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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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