Sunday, October 31, 2021

Night Log 2021-10-30

SA: Rudi
SO: Thea
Others:

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Spent the first half of the night completely the final post-shutdown engineering tests. The second half of the night was spent doing some science with HRS.

Science data taken for:
2019-1-MLT-008 P2 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2021-1-SCI-022 P2 HRS (Study of the properties of an extreme-amplitude heartbeat star.)
2021-1-SCI-033 P2 HRS (Tracing the trajectory of a bright binary star system)
2021-1-SCI-014 P2 HRS (x2) (Monitoring of Luminous Blue Variables)
2019-2-MLT-004 P2 HRS (x2) (Monitoring the line emission in Southern Galactic Be/X-ray binaries)

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Saturday, October 30, 2021

Night Log 2021-10-29

SA: Rudi
SO: Thea
Others:

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High humidity kept us closed all night, but it gave me a good chance to get most of the post-shutdown engineering tests done.

No science data taken.

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Friday, October 29, 2021

Night Log 2021-10-28

SA: Rudi
SO: Thea
Others: Deneys, Etienne

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Clouds, rain and high humidity kept us closed all night.

No science data taken.

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Thursday, October 28, 2021

Night Log 2021-10-27

SA: Rudi
SO: Thea
Others: Lee & Janus (RSS ground tests)

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Cloudy weather kept us closed all night.

No science data taken.

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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Night Log 2021-10-26

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others:

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We managed to observe some low to medium priority blocks until the humidity caused us to close in the second half of the night.

Science data taken for:
2019-1-MLT-008 P1 HRS (x2) (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2021-1-SCI-013 P2 HRS (x3) (Constraining the nature of companions in massive single-lined spectroscopic binaries)
2021-1-SCI-014 P3 HRS (Monitoring of Luminous Blue Variables)
2021-1-SCI-009 P4 HRS (Spectroscopically observing a pulsating star to form a RV curve @Simon_Ebo)

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Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Night Log 2021-10-25

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Alrin

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We managed to observe a few high to low priority targets until the weather turned against us later in the night.

Science data taken for:
2018-1-MLT-005 P1 HRS (x2) (HRS observations of symbiotic stars)
2019-2-MLT-004 P2 HRS (Monitoring the line emission in Southern Galactic Be/X-ray binaries)
2021-1-SCI-011 P3 HRS (High-Velocity Interstellar Absorptions)
2021-1-SCI-008 P4 HRS (Study of RV Tauri stars without a circumbinary disc.)

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Monday, October 25, 2021

Night Log 2021-10-24

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Alrin, Keith+? (to help with CCAS)

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The night had clear skies and so we managed to observe a few medium priority blocks after a some initial technical problems.

Science data taken for:
2019-2-MLT-004 P2 HRS (x2) (Monitoring the line emission in Southern Galactic Be/X-ray binaries)
2021-1-SCI-022 P2 HRS (Study of the properties of an extreme-amplitude heartbeat star.)
2021-1-SCI-033 P2 HRS (Tracing the trajectory of a bright binary star system)
2021-1-SCI-014 P2 HRS (Monitoring of Luminous Blue Variables)
2020-2-MLT-009 P2 HRS (Spectroscopic monitoring of candidate white dwarf + Be star binaries.)

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Sunday, October 24, 2021

Night Log 2021-10-23

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Lost the whole night due to bad weather.

No science data taken.

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Saturday, October 23, 2021

Night Log 2021-10-22

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Lost the whole night due to bad weather

No science data taken.

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Friday, October 22, 2021

Night Log 2021-10-21

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Deneys (to check out HRS)

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Lost the whole night due to bad weather

No science data taken.

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Thursday, October 21, 2021

Night Log 2021-10-20

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Keith + others working on the SCAM cryostat, vacuum pump and then tracker stuff.

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Lost the whole night due to bad weather.

No science data taken.

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Monday, October 11, 2021

Night Log 2021-10-10

SA: Alexei
SO: Xola
Others:

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=> Good night with some cirrus and good to moderate seeing. Many high priority blocks were done during this last night before scheduled shutdown for the telescope.

Science data taken for:
2021-1-MLT-007 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2020-1-MLT-002 P1 HRS (HRS study of long-period eclipsing binaries)
2021-1-SCI-020 P1 RSS (Probing the invisible cool gas in the outskirts of galaxy clusters)
2018-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2020-2-MLT-002 P1 RSS (Spectral study of the outer XUV-disks in S0 galaxies)
2020-2-MLT-008 P2 RSS (Tracking Accretion Flows via BLR Emission in Changing-Look Active Galactic Nuclei)
2021-1-SCI-027 P2 RSS (Monitoring spectropolarimetric behavior of blazars)
2021-1-SCI-031 P2 RSS (Revealing Physical Properties of Emission-Line Galaxies at z<0.4 )
2021-1-SCI-006 P3 RSS (Galaxies responsible for ultrastrong MgII absorption.)
2021-1-SCI-015 P4 HRS (Measuring the orbits of double white dwarfs. @_sublunar_)

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Sunday, October 10, 2021

Night Log 2021-10-09

SA: Alexei
SO: Xola
Others:

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=> Were closed by humidity in three hours after start. Four blocks were done.

Science data taken for:
2018-1-SCI-012 P0 HRS (Studying the spectral evolution of a blended gravitational microlensing event in the Milky Way)
2020-1-MLT-009 P1 RSS (Studying the amount of gas in galaxy groups)
2018-2-LSP-001 P2 HRS (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2021-1-SCI-009 P4 HRS (Spectroscopically observing a pulsating star to form a RV curve @Simon_Ebo)

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Saturday, October 9, 2021

Night Log 2021-10-08

SA: Alexei
SO: Xola
Others:

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=> Dark night with good and moderate seeing. We were closed by humidity but observed many high priority blocks previously.

Science data taken for:
2021-1-SCI-031 P1 RSS (Revealing Physical Properties of Emission-Line Galaxies at z<0.4 )
2018-2-LSP-001 P2 HRS (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2021-1-MLT-008 P2 RSS (Redshift measurements of BL Lacs for the CTA project)
2020-1-MLT-008 P2 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2021-1-MLT-001 P2 RSS (Study of central stars of circumstellar nebulae discovered with modern infrared space telescopes)
2021-1-SCI-009 P3 HRS (Spectroscopically observing a pulsating star to form a RV curve @Simon_Ebo)
2019-1-MLT-008 P3 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2021-1-SCI-028 P4 RSS (The SAGA Survey (https://sagasurvey.org))

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Friday, October 8, 2021

Night Log 2021-10-07

SA: Alexei
SO: Xola
Others:

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=> Smooth start of the night. Technical problems make this night short. Some blocks were done.

Science data taken for:
2018-1-SCI-012 P0 RSS (Studying the spectral evolution of a blended gravitational microlensing event in the Milky Way)
2018-1-MLT-004 P1 RSS (Dark energy and the expansion rate of the Universe from quasar monitoring.)
2020-2-MLT-008 P2 RSS (Tracking Accretion Flows via BLR Emission in Changing-Look Active Galactic Nuclei)
2021-1-SCI-009 P3 HRS (Spectroscopically observing a pulsating star to form a RV curve @Simon_Ebo)

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Thursday, October 7, 2021

Night Log 2021-10-06

SA: Alexei
SO: Xola
Others:

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=> Clear night with moderate and bad seeing. Many different blocks of different priorities were done.

Science data taken for:
2018-1-SCI-012 P0 HRS (Studying the spectral evolution of a blended gravitational microlensing event in the Milky Way)
2021-1-SCI-028 P1 RSS (The SAGA Survey (https://sagasurvey.org))
2021-1-SCI-027 P1 RSS (Monitoring spectropolarimetric behavior of blazars)
2018-1-MLT-004 P1 RSS (Dark energy and the expansion rate of the Universe from quasar monitoring.)
2021-1-MLT-006 P1 RSS (Ascertaining stream membership of RR Lyrae and Type 2 Cepheids)
2021-1-MLT-001 P2 RSS (Study of central stars of circumstellar nebulae discovered with modern infrared space telescopes)
2020-2-MLT-005 P2 RSS (Local Volume as a benchmark of the near-field cosmology: study the most isolated galaxy population)
2018-2-LSP-001 P2 HRS (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2018-2-MLT-005 P2 RSS (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2021-1-SCI-022 P2 HRS (Study of the properties of an extreme-amplitude heartbeat star.)
2018-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2020-2-MLT-003 P3 HRS (Follow-up of rare SB4 discovered in Gaia-ESO, GALAH and APOGEE)
2020-2-MLT-009 P3 HRS (Spectroscopic monitoring of candidate white dwarf + Be star binaries.)

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Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Night Log 2021-10-05

SA: Solohery
SO: Veronica
Others: Rudi, Jonathan

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We had a variable seeing but clear skies to end this observing run. We completed 15 blocks of mixed priority.

Science data taken for:
2018-1-SCI-012 P0 HRS (Studying the spectral evolution of a blended gravitational microlensing event in the Milky Way)
2018-1-MLT-005 P1 HRS (HRS observations of symbiotic stars)
2018-1-SCI-041 P1 RSS (Confirmation and redshift determination of galaxy clusters.)
2018-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (x3) (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2019-2-MLT-004 P2 HRS (Monitoring the line emission in Southern Galactic Be/X-ray binaries)
2021-1-SCI-022 P2 HRS (Study of the properties of an extreme-amplitude heartbeat star.)
2020-2-MLT-009 P2 HRS (Spectroscopic monitoring of candidate white dwarf + Be star binaries.)
2021-1-SCI-008 P3 HRS (Study of RV Tauri stars without a circumbinary disc.)
2020-1-MLT-008 P3 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2021-1-SCI-015 P3 HRS (Measuring the orbits of double white dwarfs. @_sublunar_)
2020-1-MLT-002 P4 HRS (x3) (HRS study of long-period eclipsing binaries)

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Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Night Log 2021-10-04

SA: Solohery
SO: Veronica
Others:

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We managed to complete 8 blocks before the humidity forced us to close. We had a poor seeing that caused us to observe a number of low priority blocks.

Science data taken for:
2018-1-SCI-012 P0 RSS (Studying the spectral evolution of a blended gravitational microlensing event in the Milky Way)
2021-1-SCI-011 P3 HRS (x2) (High-Velocity Interstellar Absorptions)
2021-1-SCI-007 P3 HRS (Probing the binarity of a sample of galactic proto-planetary nebulae)
2020-1-MLT-008 P4 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2019-2-MLT-004 P4 RSS (Monitoring the line emission in Southern Galactic Be/X-ray binaries)
2020-1-MLT-002 P4 HRS (HRS study of long-period eclipsing binaries)
2021-1-SCI-014 P4 HRS (Monitoring of Luminous Blue Variables)

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Monday, October 4, 2021

Night Log 2021-10-03

SA: Solohery
SO: Veronica
Others:

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We managed to observe only two blocks tonight. We lost the rest of the night due to humidity.


Science data taken for:
2018-1-SCI-012 P0 HRS (Studying the spectral evolution of a blended gravitational microlensing event in the Milky Way)
2020-2-MLT-008 P2 RSS (Tracking Accretion Flows via BLR Emission in Changing-Look Active Galactic Nuclei)

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Sunday, October 3, 2021

Night Log 2021-10-02

SA: Solohery
SO: Veronica
Others: Jonathan

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We did manage to observe only one block tonight. We were closed for the rest of the night due to the weather.


Science data taken for:
2020-1-MLT-002 P1 HRS (HRS study of long-period eclipsing binaries)

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Saturday, October 2, 2021

Night Log 2021-10-01

SA: Solohery
SO: Veronica
Others: Danièl

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We managed to observe one block tonight. We lost the rest of the night due to humidity.


Science data taken for:
2019-2-MLT-004 P2 HRS (Monitoring the line emission in Southern Galactic Be/X-ray binaries)

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Friday, October 1, 2021

Night Log 2021-09-30

SA: Solohery
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Entire night was lost due to the weather.

No science data taken.

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