Sunday, July 31, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-30

SA: Encarni
SO: Veronica
Others:

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A beautiful start to the night, but it rapidly turned too humid for observations and we had to close.
Managed a block for:
2016-1-DDT-002 P0 RSS (Fast transient exploration)

Saturday, July 30, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-29

SA: Encarni
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Another night unable to open due to bad weather. Hopefully tomorrow we'll get a chance!

Friday, July 29, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-28

SA: Encarni
SO: Veronica
Others: Cute little mouse.. in the kitchen! :o

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Wet, windy and cold conditions tonight. We didn't get to open.

Thursday, July 28, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-27

SA: Encarni
SO: Veronica
Others: John Stoffels, PJ Kim from KMTNet to learn about TimDimm

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Entire night lost to high humidity

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-26

SA: Marissa
SO: Fred
Others: Rudi (in training), Encarni (for handover)

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Snow kept us closed tonight.

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-25

SA: Marissa
SO: Fred
Others: Rudi (in training)

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Light rain kept us closed all night.

Monday, July 25, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-24

SA: Marissa
SO: Fred
Others: Rudi (in training)

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A cold night with high humidity and clouds later on.

Data taken for:

2016-1-MLT-010 P0 RSS (Follow up observations of transient sources)
2016-1-SCI-034 P1 RSS (Line profile variations in PKS 2135-14)
2016-1-SCI-003 P2 RSS (We are measuring radial velocities of a X-ray binary to measure its orbit.)
2016-1-COM-007 P2 HRS (x3) (Commissioning data for HRS)
2016-1-SCI-036 P3 HRS (Study of the evolution of massive stars in our Galaxy.)

Sunday, July 24, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-23

SA: Marissa
SO: Fred
Others: Rudi (in training)

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Lost the night to high humidity and sub-zero temperatures.

Saturday, July 23, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-22

SA: Marissa
SO: Fred
Others: Rudi (in training)

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Snow tonight. Then sub-zero temperatures. No data taken.

Friday, July 22, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-21

SA: Marissa
SO: Fred
Others: Rudi (in training)

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Closed all night with high humidity and clouds.

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-20

SA: Marissa
SO: Fred
Others: Rudi (in training)

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High wind-speed and high humidity kept us closed, except for a very brief opportunity to get data for:

2016-1-MLT-001 P3 RSS (Kinematics of Bulge Miras)

Used the downtime for weekly closed-dome calibrations.

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-19

SA: �ric
SO: Veronica
Others: Rudim, Enrico, Marissa, Fred

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We lost half of the night to clouds.
We could get data for the following programs:
2016-1-SCI-058 P2 HRS (Testing the theoretical prediction about the spin of the most massive stars in a binary system.)
2016-1-SCI-005 P2 RSS (Spectra of dwarf and tidal dwarf galaxies)
2016-1-MLT-001 P3 RSS (x2) (Kinematics of Bulge Miras)
2016-1-SCI-036 P3 HRS (Study of the evolution of massive stars in our Galaxy.)
2016-1-MLT-003 P4 RSS (x9) (Spectroscopic observations of bright RR Lyrae variables)
2016-1-SCI-057 P4 SCAM (Studying the long-term behavior of classical novae after their eruptions)

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-18

SA: �ric
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Despite a quite uncooperative weather (we lost a few hours to clouds) we could gather data for the following programs:
2016-1-SCI-002 P1 HRS (High resolution spectroscopic abundance measurements of RGBs in NGC 6681, NGC 6584 and NGC 7099)
2016-1-SCI-032 P1 HRS (Evolved binaries in the Magellanic Clouds)
2016-1-SCI-043 P2 RSS (Spectrophotometry of Magellanic symbiotic stars)
2016-1-MLT-003 P4 RSS (x2) (Spectroscopic observations of bright RR Lyrae variables)
2016-1-SCI-057 P4 SCAM (Studying the long-term behavior of classical novae after their eruptions)

Monday, July 18, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-17

SA: �ric
SO: Veronica
Others:

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A failry productinve night. We lost half of it due to weather, but we could gather a lot of data for many programs.

2016-1-COM-008 P1 HRS (Laser Frequency Comb commissionning)
2016-1-MLT-007 P3 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far.)
2016-1-SCI-052 P3 RSS (Stars with close-in planets: are the planets losing mass? Do they stimulate stellar flares?)
2016-1-MLT-003 P4 RSS (x7) (Spectroscopic observations of bright RR Lyrae variables)

Sunday, July 17, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-16

SA: �ric
SO: Veronica
Others: Kerry, Hannah from the 1m for a short visit and Sinethemba

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A long and productive night.
We obtained data for the following programs:
2016-1-SCI-021 P1 RSS (Measuring Galaxy Kinematics For Construction of the Velocity Function)
2016-1-SCI-032 P1 HRS (Evolved binaries in the Magellanic Clouds)
2015-1-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Deriving the mass of the black holes in the core of active galaxies @romeroencarni1 @sand_dave)
2016-1-SCI-009 P3 HRS (Searching for circumbinary planets)
2016-1-SCI-051 P3 RSS (Monitoring the X-ray bright sgB[e] stars in Magellanic Clouds cc. @astro_Liz)
2016-1-SCI-057 P4 SCAM (Studying the long-term behavior of classical novae after their eruptions)
2016-1-MLT-003 P4 RSS (x4) (Spectroscopic observations of bright RR Lyrae variables)
2016-1-SCI-052 P4 RSS (Stars with close-in planets: are the planets losing mass? Do they stimulate stellar flares?)

Saturday, July 16, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-15

SA: �ric
SO: Veronica
Others:

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We could not open tonight, the weather was bad all night.
no data taken.

Friday, July 15, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-14

SA: �ric
SO: Veronica
Others: Minister of Economics Development, Paul, Eben, Eugene, Nithaya Chety

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A productive night, with very good weather conditions, that allowed us to observe a lot of programs.
Data obtained for :
2016-1-MLT-010 P0 RSS (Follow up observations of transient sources)
2016-1-MLT-008 P1 RSS (Redshift measurements of distant massive ACT galaxy clusters)
2016-1-COM-008 P1 HRS (Laser Frequency Comb commissionning)
2016-1-SCI-054 P1 RSS (Spectroscopy of ACT mm-band selected sources)
2016-1-SCI-002 P1 HRS (x2) (High resolution spectroscopic abundance measurements of RGBs in NGC 6681, NGC 6584 and NGC 7099)
2016-1-SCI-060 P1 RSS (Connecting timescales of star formation and AGN activity in galaxies)
2016-1-SCI-044 P2 RSS (x2) (Search for symbiotic stars in a dwarf galaxy NGC6822.)
2016-1-SCI-022 P2 RSS (x2) (Searching for high redshift quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS))
2016-1-SCI-049 P3 SCAM (Confirmation and redshift determination of galaxy clusters)
2016-1-SCI-055 P3 SCAM (Studying the long-term behavior of classical novae after their eruptions)
2016-1-MLT-001 P3 RSS (x2) (Kinematics of Bulge Miras)
2016-1-MLT-003 P4 RSS (Spectroscopic observations of bright RR Lyrae variables)

My thoughts go for all those who were in Nice yesterday.
#JeSuisNicois

Thursday, July 14, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-13

SA: �ric
SO: Veronica
Others:

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A long and productive night. The weather was slightly uncooperative at the beginning of the night, but around midnight, everything cleared. Probably because it' s Bastille day, and it' s my National Day!

We have observed the following programs :
2016-1-SCI-044 P1 RSS (Search for symbiotic stars in a dwarf galaxy NGC6822.)
2016-1-SCI-032 P1 HRS (Evolved binaries in the Magellanic Clouds)
2016-1-SCI-054 P1 RSS (Spectroscopy of ACT mm-band selected sources)
2016-1-MLT-008 P1 RSS (Redshift measurements of distant massive ACT galaxy clusters)
2016-1-SCI-060 P1 RSS (Connecting timescales of star formation and AGN activity in galaxies)
2016-1-SCI-049 P3 SCAM (x2) (Confirmation and redshift determination of galaxy clusters)
2016-1-SCI-033 P3 RSS (Investigating the activity state of the changing look AGN HE1136-2304)
2015-2-MLT-006 P3 RSS (Characterising Strong Gravitational Lensing systems)
2016-1-MLT-001 P3 RSS (x2) (Kinematics of Bulge Miras)
2016-1-MLT-003 P4 RSS (x6) (Spectroscopic observations of bright RR Lyrae variables)

Happy Bastille Day !

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-12

SA: Alexei
SO: Fred
Others: Eric, Tamara and Matthias for a while

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=> Thin clouds from the evening but started to be clear soon. Moderate and very unstable seeing.

=> Data were taken for science programs:
2016-1-DDT-001 P0 HRS (Linking optical emission line variability to X-ray activity in Be/X-ray binaries)
2016-1-SCI-002 P1 HRS (x3) (High resolution spectroscopic abundance measurements of RGBs in NGC 6681, NGC 6584 and NGC 7099)
2016-1-SCI-032 P1 HRS (Evolved binaries in the Magellanic Clouds)
2016-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Multi-slit spectroscopy of edge-on galaxies)
2016-1-MLT-010 P2 RSS (x2) (Follow up observations of transient sources)
2016-1-SCI-044 P2 RSS (Search for symbiotic stars in a dwarf galaxy NGC6822.)
2016-1-SCI-049 P3 SCAM (Confirmation and redshift determination of galaxy clusters)
2015-2-MLT-006 P3 RSS (Characterising Strong Gravitational Lensing systems)
2016-1-SCI-022 P3 RSS (Searching for high redshift quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS))
2016-1-SCI-010 P3 HRS (Fundamental parameters of detatched eclipsing binaries)
2016-1-MLT-002 P3 HRS (Analysis of metallicity gradient and local chemical composition heterogeneity in the Galactic disk)

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-11

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

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=> Thin and thick clouds from the evening, but started to be better after midnight and clear to the end of the night.

=> Science data were taken for programs:
2016-1-MLT-010 P0 RSS (x2) (Follow up observations of transient sources)
2016-1-SCI-054 P1 RSS (Spectroscopy of ACT mm-band selected sources)
2016-1-SCI-032 P1 HRS (Evolved binaries in the Magellanic Clouds)
2016-1-SCI-002 P1 HRS (x2) (High resolution spectroscopic abundance measurements of RGBs in NGC 6681, NGC 6584 and NGC 7099)
2016-1-SCI-058 P2 HRS (Testing the theoretical prediction about the spin of the most massive stars in a binary system.)
2016-1-MLT-002 P3 HRS (Analysis of metallicity gradient and local chemical composition heterogeneity in the Galactic disk)
2015-2-MLT-006 P3 RSS (x4) (Characterising Strong Gravitational Lensing systems)
2016-1-SCI-015 P3 RSS (Identifying new ultracompact binary star systems through their spectral characteristics)
2016-1-MLT-001 P3 RSS (Kinematics of Bulge Miras)
2016-1-SCI-036 P3 HRS (Study of the evolution of massive stars in our Galaxy.)

Monday, July 11, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-10

SA: Alexei
SO: Fred
Others: Tamara and Matthias

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=> Clear grey-dark night with good and moderate seeing.

=> Science data were taken for the following programs:
2016-1-MLT-010 P0 RSS (Follow up observations of transient sources)
2016-1-SCI-061 P1 RSS (x2) (Study of ionized gas in galaxies where the centers are obscured by dust.)
2016-1-SCI-034 P1 RSS (Line profile variations in PKS 2135-14)
2016-1-SCI-002 P1 HRS (x2) (High resolution spectroscopic abundance measurements of RGBs in NGC 6681, NGC 6584 and NGC 7099)
2015-2-MLT-006 P2 RSS (Characterising Strong Gravitational Lensing systems)
2016-1-COM-007 P2 HRS (Commissionning data for HRS)
2015-2-MLT-002 P2 RSS (x2) (Study of the evolution of lenticular galaxies.)
2016-1-SCI-044 P2 RSS (Search for symbiotic stars in a dwarf galaxy NGC6822.)
2016-1-MLT-005 P2 RSS (Multi-slit spectroscopy of edge-on galaxies)
2015-1-MLT-004 P3 RSS (Deriving the mass of the black holes in the core of active galaxies @romeroencarni1 @sand_dave)
2016-1-SCI-015 P3 RSS (x2) (Identifying new ultracompact binary star systems through their spectral characteristics)
2016-1-SCI-057 P4 SCAM (Studying the long-term behavior of classical novae after their eruptions)

=> Longslit throughput test was done.

Sunday, July 10, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-09

SA: Alexei
SO: Fred
Others: Tamara and Matthias

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=> Nice grey-dark night with good seeing. Some technical issues.
Throughput Observations were done.

=> Science data were taken for programs:
2016-1-MLT-010 P0 RSS (Follow up observations of transient sources)
2016-1-COM-005 P1 RSS (Polarimetry test proposal)
2016-1-SCI-060 P1 RSS (Connecting timescales of star formation and AGN activity in galaxies)
2015-2-MLT-004 P1 RSS (Unraveling ring galaxies)
2016-1-SCI-015 P1 RSS (Identifying new ultracompact binary star systems through their spectral characteristics)
2015-2-MLT-006 P2 RSS (Characterising Strong Gravitational Lensing systems)
2016-1-MLT-005 P2 RSS (Multi-slit spectroscopy of edge-on galaxies)
2015-2-MLT-002 P2 RSS (x2) (Study of the evolution of lenticular galaxies.)
2016-1-SCI-003 P2 RSS (We are measuring radial velocities of a X-ray binary to measure its orbit.)
2016-1-SCI-022 P3 RSS (x2) (Searching for high redshift quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS))
2016-1-SCI-036 P3 HRS (Study of the evolution of massive stars in our Galaxy.)

Saturday, July 9, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-08

SA: Alexei
SO: Fred
Others: Tamara and Matthias for a while

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=> Very nice and stable dark night with very good seeing.

=> Science data were taken for the programs:
2016-1-MLT-010 P0 RSS (x3) (Follow up observations of transient sources)
2016-1-SCI-022 P1 RSS (x3) (Searching for high redshift quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS))
2016-1-SCI-032 P1 HRS (Evolved binaries in the Magellanic Clouds)
2016-1-COM-005 P1 RSS (Polarimetry test proposal)
2016-1-SCI-012 P2 RSS (Revealing evolved massive stars with Spitzer, WISE and SALT)
2016-1-SCI-003 P2 RSS (We are measuring radial velocities of a X-ray binary to measure its orbit.)
2016-1-MLT-005 P2 RSS (Multi-slit spectroscopy of edge-on galaxies)
2016-1-SCI-058 P2 HRS (Testing the theoretical prediction about the spin of the most massive stars in a binary system.)
2015-2-MLT-006 P2 RSS (Characterising Strong Gravitational Lensing systems)
2015-2-MLT-002 P2 RSS (Study of the evolution of lenticular galaxies.)
2016-1-SCI-055 P3 SCAM (Studying the long-term behavior of classical novae after their eruptions)

Friday, July 8, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-07

SA: Alexei
SO: Fred
Others: Tamara and Matthias during evening

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=> Clear and stable dark night with moderate and good seeing.

=> Data were taken for programs:
2016-1-MLT-010 P0 HRS (Follow up observations of transient sources)
2016-1-MLT-010 P0 RSS (Follow up observations of transient sources)
2016-1-SCI-021 P1 RSS (Measuring Galaxy Kinematics For Construction of the Velocity Function)
2016-1-SCI-061 P1 RSS (Study of ionized gas in galaxies where the centers are obscured by dust.)
2016-1-SCI-044 P1 RSS (Search for symbiotic stars in a dwarf galaxy NGC6822.)
2016-1-SCI-003 P1 RSS (We are measuring radial velocities of a X-ray binary to measure its orbit.)
2016-1-COM-006 P1 HRS (Laser Frequency Comb commissionning)
2016-1-SCI-027 P1 RSS (The Formation of Compact Stellar Systems - The connection between NSCs, UCDs and cEs.)
2016-1-SCI-002 P1 HRS (x3) (High resolution spectroscopic abundance measurements of RGBs in NGC 6681, NGC 6584 and NGC 7099)
2015-2-MLT-002 P2 RSS (Study of the evolution of lenticular galaxies.)
2015-2-MLT-006 P3 RSS (x2) (Characterising Strong Gravitational Lensing systems)
2016-1-SCI-022 P3 RSS (x2) (Searching for high redshift quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS))

Thursday, July 7, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-06

SA: Alexei
SO: Fred
Others: Tamara and Matthias for a while

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=> Unstable and cold night. Moderate seeing. Lost one hour for high humidity. Some technical problems.

=> Data were taken for the programs:
2015-1-MLT-004 P0 RSS (Deriving the mass of the black holes in the core of active galaxies @romeroencarni1 @sand_dave)
2016-1-DDT-001 P0 HRS (Linking optical emission line variability to X-ray activity in Be/X-ray binaries)
2016-1-MLT-010 P0 RSS (x2) (Follow up observations of transient sources)
2016-1-COM-006 P1 HRS (Laser Frequency Comb commissionning)
2016-1-SCI-002 P1 HRS (x3) (High resolution spectroscopic abundance measurements of RGBs in NGC 6681, NGC 6584 and NGC 7099)
2015-2-MLT-006 P2 RSS (Characterising Strong Gravitational Lensing systems)
2015-2-MLT-002 P2 RSS (Study of the evolution of lenticular galaxies.)
2016-1-SCI-022 P3 RSS (Searching for high redshift quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS))
2016-1-SCI-036 P3 HRS (Study of the evolution of massive stars in our Galaxy.)

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-05

SA: Brent
SO: Thea
Others:

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Night lost to bad weather. Heavy cloud, high humidity, strong winds and freezing temperatures.

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-04

SA: Brent
SO: Thea
Others:

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Strong winds tonight with erratic seeing. Data taken for:

2016-1-MLT-010 P0 RSS (Follow up observations of transient sources)
2016-1-MLT-007 P0 RSS (x2) (Observations of supernovae, near and far.)
2016-1-SCI-002 P1 HRS (x2) (High resolution spectroscopic abundance measurements of RGBs in NGC 6681, NGC 6584 and NGC 7099)
2016-1-SCI-003 P1 RSS (We are measuring radial velocities of a X-ray binary to measure its orbit.)
2016-1-SCI-058 P2 HRS (Testing the theoretical prediction about the spin of the most massive stars in a binary system.)
2016-1-SCI-029 P2 HRS (Probing Supernovae Chemical Yields with Magellanic Cloud B-type Stars)
2016-1-SCI-022 P3 RSS (Searching for high redshift quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS))
2016-1-MLT-003 P4 RSS (x2) (Spectroscopic observations of bright RR Lyrae variables)
2016-1-SCI-006 P4 HRS (Probing winds from the center of the Milky Way (@astrocrawford))

Monday, July 4, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-03

SA: Brent
SO: Thea
Others: Lucian

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A long dark night with plenty of science. Data taken for:

2016-1-MLT-010 P0 RSS (x2) (Follow up observations of transient sources)
2015-2-MLT-004 P1 RSS (Unraveling ring galaxies)
2016-1-SCI-044 P1 RSS (x2) (Search for symbiotic stars in a dwarf galaxy NGC6822.)
2016-1-SCI-003 P1 RSS (x2) (We are measuring radial velocities of a X-ray binary to measure its orbit.)
2016-1-SCI-015 P2 RSS (Identifying new ultracompact binary star systems through their spectral characteristics)
2016-1-SCI-017 P2 SCAM (Measuring pulsations in a white dwarf with a millisecond pulsar companion)
2015-2-MLT-006 P2 RSS (Characterising Strong Gravitational Lensing systems)
2015-2-MLT-002 P2 RSS (Study of the evolution of lenticular galaxies.)
2016-1-SCI-002 P2 HRS (x3) (High resolution spectroscopic abundance measurements of RGBs in NGC 6681, NGC 6584 and NGC 7099)
2016-1-SCI-034 P3 RSS (Line profile variations in PKS 2135-14)
2016-1-MLT-003 P4 RSS (x2) (Spectroscopic observations of bright RR Lyrae variables)

Sunday, July 3, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-02

SA: Brent
SO: Thea
Others:

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A long dark night with clear skies but variable seeing at times and some tech issues. Data taken for:

2016-1-SCI-022 P1 RSS (x2) (Searching for high redshift quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS))
2016-1-SCI-002 P1 HRS (x2) (High resolution spectroscopic abundance measurements of RGBs in NGC 6681, NGC 6584 and NGC 7099)
2015-2-MLT-004 P1 RSS (x3) (Unraveling ring galaxies)
2016-1-MLT-008 P1 RSS (Redshift measurements of distant massive ACT galaxy clusters)
2015-1-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Deriving the mass of the black holes in the core of active galaxies @romeroencarni1 @sand_dave)
2015-2-MLT-006 P2 RSS (Characterising Strong Gravitational Lensing systems)
2015-2-MLT-002 P2 RSS (Study of the evolution of lenticular galaxies.)
2016-1-SCI-051 P3 RSS (Monitoring the X-ray bright sgB[e] stars in Magellanic Clouds cc. @astro_Liz)

Saturday, July 2, 2016

Night Log 2016-07-01

SA: Brent
SO: Thea
Others:

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A dusting of snow, followed by high humidity and cold (T < -5 deg!). No observations tonight.

Friday, July 1, 2016

Night Log 2016-06-30

SA: Brent
SO: Thea
Others:

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Managed to get one DDT observation for
2016-1-DDT-001 P0 HRS (Linking optical emission line variability to X-ray activity in Be/X-ray binaries)
before closing up due to very high winds from the advancing cold front. Later high humidity and thick clouds.