Night Log 2022-12-30

SA: Petri
SO: Xola
Others: Minna

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A very good, clear and stable night, with reasonable seeing and no issues whatsoever.
Many high priority HRS and RSS blocks observed.

Science data taken for:
2020-1-MLT-008 P1 RSS (x2) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2021-1-MLT-005 P1 HRS (x2) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2021-2-LSP-001 P1 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2022-1-MLT-004 P2 HRS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2022-2-SCI-015 P2 RSS (Study of the galaxies that produces strong MgII absorption in the spectra of the background quasars.)
2022-2-SCI-010 P2 HRS (Tracing of metallicity gradient)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)

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Night Log 2022-12-29

SA: Danièl
SO: Xola
Others:

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We managed to complete 4 blocks before humidity closed kept us closed for the remainder of the night.

Science data taken for:
2021-2-LSP-001 P1 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2020-2-MLT-007 P1 HRS (HRS observations of a high mass binary system.)
2021-1-MLT-005 P2 RSS (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2021-2-MLT-006 P3 HRS (Accurate parameters of stars in Tight Triple Systems)

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Night Log 2022-12-28

SA: Solohery
SO: Xola
Others: Richard

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A full night with clear skies and a mix of high and lower priority blocks were observed.

Science data taken for:
2022-2-SCI-020 P1 RSS (The stellar populations of unusual galaxies from the MeerKAT Fornax Survey)
2021-2-LSP-001 P1 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2020-1-MLT-008 P1 RSS (x4) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2022-2-SCI-010 P2 HRS (Tracing of metallicity gradient)
2021-2-MLT-005 P2 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2022-2-SCI-029 P3 HRS (Probing the vertical temperature profile evolution in a protoplanetary disc)

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Night Log 2022-12-27

SA: Alexei
SO: Thea
Others:

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=> Stable night with moderate seeing. Many high priority blocks were observed.

Science data taken for:
2018-1-MLT-004 P1 SCAM (Dark energy and the expansion rate of the Universe from quasar monitoring.)
2020-1-MLT-008 P1 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2020-2-MLT-007 P1 HRS (HRS observations of a high mass binary system.)
2021-2-LSP-001 P1 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2020-1-MLT-005 P2 RSS (Study of extraplanar diffuse ionized gas in moderately inclined galaxies.)
2022-2-SCI-010 P2 HRS (Tracing of metallicity gradient)
2022-2-SCI-024 P2 RSS (x2) (Spectroscopy of ultra-diffuse galaxies)

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Night Log 2022-12-26

SA: Alexei
SO: Thea
Others:

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=> Nice stable night with good seeing. Many high priority blocks were observed.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-MLT-004 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2022-2-SCI-005 P1 RSS (Probing the quasar outflows.)
2022-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales)
2021-2-LSP-001 P1 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2022-2-MLT-001 P1 RSS (Longslit observations of MHONGOOSE Galaxies)
2022-1-MLT-003 P2 RSS (x2) (Void galaxies in the Local Volume: probing peculiarities of their chemical evolution)
2022-2-SCI-011 P3 HRS (Discovering new metal-poor stars)

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Night Log 2022-12-25

SA: Alexei
SO: Thea
Others:

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=> Dark night with rising humidity and moderate seeing. Were closed by humidity finally.

Science data taken for:
2022-2-MLT-001 P1 RSS (x2) (Longslit observations of MHONGOOSE Galaxies)
2022-2-SCI-018 P1 HRS (Observations of Ap stars @dlhwp)
2020-2-MLT-007 P1 HRS (HRS observations of a high mass binary system.)
2022-2-SCI-034 P1 RSS (Confirming the discovery of two bent AGN in the same group)
2020-1-MLT-005 P2 RSS (Study of extraplanar diffuse ionized gas in moderately inclined galaxies.)

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Night Log 2022-12-24

SA: Alexei
SO: Thea
Others: Santa with bad weather

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=> Cloudy night. We try to observe, but clouds close us again and humidity rises to the limit. No science observations were done.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-12-23

SA: Alexei
SO: Thea
Others:

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=> Night was lost due to weather

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-12-22

SA: Alexei
SO: Thea
Others:

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=> Unstable weather with clouds coming soon after beginning of the night. Some blocks were observed before we were closed by clouds.

Science data taken for:
2022-2-SCI-034 P1 RSS (Confirming the discovery of two bent AGN in the same group)
2021-2-LSP-001 P1 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2022-2-SCI-010 P2 HRS (x2) (Tracing of metallicity gradient)

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Night Log 2022-12-21

SA: Alexei
SO: Thea
Others:

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=> Clear night with moderate to good seeing. Many high priority blocks were observed.

Science data taken for:
2018-1-MLT-004 P1 RSS (Dark energy and the expansion rate of the Universe from quasar monitoring.)
2020-2-MLT-007 P1 HRS (HRS observations of a high mass binary system.)
2022-2-SCI-005 P1 RSS (Probing the quasar outflows.)
2022-2-SCI-025 P1 HRS (Identifying chemical tracers of mass transfer for 16 candidate Field Blue Stragglers/Lurkers.)
2021-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2022-2-SCI-010 P2 HRS (Tracing of metallicity gradient)
2021-2-MLT-006 P3 HRS (Accurate parameters of stars in Tight Triple Systems)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)

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Night Log 2022-12-20

SA: Rudi
SO: Thea
Others: Alexei, Tamara, Richard, Timmy

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Once again the weather turned bad before we could really get going. A technical issue at the start of the night prevented us from even getting one block observed.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-12-19

SA: Rudi
SO: Thea
Others:

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Another night where the weather kept us closed.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-12-18

SA: Rudi
SO: Thea
Others:

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Finally managed to open the telescope and get some blocks observed after the rainy week we've had so far.

Science data taken for:
2022-2-SCI-015 P1 RSS (Study of the galaxies that produces strong MgII absorption in the spectra of the background quasars.)
2020-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Study of extraplanar diffuse ionized gas in moderately inclined galaxies.)
2022-2-MLT-001 P1 RSS (Longslit observations of MHONGOOSE Galaxies)
2022-2-MLT-003 P2 RSS (x3) (Tracing the evolution of the most massive galaxies in the universe)
2022-1-MLT-003 P2 RSS (Void galaxies in the Local Volume: probing peculiarities of their chemical evolution)

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Night Log 2022-12-17

SA: Rudi
SO: Thea
Others:

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Another night where the humidity and ridge cloud kept us closed all night.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-12-16

SA: Rudi
SO: Thea
Others:

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Clouds and high humidity kept us closed all night.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-12-15

SA: Rudi
SO: Thea
Others:

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Rain, clouds and humidity kept us closed all night.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-12-14

SA: Rudi
SO: Thea
Others: Wimpie, Michael Backes and partner.

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We managed to get 2 blocks observed before the humidity forced us to close.

Science data taken for:
2020-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Study of extraplanar diffuse ionized gas in moderately inclined galaxies.)
2022-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (Tracing the evolution of the most massive galaxies in the universe)

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Night Log 2022-12-13

SA: Rosalind
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Entire night lost to high humidity.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-12-12

SA: Rosalind
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Entire night lost to poor weather - high humidity. I took some closed dome focus run tests for the new grating, PG0700.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-12-11

SA: Rosalind
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Entire night lost to rainy weather.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-12-10

SA: Rosalind
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Most of the night was lost to rainy conditions. Surprisingly, we were able to open in the early hours of the morning, after the rain. We observed four targets with low priority.

Science data taken for:
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2021-2-MLT-005 P4 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2021-2-MLT-004 P4 RSS (x2) (Spectropolarimetric Monitoring of eta Car)

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Night Log 2022-12-09

SA: Rosalind
SO: Veronica
Others: Moses for twilight tests

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A smooth clear and bright night of observing with moderate seeing. We observed 12 blocks of mixed priorities.

Science data taken for:
2021-1-MLT-005 P1 HRS (x2) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2022-2-SCI-025 P1 HRS (Identifying chemical tracers of mass transfer for 16 candidate Field Blue Stragglers/Lurkers.)
2022-2-SCI-018 P1 HRS (Observations of Ap stars @dlhwp)
2019-1-MLT-008 P3 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2022-1-MLT-004 P3 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 HRS (x3) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2021-1-MLT-005 P4 RSS (x2) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)

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Night Log 2022-12-08

SA: Rosalind
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Much of the night was affected by cloudy weather. We had a few opportunities to take data in between banks of cloud and were able to complete the observations for four blocks.

Science data taken for:
2021-2-LSP-001 P2 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x3) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)

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Night Log 2022-12-07

SA: Rosalind
SO: Veronica
Others:

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A clear night in Sutherland with moderate to poor seeing, which meant we did mostly lower priority blocks. Very little technical downtime.

Science data taken for:
2021-2-LSP-001 P2 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2021-2-MLT-006 P3 HRS (Accurate parameters of stars in Tight Triple Systems)
2022-2-SCI-004 P4 RSS (x4) (Building a sample of AGN-dust dominated galaxies)
2021-1-MLT-005 P4 RSS (x3) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)

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Night Log 2022-12-06

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: SAAO students, Nic, Brett, Leicester students, Matt Burleigh

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We had a productive night despite the poor seeing. The sky was clear and we were able to observe many blocks, mostly low priority, but a few high priority and P0s as well.

Science data taken for:
2021-2-MLT-004 P1 RSS (x2) (Spectropolarimetric Monitoring of eta Car)
2022-1-MLT-004 P3 RSS (x4) (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x2) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2021-2-MLT-006 P4 HRS (Accurate parameters of stars in Tight Triple Systems)
2022-2-SCI-004 P4 RSS (Building a sample of AGN-dust dominated galaxies)
2022-2-SCI-023 P4 RSS (Probing the environment inside Extreme Emission Line Dwarf Galaxies)

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Night Log 2022-12-05

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Lost the whole night due to bad weather (clouds).

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-12-04

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Bad Seeing and clouds made tonight rather tricky, but we still managed to observe a few blocks before the clouds and humidity took over at around midnight.

Science data taken for:
2021-1-MLT-005 P4 RSS (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2022-2-SCI-018 P4 HRS (Observations of Ap stars @dlhwp)
2022-2-SCI-004 P4 RSS (x2) (Building a sample of AGN-dust dominated galaxies)

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Night Log 2022-12-03

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Whole night lost due to bad weather (clouds).

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-12-02

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Danièl (for polarimetry calibrations)

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Clear skies tonight and decent seeing, we managed to observe many blocks until the night was cut short by high humidity.

Science data taken for:
2022-2-SCI-018 P1 HRS (Observations of Ap stars @dlhwp)
2022-2-SCI-024 P2 RSS (Spectroscopy of ultra-diffuse galaxies)
2022-2-SCI-011 P3 HRS (Discovering new metal-poor stars)
2022-2-SCI-035 P3 HRS (Determination of spectroscopic orbits of some selected stars)
2022-2-SCI-029 P3 HRS (Probing the vertical temperature profile evolution in a protoplanetary disc)
2022-2-SCI-017 P4 HRS (Observations of ssrAp stars @dlhwp)
2022-2-SCI-023 P4 RSS (Probing the environment inside Extreme Emission Line Dwarf Galaxies)
2018-1-MLT-004 P4 RSS (Dark energy and the expansion rate of the Universe from quasar monitoring.)

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Night Log 2022-12-01

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Danièl (pol cal)

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Very productive night. We had clear skies the entire night with reasonable seeing. And we managed to observe blocks with a wide range of priorities, with many high priority ones after the moon set.

Science data taken for:
2021-2-MLT-004 P1 RSS (Spectropolarimetric Monitoring of eta Car)
2022-2-SCI-032 P1 RSS (Unveiling deeply hidden growing black holes)
2020-2-MLT-007 P1 HRS (HRS observations of a high mass binary system.)
2022-2-SCI-016 P1 HRS (Spectroscopic classification of Gaia microlensing event candidates)
2022-2-MLT-001 P1 RSS (Longslit observations of MHONGOOSE Galaxies)
2022-1-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x3) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2022-2-SCI-004 P4 RSS (Building a sample of AGN-dust dominated galaxies)
2022-2-MLT-002 P4 HRS (Follow-up of tight stellar quadruples)

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Night Log 2022-11-30

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Lee, Eben (to help with glycol/chiller)

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Tonight went relatively smoothly, the seeing was decent for most of the night and so was the transparency. We managed to observe a mix of high and low priority blocks.

Science data taken for:
2022-2-SCI-006 P1 RSS (Optical followup of MALS targets.)
2022-1-MLT-003 P2 RSS (Void galaxies in the Local Volume: probing peculiarities of their chemical evolution)
2022-2-SCI-024 P2 RSS (Spectroscopy of ultra-diffuse galaxies)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x2) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2022-2-SCI-011 P3 HRS (Discovering new metal-poor stars)
2021-2-MLT-006 P4 HRS (Accurate parameters of stars in Tight Triple Systems)
2022-2-SCI-004 P4 RSS (x2) (Building a sample of AGN-dust dominated galaxies)

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Night Log 2022-11-29

SA: Danièl
SO: Thea
Others: Moses (handover)

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We managed a full night of observation, very little tech down time experienced.

Science data taken for:
2020-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (x2) (Study of extraplanar diffuse ionized gas in moderately inclined galaxies.)
2021-2-MLT-004 P1 RSS (Spectropolarimetric Monitoring of eta Car)
2020-2-MLT-007 P1 HRS (HRS observations of a high mass binary system.)
2019-1-MLT-008 P1 HRS (x2) (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2022-2-SCI-023 P3 RSS (x2) (Probing the environment inside Extreme Emission Line Dwarf Galaxies)
2021-2-MLT-006 P3 HRS (x2) (Accurate parameters of stars in Tight Triple Systems)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)

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Night Log 2022-11-28

SA: Danièl
SO: Thea
Others:

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Thick clouds made life a bit difficult tonight, but we managed to complete a few blocks despite this.

Science data taken for:
2020-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Study of extraplanar diffuse ionized gas in moderately inclined galaxies.)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2022-2-MLT-003 P3 RSS (x2) (Tracing the evolution of the most massive galaxies in the universe)

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Night Log 2022-11-27

SA: Danièl
SO: Thea
Others:

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Another night of science, we managed to complete 7 blocks.

Science data taken for:
2019-1-MLT-008 P1 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2022-2-SCI-025 P1 HRS (Identifying chemical tracers of mass transfer for 16 candidate Field Blue Stragglers/Lurkers.)
2020-1-MLT-008 P1 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2021-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2022-2-SCI-023 P4 RSS (Probing the environment inside Extreme Emission Line Dwarf Galaxies)
2022-2-SCI-004 P4 RSS (x2) (Building a sample of AGN-dust dominated galaxies)

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Night Log 2022-11-26

SA: Danièl
SO: Thea
Others:

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We only managed to complete 4 blocks before thick clouds and humidity closed us for the night.

Science data taken for:
2022-2-MLT-001 P1 RSS (Longslit observations of MHONGOOSE Galaxies)
2022-2-MLT-003 P2 RSS (x2) (Tracing the evolution of the most massive galaxies in the universe)
2022-2-SCI-024 P2 RSS (Spectroscopy of ultra-diffuse galaxies)

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Night Log 2022-11-25

SA: Danièl
SO: Thea
Others:

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We managed another night of science observations. Humidity closed us an hour before morning twilight.

Science data taken for:
2021-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2022-2-SCI-012 P2 RSS (Study of the optical counterpart of a new pulsator in the Large Magellanic Cloud)
2022-2-SCI-024 P2 RSS (Spectroscopy of ultra-diffuse galaxies)
2022-2-MLT-003 P3 RSS (Tracing the evolution of the most massive galaxies in the universe)

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Night Log 2022-11-24

SA: Danièl
SO: Thea
Others:

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We managed to complete 4 blocks before humidity closed us for the rest of the night.

Science data taken for:
2022-2-SCI-024 P2 RSS (Spectroscopy of ultra-diffuse galaxies)
2022-2-MLT-003 P2 RSS (Tracing the evolution of the most massive galaxies in the universe)
2021-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2022-2-SCI-012 P2 RSS (Study of the optical counterpart of a new pulsator in the Large Magellanic Cloud)

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Night Log 2022-11-23

SA: Danièl
SO: Thea
Others: Solohery (handover)

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We managed to observe 4 blocks before humidity closed us around 2 hours before sunrise.

Science data taken for:
2020-1-MLT-005 P2 RSS (Study of extraplanar diffuse ionized gas in moderately inclined galaxies.)
2022-2-MLT-003 P2 RSS (x2) (Tracing the evolution of the most massive galaxies in the universe)
2022-2-SCI-024 P2 RSS (Spectroscopy of ultra-diffuse galaxies)

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Night Log 2022-11-22

SA: Solohery
SO: Thea
Others:

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A full night with several high priority blocks observed. Clear skies all night and good seeing.

Science data taken for:
2020-1-MLT-008 P1 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2021-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2022-1-MLT-003 P1 RSS (Void galaxies in the Local Volume: probing peculiarities of their chemical evolution)
2022-2-SCI-006 P1 RSS (Optical followup of MALS targets.)
2022-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (x4) (Tracing the evolution of the most massive galaxies in the universe)

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Night Log 2022-11-21

SA: Solohery
SO: Thea
Others:

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The weather kept us closed all night.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-11-20

SA: Solohery
SO: Thea
Others:

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We had a full night with good and stable seeing.

Science data taken for:
2022-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (x3) (Tracing the evolution of the most massive galaxies in the universe)
2022-2-SCI-006 P1 RSS (Optical followup of MALS targets.)
2022-2-SCI-032 P1 RSS (Unveiling deeply hidden growing black holes)
2022-2-SCI-020 P1 RSS (The stellar populations of unusual galaxies from the MeerKAT Fornax Survey)
2022-2-SCI-024 P2 RSS (Spectroscopy of ultra-diffuse galaxies)

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Night Log 2022-11-19

SA: Solohery
SO: Thea
Others:

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A full night with good seeing. A large number of high priority blocks were observed.


Science data taken for:
2022-2-ORP-001 P1 RSS (Parameter studies of southern AM CVn stars)
2021-1-MLT-005 P1 HRS (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2022-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (x2) (Tracing the evolution of the most massive galaxies in the universe)
2022-2-SCI-020 P1 RSS (x2) (The stellar populations of unusual galaxies from the MeerKAT Fornax Survey)
2019-1-MLT-008 P1 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2021-1-MLT-005 P2 RSS (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2022-2-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Redshift measurements of BL Lacs for the CTA project)

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Night Log 2022-11-18

SA: Solohery
SO: Thea
Others: SALT board members

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We only managed to observe one block where the seeing was not great. We lost the rest of the night due to thick clouds.

Science data taken for:
2022-2-SCI-018 P4 HRS (Observations of Ap stars @dlhwp)

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Night Log 2022-11-17

SA: Solohery
SO: Thea
Others:

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A full night with relatively good seeing and with several high priority blocks observed.

Science data taken for:
2020-2-MLT-007 P1 HRS (HRS observations of a high mass binary system.)
2022-2-ORP-001 P1 RSS (Parameter studies of southern AM CVn stars)
2020-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Study of extraplanar diffuse ionized gas in moderately inclined galaxies.)
2021-2-LSP-001 P2 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2022-2-MLT-004 P2 RSS (x2) (Redshift measurements of BL Lacs for the CTA project)
2022-1-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2022-2-SCI-011 P3 HRS (x2) (Discovering new metal-poor stars)

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Night Log 2022-11-16

SA: Solohery
SO: Thea
Others: Ros for RSS detector tilt tests, Xola, Bryne, Lee, visitors (Michael H., Sumeekha S., Banele M., Siyanda H., Evaristus L.)

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We had a full night with relatively moderate seeing and a little tech issues at the start.

Science data taken for:
2020-1-MLT-008 P1 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2022-2-SCI-020 P1 RSS (The stellar populations of unusual galaxies from the MeerKAT Fornax Survey)
2021-1-MLT-005 P1 HRS (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2022-2-SCI-028 P2 RSS (x3) (Verification of the nature of variable objects in the LMC: Symbiotic stars versus post-AGB objects)
2022-1-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2021-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2022-2-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Redshift measurements of BL Lacs for the CTA project)

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Night Log 2022-11-15

SA: Lee
SO: Veronica
Others:

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A full night observing high priority blocks throughout. Good seeing and clear skies all night.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-MLT-004 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2022-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (x2) (Tracing the evolution of the most massive galaxies in the universe)
2022-2-SCI-020 P1 RSS (The stellar populations of unusual galaxies from the MeerKAT Fornax Survey)
2022-2-SCI-018 P1 HRS (Observations of Ap stars @dlhwp)
2020-1-MLT-008 P1 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2022-2-SCI-028 P2 RSS (x2) (Verification of the nature of variable objects in the LMC: Symbiotic stars versus post-AGB objects)

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Night Log 2022-11-14

SA: Lee
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Another trouble free night full of high priority science. We had good seeing until about 1am, then average seeing thereafter. Some thin cirrus came and went throughout the night.

Science data taken for:
2019-1-MLT-008 P1 HRS (x2) (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2022-2-ORP-001 P1 RSS (Parameter studies of southern AM CVn stars)
2018-1-MLT-004 P1 RSS (Dark energy and the expansion rate of the Universe from quasar monitoring.)
2020-1-MLT-008 P1 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2022-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (Tracing the evolution of the most massive galaxies in the universe)
2022-2-SCI-024 P2 RSS (Spectroscopy of ultra-diffuse galaxies)
2022-1-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)

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Night Log 2022-11-13

SA: Lee
SO: Veronica
Others: Brian C, Paul, Thabelo

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Summary
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A very productive night filled with high priority science. We had good weather and seeing all night, with only minor technical issues.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-MLT-004 P0 RSS (x2) (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2021-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2020-1-MLT-008 P1 RSS (x2) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2022-2-SCI-032 P1 RSS (x3) (Unveiling deeply hidden growing black holes)
2022-2-SCI-020 P1 RSS (The stellar populations of unusual galaxies from the MeerKAT Fornax Survey)
2022-2-SCI-018 P1 HRS (Observations of Ap stars @dlhwp)
2018-1-MLT-004 P1 RSS (Dark energy and the expansion rate of the Universe from quasar monitoring.)

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Night Log 2022-11-12

SA: Lee
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Summary
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Night lost to weather.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-11-11

SA: Lee
SO: Veronica
Others: Jean

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Summary
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We had some good weather and seeing conditions tonight. Although some technical issues and finally some thick cloud prevented us from taking full advantage, we still managed some high priority science.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-MLT-004 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2021-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (x2) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2022-2-SCI-018 P2 HRS (x2) (Observations of Ap stars @dlhwp)
2022-2-SCI-023 P4 RSS (Probing the environment inside Extreme Emission Line Dwarf Galaxies)

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Night Log 2022-11-10

SA: Lee
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Summary
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High humidity closed us about halfway through the night. We completed 5 blocks and used a gap in the queue to observe some RSS spectrophotometric standards.

Science data taken for:
2022-2-SCI-025 P1 HRS (Identifying chemical tracers of mass transfer for 16 candidate Field Blue Stragglers/Lurkers.)
2022-1-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2019-1-MLT-008 P2 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2021-2-MLT-006 P4 HRS (Accurate parameters of stars in Tight Triple Systems)

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Night Log 2022-11-09

SA: Lee
SO: Veronica
Others: Jean for some help with connectivity issues

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Summary
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A trouble free evening with below average and variable seeing. We completed 9 blocks before humidity closed us just after 1am.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-MLT-004 P0 RSS (x2) (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2020-1-MLT-008 P1 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x4) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2021-2-MLT-006 P3 HRS (Accurate parameters of stars in Tight Triple Systems)
2022-2-SCI-018 P4 HRS (Observations of Ap stars @dlhwp)

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Night Log 2022-11-08

SA: Elizabeth
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Summary
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We had clouds interfering with observations at the start of the night, eventually forcing us to close for most of the night, only clearing up an hour before twilight.


Science data taken for:
2020-1-MLT-008 P1 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2022-2-SCI-025 P1 HRS (Identifying chemical tracers of mass transfer for 16 candidate Field Blue Stragglers/Lurkers.)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)

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Night Log 2022-11-07

SA: Elizabeth
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Summary
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Full night! We had a superb clear night with relatively stable seeing and zero tech issues.

Science data taken for:
2022-2-SCI-025 P1 HRS (Identifying chemical tracers of mass transfer for 16 candidate Field Blue Stragglers/Lurkers.)
2019-1-MLT-008 P1 HRS (x2) (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2020-2-MLT-007 P1 HRS (HRS observations of a high mass binary system.)
2020-1-MLT-008 P1 RSS (x4) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2022-2-SCI-018 P2 HRS (Observations of Ap stars @dlhwp)
2022-1-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2022-2-SCI-029 P3 HRS (Probing the vertical temperature profile evolution in a protoplanetary disc)
2022-2-SCI-017 P3 HRS (x2) (Observations of ssrAp stars @dlhwp)

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Night Log 2022-11-06

SA: Elizabeth
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Summary
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We lost the entire night to the weather.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-11-05

SA: Elizabeth
SO: Veronica
Others: Etienne for payload

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Summary
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We had both tech issues (payload) and weather to contend with tonight. Unfortunately, we didn't defeat either.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-11-04

SA: Elizabeth
SO: Veronica
Others: Etienne for HRS

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Summary
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Night lost to weather

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-11-03

SA: Elizabeth
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Summary
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Night lost to weather.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-11-02

SA: Elizabeth
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Summary
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The weather got busy tonight with clouds, rain and humidity keeping us closed at the start and end of the night. We did get a small window in which we observed three blocks, but with variable seeing.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-MLT-004 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2020-1-MLT-008 P1 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2021-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)

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Night Log 2022-11-01

SA: Solohery
SO: Veronica
Others: Liz

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Summary
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The weather kept us closed all night.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-10-31

SA: Encarni
SO: Veronica
Others: Danièl for ET10, Lee relieving Encarni

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Summary
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The final night of the 2022-1 semester brought with it woeful and highly variable seeing. We managed some mostly low priority blocks before being closed ~1 hour before twilight by humidity. Hopefully 2022-2 brings better seeing tomorrow!

Science data taken for:
2022-2-SCI-032 P1 RSS (Unveiling deeply hidden growing black holes)
2022-2-SCI-018 P2 HRS (Observations of Ap stars @dlhwp)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x3) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2020-2-SCI-042 P4 RSS (Finding young stars and their planets)
2022-2-SCI-023 P4 RSS (Probing the environment inside Extreme Emission Line Dwarf Galaxies)
2021-2-MLT-003 P4 RSS (Tracking Accretion Flows via BLR Emission in Changing-Look Active Galactic Nuclei)

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Night Log 2022-10-30

SA: Alexei
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Summary
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=> One hour of observations before we were closed by high humidity.

Science data taken for:
2021-1-MLT-005 P2 RSS (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)

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Night Log 2022-10-29

SA: Alexei
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Summary
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=> Another night with thin clouds and variable seeing. Anyway, many high priority blocks were observed.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-MLT-004 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2022-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (Tracing the evolution of the most massive galaxies in the universe)
2020-1-MLT-008 P1 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2021-2-MLT-005 P1 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2019-1-MLT-008 P1 HRS (x2) (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2022-2-SCI-032 P1 RSS (x2) (Unveiling deeply hidden growing black holes)
2021-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (x2) (Followup of Transients)
2022-2-SCI-025 P2 HRS (Identifying chemical tracers of mass transfer for 16 candidate Field Blue Stragglers/Lurkers.)

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Night Log 2022-10-28

SA: Alexei
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Summary
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=> Unstable night with fast moving fields of clouds. Variable seeing. Some high priority blocks were observed.

Science data taken for:
2019-1-MLT-008 P1 HRS (x2) (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2022-2-SCI-025 P2 HRS (Identifying chemical tracers of mass transfer for 16 candidate Field Blue Stragglers/Lurkers.)

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Night Log 2022-10-27

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others: Alexei (for handover)

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Summary
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We managed to get a few blocks observed before the humidity and ridge cloud forced us to close.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-SCI-016 P1 RSS (Study of the galaxies that produces strong MgII absorption in the spectra of the background quasars)
2021-2-MLT-001 P1 RSS (Unravelling the gas and stellar kinematics of nearby starbursts and LIRGs)
2022-1-DDT-005 P1 RSS (An X-ray source interacting with the hot gas atmosphere of the cluster Abell 2700?)
2021-1-MLT-005 P1 HRS (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)

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Night Log 2022-10-26

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others: Matt, Marsha, Lisa, Eben, James, Deon, Nico

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Summary
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A large fraction of the night was spent on NIR commissioning. We had a chance to observe a few blocks at the start and one at the end of the night.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-SCI-025 P1 SCAM (Observational studies of faint, small Solar System bodies called centaurs.)
2019-1-MLT-008 P2 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)

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Night Log 2022-10-25

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others: Matt, Marsha, Moses, Sabyasachi, Lisa, Eben, Nico, Etienne

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Summary
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Most of the night was spent on NIR commissioning. We had some clouds and high humidity which forced us to observe some low priority targets tonight.

Science data taken for:
2021-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2022-1-MLT-001 P4 HRS (Chemically peculiar Am stars observed by TESS satellite on the southern sky.)

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Night Log 2022-10-24

SA: Rudi
SO: Xola
Others: Matt, Marsha, Moses, Sabyasachi, Ettienne

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Summary
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The NIR team gave as the telescope a few hours before the end of the night. A few blocks observed through some thick(ish) clouds.

Science data taken for:
2021-2-MLT-005 P1 HRS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2021-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2022-1-SCI-018 P3 HRS (Spectroscopic orbits for three massive eclipsing binaries with pulsating components)

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Night Log 2022-10-23

SA: Rudi
SO: Xola
Others: Matt, Marsha, Moses, Sabyasachi

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Summary
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We managed to get two blocks observed before the NIR team took over for some more commissioning work.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-SCI-025 P1 SCAM (Observational studies of faint, small Solar System bodies called centaurs.)
2019-1-MLT-008 P3 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)

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Night Log 2022-10-22

SA: Rudi
SO: Xola
Others: Moses, Marsha, Sabyasachi

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Summary
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Only managed a few hours at the start of the night for NIR commissioning before the humidity forced us to close.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-10-21

SA: Rudi
SO: Xola
Others: Marsha, Saby, Moses, Willie and friend, Anthony, Shamil, Sunnyboy

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Summary
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NIR commissioning for the first part of the night until the humidity forced us to close.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-10-20

SA: Rudi
SO: Xola
Others: Ros for engineering tests, NIR team, Moses, Encarni

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Summary
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Some of the worst seeing conditions I've ever seen tonight with seeing regularly going above 10"! We spent most of the time doing NIR engineering tests and we were closed by bad seeing conditions and cloudy weather for the rest of the night.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-10-19

SA: Rudi
SO: Xola
Others: Danièl, NIR team, Willie and friend

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Summary
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A full night of observing with no technical problems, interrupted by some clouds that passed through in the middle of the night. Mixed priority blocks observed.

Science data taken for:
2021-2-MLT-005 P1 HRS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2022-1-COM-002 P1 HRS (Commissioning Data for HRS @dlhwp)
2019-1-MLT-008 P1 HRS (x2) (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2022-1-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2020-1-MLT-008 P3 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2021-2-MLT-006 P3 HRS (Accurate parameters of stars in Tight Triple Systems)
2022-1-MLT-001 P4 HRS (Chemically peculiar Am stars observed by TESS satellite on the southern sky.)
2021-2-MLT-001 P4 RSS (Unravelling the gas and stellar kinematics of nearby starbursts and LIRGs)

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Night Log 2022-10-18

SA: Encarni
SO: Xola
Others: Richard. Rudi for handover. Sally + dad, Brett, Tokelo for a visit.

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Summary
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A full night of observations for my last night at SALT! :)


Science data taken for:
2022-1-MLT-004 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2021-2-MLT-005 P1 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2020-2-SCI-042 P1 RSS (Finding young stars and their planets)
2022-1-SCI-014 P1 RSS (Optical followup of MALS targets.)
2022-1-SCI-020 P2 RSS (Revealing Physical Properties of Emission-Line Galaxies at z<0.4.)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x3) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2021-2-MLT-003 P4 RSS (Tracking Accretion Flows via BLR Emission in Changing-Look Active Galactic Nuclei)
2022-1-MLT-001 P4 HRS (Chemically peculiar Am stars observed by TESS satellite on the southern sky.)
2021-2-MLT-001 P4 RSS (Unravelling the gas and stellar kinematics of nearby starbursts and LIRGs)

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Night Log 2022-10-17

SA: Encarni
SO: Xola
Others: Danièl remotely for polarimetry cals. Mike, Marsha, Josh.

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Summary
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Finally some good weather! :)
Lots of fun being on sky commissioning our newest instrument, the NIR spectrograph. Afterwards, we only managed to take only 1 science block before a sudden increase in high humidity forced us to close.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-SCI-022 P4 RSS (Building a sample of AGN-dust dominated galaxies)

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Night Log 2022-10-16

SA: Encarni
SO: Xola
Others: Richard. Mike, Marsha, Josh for NIR tests.

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Summary
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Entire night lost to bad weather, but we managed to take some closed-dome tests for our newest instrument, the NIR spectrograph.


No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-10-15

SA: Encarni
SO: Xola
Others: Sally, Brent for a quick visit. Richard, Mike, Marsha.

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Summary
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Entire night lost to bad weather.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-10-14

SA: Encarni
SO: Xola
Others: Danièl for ET10. Thabelo remotely for SALTICAM

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Summary
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We struggled all night for a single observing block - the seeing was so bad, we didn't even manage engineering tests! :(

Science data taken for:
2018-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)

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Night Log 2022-10-13

SA: Encarni
SO: Xola
Others: Mike in the spectrometer room and Lisa, Hannah and Kathryn for a quick NIR tour. Richard studying.

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Summary
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A good productive night. Clouds became quite thick towards the end of the night, but we manage to continue observing and take a couple of engineering tests.



Science data taken for:
2016-1-COM-009 P0 RSS (August-2016 shutdown engineering and re-commissioning tests)
2021-1-MLT-005 P1 HRS (x2) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2022-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales)
2022-1-MLT-004 P2 RSS (x2) (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x2) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2022-1-MLT-001 P4 HRS (x3) (Chemically peculiar Am stars observed by TESS satellite on the southern sky.)
2022-1-SCI-010 P4 HRS (Observing Ap stars @dlhwp)

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Night Log 2022-10-12

SA: Encarni
SO: Xola
Others: Richard for a while, Thabelo for the payload

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Summary
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Entire night lost to cloud. :(

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-10-11

SA: Rosalind
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Summary
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Entire night lost to cloudy weather. No science data taken.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-10-10

SA: Rosalind
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Summary
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Entire night lost to cloudy weather.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-10-09

SA: Rosalind
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Summary
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Much of the night was lost to poor weather - terrible seeing, followed by clouds and high humidity. We completed four blocks earlier in the evening.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-SCI-009 P3 HRS (Cosmic dance of massive triple)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2022-1-SCI-010 P4 HRS (Observing Ap stars @dlhwp)
2018-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)

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Night Log 2022-10-08

SA: Rosalind
SO: Veronica
Others: Danièl, Jimmy for QCPCnew

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Summary
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A productive bright moon night. We used empty queue time to do standard star observations and completed 14 science blocks.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-COM-002 P1 HRS (Commissioning Data for HRS @dlhwp)
2021-2-MLT-005 P2 HRS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2021-2-MLT-006 P3 HRS (x2) (Accurate parameters of stars in Tight Triple Systems)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x3) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2022-1-SCI-009 P3 HRS (Cosmic dance of massive triple)
2022-1-MLT-001 P4 HRS (x2) (Chemically peculiar Am stars observed by TESS satellite on the southern sky.)
2018-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2020-2-SCI-042 P4 RSS (Finding young stars and their planets)
2022-1-SCI-010 P4 HRS (Observing Ap stars @dlhwp)

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Night Log 2022-10-07

SA: Rosalind
SO: Veronica
Others: Danièl

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Summary
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Mostly good conditions this evening with moderate seeing. We completed 11 blocks and a throughput test, although that may need to be redone due to some clouds coming through.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-COM-002 P1 HRS (Commissioning Data for HRS @dlhwp)
2019-1-COM-001 P1 SCAM (Burst-mirror throughput test )
2022-1-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 HRS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2018-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2022-1-MLT-001 P4 HRS (Chemically peculiar Am stars observed by TESS satellite on the southern sky.)
2022-1-SCI-010 P4 HRS (x3) (Observing Ap stars @dlhwp)
2022-1-SCI-002 P4 HRS (Tracing variations in three massive young stellar objects in M17)
2022-1-SCI-022 P4 RSS (Building a sample of AGN-dust dominated galaxies)

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Night Log 2022-10-06

SA: Rosalind
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Summary
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We did an on-sky engineering test and two blocks at the start of the night. Most of the night was then lost to clouds and high humidity.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-COM-002 P1 HRS (Commissioning Data for HRS @dlhwp)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)

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Night Log 2022-10-05

SA: Rosalind
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Summary
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A smooth night with fairly good conditions, enabling us to observe 13 blocks with a mix of priorities.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-COM-002 P1 HRS (Commissioning Data for HRS @dlhwp)
2021-2-MLT-005 P1 HRS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2022-1-SCI-009 P3 HRS (Cosmic dance of massive triple)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x2) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2022-1-SCI-022 P4 RSS (Building a sample of AGN-dust dominated galaxies)
2021-2-MLT-003 P4 RSS (Tracking Accretion Flows via BLR Emission in Changing-Look Active Galactic Nuclei)
2021-2-MLT-001 P4 RSS (x2) (Unravelling the gas and stellar kinematics of nearby starbursts and LIRGs)
2020-2-SCI-042 P4 RSS (Finding young stars and their planets)
2018-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)

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Night Log 2022-10-04

SA: Moses
SO: Thea
Others: NASA team working on Prime Detector, Ros (for handover)

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Summary
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We had clear skies and good seeing for most of the night, and were able to observe many blocks of mixed priority and some engineering tests.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales)
2021-2-MLT-005 P2 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2022-1-SCI-008 P2 RSS (Archeology of the nearby possibly lopsided galaxy NGC 247 with discrete tracers)
2020-1-MLT-008 P3 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2022-1-SCI-017 P3 RSS (Evaluating galaxy cluster member candidates behind the Large Magellanic Cloud)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x2) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2021-2-MLT-003 P4 RSS (Tracking Accretion Flows via BLR Emission in Changing-Look Active Galactic Nuclei)
2021-2-MLT-001 P4 RSS (x2) (Unravelling the gas and stellar kinematics of nearby starbursts and LIRGs)
2022-1-SCI-022 P4 RSS (Building a sample of AGN-dust dominated galaxies)

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Night Log 2022-10-03

SA: Moses
SO: Thea
Others: Danièl, Janus

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Summary
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We managed to observe one science block and do some engineering tests. Then humidity closed us for the rest of the night.

Science data taken for:
2018-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)

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Night Log 2022-10-02

SA: Moses
SO: Thea
Others:

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Summary
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We enjoyed a night of clear skies and good seeing. We managed to observe many low to high priority blocks and some engineering tests.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales)
2022-1-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2022-1-SCI-020 P2 RSS (Revealing Physical Properties of Emission-Line Galaxies at z<0.4.)
2020-1-MLT-008 P3 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2018-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2021-2-MLT-001 P4 RSS (x3) (Unravelling the gas and stellar kinematics of nearby starbursts and LIRGs)

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Night Log 2022-10-01

SA: Moses
SO: Thea
Others: Bryne, Jonathan (remotely)

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Summary
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The seeing was very good and the sky stayed clear for the second half of the night, so we managed to observe many high and low priority blocks, including a decent number of MOS blocks.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales)
2022-1-SCI-016 P1 RSS (Study of the galaxies that produces strong MgII absorption in the spectra of the background quasars)
2022-1-SCI-020 P1 RSS (x2) (Revealing Physical Properties of Emission-Line Galaxies at z<0.4.)
2020-1-MLT-008 P3 RSS (x3) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2021-2-MLT-001 P4 RSS (Unravelling the gas and stellar kinematics of nearby starbursts and LIRGs)
2018-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)

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Night Log 2022-09-30

SA: Moses
SO: Thea
Others:

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Summary
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We observed many medium to high priority blocks despite a few technical issues and some thick clouds.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-SCI-020 P1 RSS (x2) (Revealing Physical Properties of Emission-Line Galaxies at z<0.4.)
2022-1-COM-002 P1 HRS (x3) (Commissioning Data for HRS @dlhwp)
2022-1-DDT-003 P1 RSS (Optical Spectroscopy of a Gamma-ray Emitting Galaxy Merger with Bent Relativistic Jets)
2020-1-MLT-008 P3 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2018-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)

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Night Log 2022-09-29

SA: Moses
SO: Thea
Others: Bryne

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Summary
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Lost the whole night due to bad weather - thick clouds.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-09-28

SA: Moses
SO: Thea
Others: Janus, Encarni, Bryne, Sunnyboy (all remotely for the FIF checks)

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Summary
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Very productive night despite a few problems with RSS and varying cloud cover. We managed to observe many high to low priority blocks throughout the night.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-COM-002 P1 HRS (Commissioning Data for HRS @dlhwp)
2022-1-DDT-003 P1 RSS (Optical Spectroscopy of a Gamma-ray Emitting Galaxy Merger with Bent Relativistic Jets)
2022-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales)
2021-2-MLT-001 P1 RSS (x2) (Unravelling the gas and stellar kinematics of nearby starbursts and LIRGs)
2019-1-MLT-008 P2 HRS (x2) (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2021-2-MLT-006 P3 HRS (Accurate parameters of stars in Tight Triple Systems)
2020-1-MLT-008 P3 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2022-1-SCI-017 P3 RSS (Evaluating galaxy cluster member candidates behind the Large Magellanic Cloud)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x3) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)

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Night Log 2022-09-27

SA: Danièl
SO: Veronica
Others: Moses (Handover), Janus and SKA folks

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Summary
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Thick clouds kept us closed for the 1st half of the night, we did manage to complete 6 science blocks along with some engineering time spent on taking standards.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2020-1-MLT-008 P3 RSS (x3) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2022-1-SCI-022 P4 RSS (Building a sample of AGN-dust dominated galaxies)

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Night Log 2022-09-26

SA: Danièl
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Summary
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Another full night of observations done, with few technical issues occurring. NASA also completed the DART Mission, hitting an asteroid in a first-ever planetary defense test. This was sadly not observed by SALT, but rather with the smaller steerable telescopes on the plateau. Exciting!

Science data taken for:
2022-1-SCI-007 P1 RSS (An enigmatic `beast': the nearby edge-on giant LSB galaxy)
2022-1-COM-002 P1 HRS (x3) (Commissioning Data for HRS @dlhwp)
2020-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Study of extraplanar diffuse ionized gas in moderately inclined galaxies.)
2022-1-SCI-018 P3 HRS (Spectroscopic orbits for three massive eclipsing binaries with pulsating components)
2022-1-SCI-015 P3 RSS (Probing the quasar outflows.)
2020-1-MLT-008 P3 RSS (x3) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2018-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x3) (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2022-1-SCI-006 P3 RSS (Digging through the dust: A complete census of neutral hydrogen at z > 2)
2022-1-MLT-001 P4 HRS (Chemically peculiar Am stars observed by TESS satellite on the southern sky.)

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Night Log 2022-09-25

SA: Danièl
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Summary
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Lost the night to weather.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-09-24

SA: Danièl
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Summary
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Thick clouds kept us from observing tonight.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-09-23

SA: Danièl
SO: Veronica
Others: Alrin, Bryne

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Summary
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We had a fuul night of observations and managed to complete quite a few blocks. technical issues were present in the last two blocks.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-DDT-004 P1 RSS (SALT specteum of the bright gamma ray burst GRB220921A)
2022-1-COM-002 P1 HRS (Commissioning Data for HRS @dlhwp)
2021-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2022-1-SCI-025 P2 SCAM (Observational studies of faint, small Solar System bodies called centaurs.)
2022-1-SCI-016 P2 RSS (Study of the galaxies that produces strong MgII absorption in the spectra of the background quasars)
2020-1-MLT-008 P3 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2018-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x2) (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2022-1-SCI-018 P3 HRS (Spectroscopic orbits for three massive eclipsing binaries with pulsating components)
2019-1-MLT-008 P3 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2022-1-SCI-019 P4 RSS (Probing the environment inside Extreme Emission Line Dwarf Galaxies)
2021-2-MLT-003 P4 RSS (Tracking Accretion Flows via BLR Emission in Changing-Look Active Galactic Nuclei)
2022-1-SCI-010 P4 HRS (Observing Ap stars @dlhwp)
2022-1-MLT-002 P4 HRS (Searching for new chemically peculiar stars in the southern hemisphere)

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Night Log 2022-09-22

SA: undefined
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Summary
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Strong winds and clouds kept us closed tonight.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-09-21

SA: Danièl
SO: Veronica
Others: Richard and Alrin

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Summary
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We had a full night of observations, with technical issue sprinkled throughout.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-SCI-007 P1 RSS (An enigmatic `beast': the nearby edge-on giant LSB galaxy)
2022-1-SCI-025 P2 SCAM (x2) (Observational studies of faint, small Solar System bodies called centaurs.)
2022-1-SCI-016 P3 RSS (Study of the galaxies that produces strong MgII absorption in the spectra of the background quasars)
2019-1-MLT-008 P3 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2020-1-MLT-008 P3 RSS (x5) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2022-1-SCI-010 P4 HRS (Observing Ap stars @dlhwp)
2022-1-MLT-001 P4 HRS (Chemically peculiar Am stars observed by TESS satellite on the southern sky.)

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Night Log 2022-09-20

SA: Lee
SO: Thea
Others: Danièl, Moses

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Summary
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A good, clear night full of high priority science. We had average to good seeing for most of the night, and very little downtime. 15 blocks completed.

Science data taken for:
2020-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Study of extraplanar diffuse ionized gas in moderately inclined galaxies.)
2022-1-SCI-020 P1 RSS (Revealing Physical Properties of Emission-Line Galaxies at z<0.4.)
2022-1-SCI-007 P1 RSS (An enigmatic `beast': the nearby edge-on giant LSB galaxy)
2022-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales)
2022-1-SCI-014 P2 RSS (Optical followup of MALS targets.)
2021-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (x3) (Followup of Transients)
2021-2-MLT-005 P2 HRS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2020-1-MLT-008 P3 RSS (x3) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2022-1-SCI-018 P3 HRS (Spectroscopic orbits for three massive eclipsing binaries with pulsating components)

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Night Log 2022-09-19

SA: Lee
SO: Thea
Others: Thabelo, Bryne

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Summary
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High humidity cut short our night just after 11pm. We had some technical trouble with the FIF, which left time to complete only 2 blocks.

Science data taken for:
2019-1-MLT-008 P2 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)

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Night Log 2022-09-18

SA: Lee
SO: Thea
Others:

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Summary
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Entire night lost to weather.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-09-17

SA: Lee
SO: Thea
Others: Danièl, ThunderKAT visitors

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Summary
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Entire night lost to weather.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-09-16

SA: Lee
SO: Thea
Others: Danièl

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Summary
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Thick cloud kept us closed until the final 2 hours of the night, allowing us to complete 4 blocks.

Science data taken for:
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x2) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2020-1-MLT-008 P3 RSS (x2) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)

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Night Log 2022-09-15

SA: Lee
SO: Thea
Others: Janus, Deon

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Summary
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A nice clear night with good stable seeing and very low humidity. We completed 17 blocks, mostly P3.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales)
2021-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (x2) (Followup of Transients)
2022-1-SCI-015 P3 RSS (Probing the quasar outflows.)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x3) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2020-1-MLT-008 P3 RSS (x10) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)

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Night Log 2022-09-14

SA: Lee
SO: Thea
Others: Techops for new ADC install, Timmy

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Summary
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Most of the night was spent finishing the installation of the new ADC and achieving first light with this important addition for SALT. The very late night by techops was worth it! We completed 4 science blocks with the remaining time after overcoming a few gremlins in the system.

Science data taken for:
2020-1-MLT-008 P2 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x3) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)

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Night Log 2022-09-13

SA: Solohery
SO: Thea
Others: Janus & Deon (for test for pointing/rho/focus model)

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Summary
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A night with a bunch of images taken for engineering tests. We observed mostly mid priority targets tonight.


Science data taken for:
2019-1-MLT-008 P1 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2021-2-MLT-005 P2 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2020-1-MLT-008 P3 RSS (x9) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)

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Night Log 2022-09-12

SA: Solohery
SO: Thea
Others: Janus & Deon (for test for pointing/rho/focus model), Thabelo.

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Summary
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A night with a good and stable seeing. We had some gaps and we observed mostly lower priority targets tonight.


Science data taken for:
2022-1-DDT-002 P0 RSS (Contemporaneous SALT abd JWST observations of an outbursting black hole system)
2022-1-COM-002 P1 HRS (Commissioning Data for HRS @dlhwp)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x3) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x5) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2022-1-SCI-009 P3 HRS (Cosmic dance of massive triple)
2020-1-MLT-008 P3 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2019-1-MLT-008 P3 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2022-1-SCI-010 P4 HRS (x3) (Observing Ap stars @dlhwp)
2021-2-MLT-006 P4 HRS (Accurate parameters of stars in Tight Triple Systems)
2018-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)

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Night Log 2022-09-11

SA: Solohery
SO: Thea
Others: Danièl, Thabelo

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Summary
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We managed to observe two blocks tonight. We lost the rest of the night due to humid conditions.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2021-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)

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Night Log 2022-09-10

SA: Solohery
SO: Thea
Others:

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Summary
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A cloudy night at the start with a few stoppages for a thick clouds and empty queues that were used to clear monthly cals. A number of blocks of mixed priority were observed.


Science data taken for:
2021-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (x2) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2022-1-COM-002 P1 HRS (Commissioning Data for HRS @dlhwp)
2018-2-MLT-005 P2 RSS (x2) (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2020-1-MLT-008 P2 RSS (x2) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2022-1-SCI-004 P3 RSS (Measuring the magnetic field strengths of B stars @dlhwp)
2021-2-MLT-006 P3 HRS (Accurate parameters of stars in Tight Triple Systems)
2019-1-MLT-008 P3 HRS (x2) (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2022-1-SCI-010 P4 HRS (Observing Ap stars @dlhwp)

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Night Log 2022-09-09

SA: Solohery
SO: Thea
Others: Danièl

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Summary
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A full night with a moderate seeing. We observed a large number of mixed priority targets tonight.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-DDT-002 P0 RSS (Contemporaneous SALT abd JWST observations of an outbursting black hole system)
2022-1-COM-002 P1 HRS (x2) (Commissioning Data for HRS @dlhwp)
2020-1-MLT-008 P2 RSS (x7) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2021-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2022-1-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2019-1-MLT-008 P3 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2022-1-SCI-009 P3 HRS (Cosmic dance of massive triple)
2020-2-SCI-042 P4 RSS (Finding young stars and their planets)
2022-1-SCI-010 P4 HRS (Observing Ap stars @dlhwp)
2022-1-SCI-022 P4 RSS (Building a sample of AGN-dust dominated galaxies)

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Night Log 2022-09-08

SA: Solohery
SO: Thea
Others: Thabelo, Johan, Nico

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Summary
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A night with bright moon and some technical downtime. A mixed priority targets were observed tonight.


Science data taken for:
2022-1-COM-002 P1 HRS (x2) (Commissioning Data for HRS @dlhwp)
2020-1-MLT-008 P2 RSS (x5) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2022-1-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2019-1-MLT-008 P3 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2020-2-SCI-042 P4 RSS (x2) (Finding young stars and their planets)
2022-1-SCI-010 P4 HRS (Observing Ap stars @dlhwp)
2022-1-SCI-009 P4 HRS (x4) (Cosmic dance of massive triple)

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Night Log 2022-09-07

SA: Solohery
SO: Thea
Others: Thabelo for slitmask

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Summary
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A full night with clear skies and moderate seeing. A large number of blocks, including a P0, plus mostly mid to lower priority targets were observed tonight.


Science data taken for:
2022-1-COM-002 P1 HRS (Commissioning Data for HRS @dlhwp)
2022-1-SCI-026 P1 HRS (Identifying chemical tracers of mass transfer for 10 candidate Field Blue Stragglers/Lurkers.)
2021-2-MLT-005 P2 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2022-1-MLT-004 P2 RSS (x2) (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2022-1-SCI-009 P3 HRS (x3) (Cosmic dance of massive triple)
2020-1-MLT-008 P3 RSS (x2) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x2) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2019-1-MLT-008 P3 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2020-2-SCI-042 P4 RSS (Finding young stars and their planets)
2022-1-SCI-022 P4 RSS (Building a sample of AGN-dust dominated galaxies)
2022-1-SCI-010 P4 HRS (Observing Ap stars @dlhwp)

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Night Log 2022-09-06

SA: Elizabeth
SO: Veronica
Others: Etienne, Timmy, Encarni for slot mode, Solo for handover

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Summary
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A clear night with variable seeing. Several blocks of mixed priority observed, including a P0.

Science data taken for:
2021-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (x2) (Followup of Transients)
2020-2-SCI-042 P1 RSS (Finding young stars and their planets)
2022-1-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2021-2-MLT-005 P2 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2022-1-SCI-015 P3 RSS (Probing the quasar outflows.)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2020-1-MLT-008 P3 RSS (x8) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)

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Night Log 2022-09-05

SA: Elizabeth
SO: Veronica
Others: Etienne

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Summary
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Humidity kept us closed for the first half of the night, after which we had a clear second half with moderate seeing.

Science data taken for:
2020-2-SCI-042 P1 RSS (Finding young stars and their planets)
2022-1-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2020-1-MLT-008 P3 RSS (x5) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)

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Night Log 2022-09-04

SA: Elizabeth
SO: Veronica
Others: Etienne

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Summary
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Entire night lost to weather.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-09-03

SA: Elizabeth
SO: Veronica
Others: Danièl

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Summary
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A smooth night with moderate seeing and no weather downtime. Several blocks of mostly high priority were observed.

Science data taken for:
2020-2-SCI-042 P1 RSS (Finding young stars and their planets)
2022-1-SCI-016 P2 RSS (Study of the galaxies that produces strong MgII absorption in the spectra of the background quasars)
2020-1-MLT-008 P2 RSS (x11) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2022-1-SCI-019 P3 RSS (Probing the environment inside Extreme Emission Line Dwarf Galaxies)
2022-1-SCI-004 P3 RSS (Measuring the magnetic field strengths of B stars @dlhwp)
2021-2-LSP-001 P4 RSS (x2) (Followup of Transients)

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Night Log 2022-09-02

SA: Elizabeth
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Summary
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We had a clear night with moderate seeing. Got interrupted by humidity in the middle of the night, but managed to observe several high priority blocks.

Science data taken for:
2020-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Study of extraplanar diffuse ionized gas in moderately inclined galaxies.)
2022-1-SCI-007 P1 RSS (An enigmatic `beast': the nearby edge-on giant LSB galaxy)
2020-1-MLT-008 P2 RSS (x6) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2022-1-SCI-020 P2 RSS (x2) (Revealing Physical Properties of Emission-Line Galaxies at z<0.4.)

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Night Log 2022-09-01

SA: Elizabeth
SO: Veronica
Others: Danièl (pol cals), Timmy, Richard, Encarni, Etienne, Jimmy

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Summary
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We've had a night of playing tag with the weather. Only a couple of technical issues. We managed a few blocks of mixed priority.

Science data taken for:
2021-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2019-1-MLT-008 P3 HRS (x2) (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2022-1-SCI-010 P4 HRS (Observing Ap stars @dlhwp)

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Night Log 2022-08-31

SA: Elizabeth
SO: Veronica
Others: Rudi

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Summary
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We only managed to observe a couple of blocks before thick clouds came in and kept us closed for the rest of the night.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-COM-002 P1 HRS (Commissioning Data for HRS @dlhwp)
2022-1-SCI-010 P4 HRS (Observing Ap stars @dlhwp)

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Night Log 2022-08-30

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others: Bryne, Johan, Lisa + interns, Tim-Olver and Stefan + students

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Summary
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The weather kept us closed all night.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-08-29

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Summary
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High humidity, strong wind and ridge cloud kept us closed all night.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-08-28

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others: Bryne

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Summary
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A lot of interruptions tonight. We had some technical problems, weather downtime and an empty queue that allowed us to take standards and also do an ADC test. Mostly lower priority targets observed tonight.

Science data taken for:
2021-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2022-1-SCI-014 P2 RSS (Optical followup of MALS targets.)
2021-2-MLT-005 P2 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2022-1-SCI-010 P4 HRS (Observing Ap stars @dlhwp)
2018-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2021-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)

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Night Log 2022-08-27

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others: Danièl (pol cals)

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Summary
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A full night of observing with a relatively stable conditions and various priority blocks observed. Very minimal tech downtime and the FIF stage was well behaved tonight.

Science data taken for:
2021-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (x2) (Followup of Transients)
2022-1-SCI-007 P1 RSS (An enigmatic `beast': the nearby edge-on giant LSB galaxy)
2020-2-SCI-042 P1 RSS (Finding young stars and their planets)
2020-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Study of extraplanar diffuse ionized gas in moderately inclined galaxies.)
2020-1-MLT-008 P2 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2022-1-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2022-1-SCI-018 P3 HRS (Spectroscopic orbits for three massive eclipsing binaries with pulsating components)
2022-1-SCI-016 P3 RSS (Study of the galaxies that produces strong MgII absorption in the spectra of the background quasars)
2022-1-SCI-009 P3 HRS (Cosmic dance of massive triple)
2021-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (x3) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2021-2-MLT-001 P4 RSS (x2) (Unravelling the gas and stellar kinematics of nearby starbursts and LIRGs)
2022-1-SCI-010 P4 HRS (Observing Ap stars @dlhwp)

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