
2015-1-SCI-032 P2 HRS (Investigating the birth and evolution of X-ray binaries through their radial motion.)
2015-1-SCI-052 P2 RSS (Finding the redshift and ionization of WISE-selected QSOs)
2015-1-SCI-026 P3 HRS (Doppler tomography of T Tauri-type star and a search for forming planet)
2015-1-SCI-062 P4 SCAM (Studying the long-term behavior of classical novae after their eruptions)

Friday, May 8, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-07

SA: Petri
SO: Veronica
Others: Keith, Lisa, Ramotholo, Hamish

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Thin and thicker cirrus all night, but seeing was great. Lost couple of
hours to a technical issue, a bit in the end to too thick cloud, but in
between that took science data for bright programs:

2015-1-SCI-061 P1 SCAM (x2) (Perform a high- cadence imaging survey of stars in NGC-2808)
2015-1-SCI-016 P1 RSS (x2) (RINGS: The RSS Imaging spectroscopy Nearby Galaxy Survey)
2015-1-SCI-009 P2 HRS (Pulsations of the Extreme Helium Star BX Cir)
2015-1-SCI-017 P3 RSS (x2) (Observations of evolved massive stars revealed with Spitzer and WISE)
2015-1-SCI-026 P3 HRS (Doppler tomography of T Tauri-type star and a search for forming planet)
2015-1-SCI-017 P3 SCAM (Observations of evolved massive stars revealed with Spitzer and WISE)

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-06

SA: Petri
SO: Veronica
Others: Keith, Chris, Thabelo

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First half of the night spent continuing yesterday's tracker work. Then
back on-sky - night was bright, and totally clear with periods of
exceptionally good seeing. Productive night. Did on-sky engineering
tests, but also got science for:

2015-1-MLT-004 P0 RSS (x2) (Deriving the mass of the central super-massive black hole in the core of active galaxies)
2015-1-SCI-056 P2 RSS (x2) (Observing spectra of Pluto as it rotates, in support of NASA's New Horizons mission.)
2015-1-SCI-017 P3 RSS (x3) (Observations of evolved massive stars revealed with Spitzer and WISE)

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-05

SA: Marissa
SO: Fred
Others: Petri, Enrico

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Engineering done on the telescope today. Humidity limit reached soon after twilight. Remain closed.

No data taken.

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-04

SA: Marissa
SO: Fred
Others: Enrico

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Absolutely clear night with very good, stable seeing.

Data taken for:

2015-1-SCI-011 P2 RSS (Searching the Milky Way for symbiotic stars)
2015-1-SCI-032 P2 HRS (Investigating the birth and evolution of X-ray binaries through their radial motion.)
2015-1-SCI-022 P2 HRS (Spectroscopy of the evolved binary star DY Cen)
2015-1-SCI-056 P2 RSS (x2) (Observing spectra of Pluto as it rotates, in support of NASA's New Horizons mission.)
2015-1-SCI-017 P3 RSS (x2) (Observations of evolved massive stars revealed with Spitzer and WISE)
2015-1-SCI-005 P3 RSS (Time variability of emerging BAL QSOs.)
2015-1-SCI-045 P3 RSS (x3) (Searching for binaries in unusual central stars of planetary nebulae)
2015-1-MLT-003 P4 RSS (x2) (We aim to study a number of candidate ultracool objects, which should include new brown dwarfs.)

Monday, May 4, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-03

SA: Marissa
SO: Fred
Others: Enrico

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The FULL MOON didn't get in the way of good science. Later the night a few thin clouds rolled by, but the seeing was stable and nearly sub-arcsecond all night long. A productive night with minimal lost time.


Data taken for:

2015-1-SCI-031 P1 HRS (A cooling-down central star of a planetary nebula)
2015-1-SCI-018 P2 HRS (Accretion in Young Binary Star Systems)
2015-1-SCI-056 P2 RSS (x2) (Observing spectra of Pluto as it rotates, in support of NASA's New Horizons mission.)
2015-1-SCI-057 P2 SCAM (Rapid photomerty of mCVs with SALTICAM in slotmode)
2015-1-SCI-029 P2 HRS (Fingerprints of the interstellar medium in the spectra of central stars of planetary nebulae)
2015-1-SCI-045 P3 RSS (x3) (Searching for binaries in unusual central stars of planetary nebulae)
2015-1-MLT-003 P4 RSS (x3) (We aim to study a number of candidate ultracool objects, which should include new brown dwarfs.)

Sunday, May 3, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-02

SA: Marissa
SO: Fred
Others: Enrico

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Brilliant night with sub-arcsecond seeing for several hours! Some very thin high clouds are making it non-photometric and the moon is full tonight.

Data taken for:

2015-1-SCI-057 P2 SCAM (Rapid photomerty of mCVs with SALTICAM in slotmode)
2015-1-SCI-032 P2 HRS (Investigating the birth and evolution of X-ray binaries through their radial motion.)
2015-1-SCI-029 P2 HRS (x4) (Fingerprints of the interstellar medium in the spectra of central stars of planetary nebulae)
2015-1-SCI-017 P3 RSS (Observations of evolved massive stars revealed with Spitzer and WISE)
2015-1-SCI-045 P3 RSS (x2) (Searching for binaries in unusual central stars of planetary nebulae)
2015-1-SCI-026 P3 HRS (Doppler tomography of T Tauri-type star and a search for forming planet)
2015-1-MLT-003 P4 RSS (We aim to study a number of candidate ultracool objects, which should include new brown dwarfs.)

Saturday, May 2, 2015

Night Log 2015-05-01

SA: Marissa
SO: Fred
Others: Enrico

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The overcast day became a completely overcast night. Fortunately the weather forecast for tomorrow looks promising.

No data taken.

Friday, May 1, 2015

Night Log 2015-04-30

SA: Marissa
SO: Fred
Others: Enrico

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A beautiful last night of semester 2014-2 with excellent conditions and good seeing.

Data taken for:

2015-1-SCI-022 P2 HRS (Spectroscopy of the evolved binary star DY Cen)
2015-1-SCI-029 P2 HRS (Fingerprints of the interstellar medium in the spectra of central stars of planetary nebulae)
2014-2-SCI-020 P2 HRS (HRS observations of planetary nebulae and spectra of dwarf tidal galaxies.)
2015-1-SCI-032 P2 HRS (Investigating the birth and evolution of X-ray binaries through their radial motion.)
2014-1-MLT-003 P2 SCAM (Observe the accretion disc as a white dwarf, neutron star or black hole gobbles up a companion.)
2014-2-SCI-060 P3 RSS (Searching for binaries in unusual central stars of planetary nebulae)
2014-1-MLT-001 P3 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far.)
2014-1-MLT-007 P4 RSS (x2) (Long term monitoring of circumstellar disk in Be X-ray binaries)
2014-2-MLT-003 P4 RSS (x3) (Study, and detailed classification, of a number of proposed very cool astronomical objects)