Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-30

SA: Marissa
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Rained earlier in the night. Dark clouds with risk of further rain kept us closed the rest of the night.

No science data taken.

Monday, October 30, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-29

SA: Marissa
SO: Veronica
Others: Naomi & Mokhine (SAAO PhD students) in the driver's seat(s).

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Cloudy night with mostly reasonable seeing.

Science data taken for:
2017-1-MLT-012 P3 HRS (x12) (Detailled study of CEMP stars identified in the RAVE survey)
2017-1-MLT-011 P3 HRS (x2) (Studying the spectra of a new type of X-ray binaries)
2017-2-SCI-030 P3 HRS (Metal-Poor Subdwarfs for Stellar Modeling Calibration)
2017-1-SCI-049 P3 HRS (Searching for new symbiotic stars)
2017-1-MLT-010 P4 HRS (x4) (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2017-1-MLT-004 P4 RSS (Monitoring the line emission in Southern Galactic Be/X-ray binaries)

Sunday, October 29, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-28

SA: Marissa
SO: Veronica
Others: Naomi & Mokhine (SAAO PhD students) in the driver's seat(s).

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Clear night with bad seeing was put to productive use.

Science data taken for:
2017-1-SCI-053 P2 RSS (x2) (Study of unclassified extragalactic NuSTAR serendipitous sources)
2017-1-MLT-001 P2 HRS (Study of long-period eclipsing binaries)
2017-2-SCI-007 P2 HRS (Searching for heavy-metal subdwarfs and extreme-helium stars. )
2017-1-SCI-056 P3 RSS (Unveiling powerful "hidden" black holes: spectroscopy of WISE-selected obscured quasars)
2017-1-SCI-049 P3 RSS (x2) (Searching for new symbiotic stars)
2017-1-SCI-061 P3 SCAM (Confirmation and redshift determination of galaxy clusters.)
2017-1-MLT-012 P3 HRS (x6) (Detailled study of CEMP stars identified in the RAVE survey)
2017-1-SCI-026 P3 RSS (Line profile variations in RX J0622.6-2318)
2017-1-MLT-010 P4 HRS (x2) (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2017-1-MLT-004 P4 RSS (Monitoring the line emission in Southern Galactic Be/X-ray binaries)

Saturday, October 28, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-27

SA: Marissa
SO: Veronica
Others: Naomi & Mokhine (SAAO PhD students). Visitors: Fernando Camilo & Ana Corrochano

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Technical support team did a remarkable job at getting us back on sky after a bearing on the shutter broke when we opened in the beginning of the evening. Night cut short by high humidity.

Science data taken for:
2017-1-SCI-030 P1 RSS (Target of opportunity for variable AGN)
2017-1-MLT-012 P3 HRS (x10) (Detailled study of CEMP stars identified in the RAVE survey)

Friday, October 27, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-26

SA: Marissa
SO: Veronica
Others: Naomi & Mokhine (SAAO PhD students). Eben.

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Lost half the night to high humidity.

Science data taken for:
2016-2-LSP-001 P0 HRS (x2) (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2016-2-MLT-006 P1 RSS (x2) (Unravelling starforming ring galaxies)
2016-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (x2) (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2017-1-MLT-011 P3 HRS (x6) (Studying the spectra of a new type of X-ray binaries)

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-25

SA: Marissa
SO: Veronica
Others: Naomi & Mokhine (SAAO PhD students). Enrico.

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High humidity kept us closed. Night spent on closed-dome tests and calibrations.

No science data taken.

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-24

SA: Brent
SO: Fred
Others: Veronica, Ted via skype for FP, Marissa & Enrico, Mokhine, Naomi

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Another productive night with very good seeing at times.

Science data taken for:
2017-1-DDT-008 P1 RSS (x2) (RINGS: The RSS Imaging spectroscopy Nearby Galaxy Survey)
2017-1-SCI-035 P1 RSS (Constraining merger timescales in clusters that host radio haloes)
2016-2-MLT-006 P1 RSS (x4) (Unravelling starforming ring galaxies)
2017-1-SCI-049 P3 RSS (x4) (Searching for new symbiotic stars)
2017-1-SCI-056 P3 RSS (x2) (Unveiling powerful "hidden" black holes: spectroscopy of WISE-selected obscured quasars)
2017-2-SCI-023 P3 RSS (White Dwarfs in the K2 survey)
2017-1-MLT-010 P4 HRS (x10) (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2017-1-MLT-001 P4 HRS (Study of long-period eclipsing binaries)

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-23

SA: Brent
SO: Fred
Others: Ted via skype for FP observations

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Excellent dark night with very good seeing for second half that was put to good use.

Science data taken for:
2016-2-LSP-001 P0 HRS (x2) (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2017-1-MLT-014 P1 RSS (Measuring redshifts for galaxies in the MeerKAT LADUMA survey)
2017-1-SCI-039 P1 HRS (The extent of the circumgalactic medium at z ~ 3.7)
2017-1-DDT-008 P1 RSS (x2) (RINGS: The RSS Imaging spectroscopy Nearby Galaxy Survey)
2017-1-SCI-056 P2 RSS (x2) (Unveiling powerful "hidden" black holes: spectroscopy of WISE-selected obscured quasars)
2017-1-SCI-022 P2 RSS (x2) (RINGS: The RSS Imaging spectroscopy Nearby Galaxy Survey)
2017-1-SCI-003 P3 RSS (H alpha observations on a T dwarf)
2017-2-SCI-023 P3 RSS (x3) (White Dwarfs in the K2 survey)
2017-1-MLT-010 P4 HRS (x4) (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2017-1-SCI-010 P4 HRS (Spectroscopic investigation of selected southern lambda Boo - type stars)
2017-1-SCI-058 P4 HRS (x2) (Studying the composition of Binary stars to estimate their ages)
2016-2-MLT-005 P4 HRS (x2) (Investigating the chemical composition of bright star beta Pic and its nearby circumstellar material)

Monday, October 23, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-22

SA: Brent
SO: Fred
Others:

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Good seeing for most of another clear dark night.

Science data taken for:
2017-1-SCI-035 P1 RSS (x2) (Constraining merger timescales in clusters that host radio haloes)
2017-1-MLT-011 P2 HRS (Studying the spectra of a new type of X-ray binaries)
2017-1-SCI-049 P3 RSS (x2) (Searching for new symbiotic stars)
2017-1-SCI-053 P3 RSS (Study of unclassified extragalactic NuSTAR serendipitous sources)
2017-1-SCI-056 P3 RSS (x2) (Unveiling powerful "hidden" black holes: spectroscopy of WISE-selected obscured quasars)
2017-1-SCI-034 P3 RSS (x2) (Measuring Galaxy Kinematics For Construction of the Velocity Function)
2017-1-MLT-006 P4 RSS (Monitoring the X-ray bright sgB[e] stars in Magellanic Clouds cc. @astro_Liz)
2017-1-MLT-010 P4 HRS (x6) (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2016-2-MLT-005 P4 HRS (x2) (Investigating the chemical composition of bright star beta Pic and its nearby circumstellar material)

Sunday, October 22, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-21

SA: Brent
SO: Fred
Others: Thabelo

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Dark night with stable seeing.

Science data taken for:
2017-1-MLT-014 P1 RSS (Measuring redshifts for galaxies in the MeerKAT LADUMA survey)
2017-1-SCI-035 P1 RSS (x2) (Constraining merger timescales in clusters that host radio haloes)
2017-1-SCI-061 P1 RSS (x4) (Confirmation and redshift determination of galaxy clusters.)
2017-1-SCI-056 P2 RSS (x2) (Unveiling powerful "hidden" black holes: spectroscopy of WISE-selected obscured quasars)
2017-1-SCI-068 P2 RSS (Connecting timescales of star formation and AGN activity in galaxies)
2017-1-SCI-034 P3 RSS (x2) (Measuring Galaxy Kinematics For Construction of the Velocity Function)
2017-1-SCI-058 P4 HRS (Studying the composition of Binary stars to estimate their ages)
2017-1-MLT-010 P4 HRS (x2) (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)

Saturday, October 21, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-20

SA: Brent
SO: Fred
Others:

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A productive dark night with better seeing in the second half allowing for some outstanding high priority blocks to be done.

Science data taken for:
2016-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (x2) (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2017-1-SCI-001 P1 RSS (Velocity dispersion measurements in SAGE0536AGN)
2017-1-SCI-061 P1 RSS (x2) (Confirmation and redshift determination of galaxy clusters.)
2017-1-MLT-014 P1 RSS (Measuring redshifts for galaxies in the MeerKAT LADUMA survey)
2017-1-MLT-001 P2 HRS (Study of long-period eclipsing binaries)
2017-1-SCI-068 P2 RSS (x2) (Connecting timescales of star formation and AGN activity in galaxies)
2017-1-SCI-056 P2 RSS (Unveiling powerful "hidden" black holes: spectroscopy of WISE-selected obscured quasars)
2017-1-SCI-034 P3 RSS (x2) (Measuring Galaxy Kinematics For Construction of the Velocity Function)
2017-2-SCI-023 P3 RSS (White Dwarfs in the K2 survey)

Friday, October 20, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-19

SA: Brent
SO: Fred
Others:

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Observations during the first half of the night and closed a bit after midnight due to high humidity.

Science data taken for:
2017-1-SCI-061 P1 RSS (x2) (Confirmation and redshift determination of galaxy clusters.)
2017-1-SCI-067 P3 HRS (HRS LR-mode spectra of lithium in NGC6822 AGB stars. )
2017-1-SCI-034 P3 RSS (Measuring Galaxy Kinematics For Construction of the Velocity Function)
2017-2-SCI-023 P3 RSS (x2) (White Dwarfs in the K2 survey)
2017-1-MLT-010 P4 HRS (x2) (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)

Thursday, October 19, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-18

SA: Brent
SO: Fred
Others:

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Mostly bad seeing due to the leftovers of a cold front and closed with cloud around 2:50 am.

Science data taken for:
2017-1-MLT-014 P1 RSS (Measuring redshifts for galaxies in the MeerKAT LADUMA survey)
2017-1-MLT-010 P3 HRS (x6) (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2017-1-SCI-030 P3 RSS (x2) (Target of opportunity for variable AGN)
2017-2-SCI-023 P3 RSS (x3) (White Dwarfs in the K2 survey)
2017-1-SCI-026 P3 RSS (Line profile variations in RX J0622.6-2318)
2017-1-SCI-058 P4 HRS (Studying the composition of Binary stars to estimate their ages)
2016-2-MLT-005 P4 HRS (x2) (Investigating the chemical composition of bright star beta Pic and its nearby circumstellar material)

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-17

SA: Alexei
SO: Veronica
Others: Brent for handover, Tamara for a while

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=> Very stable night with good seeing. Make a lot observations of the high priority.

Science data taken for:
2017-1-SCI-002 P1 RSS (x3) (Studying the growth of supermassive black holes with spectropolarimetry)
2017-1-SCI-068 P2 RSS (x2) (Connecting timescales of star formation and AGN activity in galaxies)
2017-1-SCI-056 P2 RSS (Unveiling powerful "hidden" black holes: spectroscopy of WISE-selected obscured quasars)
2017-1-SCI-011 P3 RSS (x3) (Galaxies responsible for ultrastrong MgII absorption.)
2017-1-MLT-001 P4 HRS (Study of long-period eclipsing binaries)

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-16

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

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=> No any observations for the reason of very bad weather. Cold front came. High humidity and heavy clouds.

No science data taken.

Monday, October 16, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-15

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

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=> Heavy clouds and high humidity. We were able to make only one observations before were closed by humidity.

Science data taken for:
2017-1-SCI-049 P3 RSS (x2) (Searching for new symbiotic stars)

Sunday, October 15, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-14

SA: Alexei
SO: Veronica
Others: Tamara for a while, spider Willy at TimDIMM

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=> Very unstable night with humidity jumping from 30% to 70% some times and field of clouds coming several times. Moderate seeing. Were closed by humidity at about one hour before morning twilight.


Science data taken for:
2016-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (x2) (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2017-1-SCI-009 P1 RSS (Dark energy and the expansion rate of the Universe from quasar monitoring.)
2016-2-MLT-005 P1 HRS (x2) (Investigating the chemical composition of bright star beta Pic and its nearby circumstellar material)
2017-1-SCI-009 P1 SCAM (Dark energy and the expansion rate of the Universe from quasar monitoring.)
2017-1-SCI-068 P2 RSS (x2) (Connecting timescales of star formation and AGN activity in galaxies)
2017-1-MLT-001 P4 HRS (Study of long-period eclipsing binaries)
2017-1-MLT-010 P4 HRS (x4) (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)

Saturday, October 14, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-13

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

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=> Very unstable night with extremely bad seeing during first half and much better seeing during second half.

Science data taken for:
2017-1-SCI-001 P1 RSS (Velocity dispersion measurements in SAGE0536AGN)
2017-1-SCI-044 P1 RSS (Looking at chromospheric emission in stars which host exoplanets)
2017-1-SCI-002 P1 RSS (x2) (Studying the growth of supermassive black holes with spectropolarimetry)
2017-1-SCI-065 P2 RSS (Spectro-polarimetric study of a selected gamma-ray Seyfert galaxies)
2017-1-SCI-068 P2 RSS (Connecting timescales of star formation and AGN activity in galaxies)
2017-1-SCI-030 P3 RSS (Target of opportunity for variable AGN)
2017-1-SCI-011 P3 RSS (Galaxies responsible for ultrastrong MgII absorption.)
2016-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (x4) (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2017-1-MLT-001 P4 HRS (Study of long-period eclipsing binaries)
2017-1-MLT-010 P4 HRS (x2) (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)

Friday, October 13, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-12

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

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=> Very unstable night with clear sky but ugly seeing. We were closed by humidity at about midnight.

Science data taken for:
2017-1-SCI-065 P2 RSS (Spectro-polarimetric study of a selected gamma-ray Seyfert galaxies)
2017-1-SCI-068 P2 RSS (Connecting timescales of star formation and AGN activity in galaxies)
2017-1-MLT-004 P4 RSS (x2) (Monitoring the line emission in Southern Galactic Be/X-ray binaries)
2017-1-SCI-058 P4 HRS (x2) (Studying the composition of Binary stars to estimate their ages)
2017-1-MLT-010 P4 HRS (x4) (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2016-2-MLT-005 P4 HRS (x2) (Investigating the chemical composition of bright star beta Pic and its nearby circumstellar material)

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-11

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

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=> Night with unstable weather during the first half and stable conditions with very good seeing during the second half



Science data taken for:
2017-1-MLT-009 P1 RSS (Identify the optical counterpart of a mysterious X-ray source)
2017-1-SCI-002 P1 RSS (x2) (Studying the growth of supermassive black holes with spectropolarimetry)
2017-1-SCI-068 P2 RSS (x2) (Connecting timescales of star formation and AGN activity in galaxies)
2017-1-SCI-026 P2 RSS (Line profile variations in RX J0622.6-2318)
2017-1-SCI-059 P2 RSS (Eclipsing Supersoft source 1E 0035.4-7230)
2017-1-SCI-053 P2 RSS (x2) (Study of unclassified extragalactic NuSTAR serendipitous sources)
2017-1-MLT-010 P3 HRS (x2) (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2017-1-SCI-011 P3 RSS (Galaxies responsible for ultrastrong MgII absorption.)
2017-1-SCI-030 P3 RSS (x3) (Target of opportunity for variable AGN)
2017-1-MLT-001 P4 HRS (x2) (Study of long-period eclipsing binaries)

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-10

SA: �ric
SO: Thea
Others: Alexei for handover and Tamara

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A productive night, with good weather conditions the whole night.

Science data taken for:
2017-1-SCI-040 P0 RSS (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2017-1-SCI-063 P3 SCAM (Studying the long-term behavior of classical novae after their eruptions)
2017-1-MLT-001 P4 HRS (Study of long-period eclipsing binaries)
2017-1-SCI-052 P4 HRS (x2) (Measuring the orbits of double white dwarfs.)
2017-1-SCI-025 P4 HRS (Determining the period of a multi-periodic pulsating binary system.)
2017-1-SCI-010 P4 HRS (Spectroscopic investigation of selected southern lambda Boo - type stars)
2017-1-MLT-010 P4 HRS (x5) (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-09

SA: �ric
SO: Thea
Others:

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A night shortened by high humidity and low temperatures.

Monday, October 9, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-08

SA: �ric
SO: Thea
Others:

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We could observe for one program, before having to close due to bad weather.

Science data taken for:
2017-1-MLT-005 P4 HRS (Spectroscopic investigations of Cepheids and stars belonging to open clusters and associations)

Sunday, October 8, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-07

SA: �ric
SO: Thea
Others:

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A productive night with moderate weather conditions. Humidity and clouds forced us to close towards the end of the night.


Science data taken for:
2016-2-LSP-001 P3 SCAM (x2) (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2017-1-SCI-041 P4 HRS (HRS spectra to characterize stars that are periodically eclipsed by very low mass stars)
2017-1-SCI-058 P4 HRS (Studying the composition of Binary stars to estimate their ages)
2017-1-SCI-025 P4 HRS (Determining the period of a multi-periodic pulsating binary system.)
2017-1-MLT-010 P4 HRS (x5) (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2017-1-SCI-052 P4 HRS (Measuring the orbits of double white dwarfs.)
2017-1-MLT-012 P4 HRS (x2) (Detailled study of CEMP stars identified in the RAVE survey)
2016-2-MLT-005 P4 HRS (x2) (Investigating the chemical composition of bright star beta Pic and its nearby circumstellar material)

Saturday, October 7, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-06

SA: �ric
SO: Thea
Others:

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A productive night, with good weather conditions

Friday, October 6, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-05

SA: �ric
SO: Thea
Others:

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A productive night, with good conditions. We lost a bit of time due to some technical issues.

Thursday, October 5, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-04

SA: �ric
SO: Thea
Others:

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A relatively good night, with moderate weather conditions.

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-03

SA: Marissa
SO: Veronica
Others: �ric (for handover). Elias & Hannes (SAAO PhD student) in driver's seat(s).

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Night cut short by thick clouds and high humidity.

Data taken for:
2017-1-SCI-010 P4 HRS (Spectroscopic investigation of selected southern lambda Boo - type stars)
2016-2-MLT-005 P4 HRS (Investigating the chemical composition of bright star beta Pic and its nearby circumstellar material)
2017-1-MLT-001 P4 HRS (x2) (Study of long-period eclipsing binaries)

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-02

SA: Marissa
SO: Veronica
Others: Elias (SAAO PhD student) in driver's seat. Enrico.

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Cloudy night with reasonable seeing.

Data taken for:
2017-1-SCI-063 P3 SCAM (Studying the long-term behavior of classical novae after their eruptions)
2016-2-MLT-005 P4 HRS (Investigating the chemical composition of bright star beta Pic and its nearby circumstellar material)
2017-1-SCI-025 P4 HRS (Determining the period of a multi-periodic pulsating binary system.)
2017-1-MLT-010 P4 HRS (x3) (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2017-1-SCI-010 P4 HRS (Spectroscopic investigation of selected southern lambda Boo - type stars)

Monday, October 2, 2017

Night Log 2017-10-01

SA: Marissa
SO: Veronica
Others: Hannes & Elias (SAAO PhD students) in the driver seat(s). Enrico.

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Clear night with bad seeing.

Data taken for:
2017-1-SCI-038 P2 HRS (HRS observations of symbiotic stars)
2016-2-LSP-001 P3 SCAM (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2017-1-SCI-049 P3 HRS (Searching for new symbiotic stars)
2017-1-MLT-005 P4 HRS (Spectroscopic investigations of Cepheids and stars belonging to open clusters and associations)
2017-1-MLT-010 P4 HRS (x4) (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2017-1-SCI-041 P4 HRS (x2) (HRS spectra to characterize stars that are periodically eclipsed by very low mass stars)
2017-1-SCI-025 P4 HRS (Determining the period of a multi-periodic pulsating binary system.)
2017-1-SCI-052 P4 HRS (x2) (Measuring the orbits of double white dwarfs.)
2017-1-SCI-004 P4 HRS (Analyzing chemically peculiar subdwarfs and searching for the heavy-metal stars. )

Sunday, October 1, 2017

Night Log 2017-09-30

SA: Marissa
SO: Veronica
Others: Elias & Hannes (SAAO PhD students) in the driver's seat(s). Enrico. Jeremy.

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Clear night with variable seeing.

Data taken for:
2016-2-LSP-001 P3 SCAM (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2017-1-SCI-064 P4 SCAM (Studying the long-term behavior of classical novae after their eruptions)
2017-1-SCI-025 P4 HRS (Determining the period of a multi-periodic pulsating binary system.)
2017-1-SCI-041 P4 HRS (x2) (HRS spectra to characterize stars that are periodically eclipsed by very low mass stars)
2017-1-SCI-010 P4 HRS (x2) (Spectroscopic investigation of selected southern lambda Boo - type stars)
2017-1-MLT-010 P4 HRS (x6) (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2017-1-SCI-052 P4 HRS (Measuring the orbits of double white dwarfs.)
2017-1-SCI-058 P4 HRS (x2) (Studying the composition of Binary stars to estimate their ages)