Thursday, October 31, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-30

SA: Danièl
SO: Veronica
Others:

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We had a full night of observing, completing a number of blocks with mixed priorities, including a P0.

Science data taken for:
2024-1-SCI-042 P0 RSS (SALT Spectra of Transients)
2024-1-MLT-009 P1 RSS (Optical Spectroscopy of nearby Galaxies)
2024-1-SCI-038 P1 HRS (Age-dating UMa and determining new moving group members)
2019-1-COM-001 P1 SCAM (Burst-mirror throughput test )
2023-2-MLT-003 P2 RSS (x3) (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2024-1-SCI-031 P2 RSS (x2) (BCG evlolution in ACT clusters at intermediate/high redshifts)
2024-1-SCI-002 P2 RSS (Deep spectroscopy of faint, stellar shells in nearby in NGC 2865 & PGC 6240)
2024-1-SCI-011 P3 RSS (Probing magnetic field strength of magnetic cataclysmic variables stars )

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Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-29

SA: Rudi
SO: Austun
Others: Ros

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Summary
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We managed only two blocks before the humidity force us to close.

Science data taken for:
2024-1-SCI-031 P2 RSS (BCG evlolution in ACT clusters at intermediate/high redshifts)
2024-1-SCI-011 P3 RSS (Probing magnetic field strength of magnetic cataclysmic variables stars )

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Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-28

SA: Rudi
SO: Austun
Others:

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High humidity, clouds and rain kept us closed all night.

No science data taken.

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Monday, October 28, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-27

SA: Rudi
SO: Austun
Others:

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The weather prevented us from opening up tonight.

No science data taken.

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Sunday, October 27, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-26

SA: Rudi
SO: Austun
Others: Sam and E10 (RSS grating)

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We managed to get a few blocks observed before the humidity, strong winds and clouds forced us to close. Mostly lower priority blocks observed due to the variable weather conditions.

Science data taken for:
2023-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (x3) (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2024-1-SCI-019 P3 HRS (Asteroseismology of an eclipsing tidally tilted pulsator )
2024-1-MLT-006 P3 HRS (Monitor the spectral emission lines of these Be binaries.)
2023-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)

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Saturday, October 26, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-25

SA: Rudi
SO: Austun
Others:

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Another full night of observing with some engineering tests in the middle of the night and a small amount of tech downtime. Mostly high priority blocks observed.

Science data taken for:
2023-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (x3) (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2019-1-COM-001 P1 SCAM (Burst-mirror throughput test )
2019-1-MLT-008 P1 HRS (x2) (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2024-1-MLT-003 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2024-1-SCI-038 P2 HRS (Age-dating UMa and determining new moving group members)
2024-2-SCI-038 P2 RSS (Probing magnetic field strength of magnetic cataclysmic variables stars )
2024-1-SCI-031 P2 RSS (BCG evlolution in ACT clusters at intermediate/high redshifts)

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Friday, October 25, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-24

SA: Rudi
SO: Austun
Others: E10

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A full night of observing in good and stable conditions. Many high priority blocks observed. It was good having RSS back online.

Science data taken for:
2024-1-SCI-025 P1 RSS (Probing the large scale gas flows in galaxies)
2023-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (x5) (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2024-1-SCI-023 P1 RSS (Measuring the redshift of the objects in two strong gravitational lensing systems)
2024-1-SCI-031 P2 RSS (BCG evlolution in ACT clusters at intermediate/high redshifts)
2019-1-MLT-008 P2 HRS (x2) (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2024-1-SCI-002 P2 RSS (Deep spectroscopy of faint, stellar shells in nearby in NGC 2865 & PGC 6240)
2023-1-MLT-007 P2 RSS (SALT+Gaia survey of helium-rich hot subdwarfs)
2023-1-SCI-040 P3 HRS (Searching for variable metal lines in polluted white dwarfs)

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Thursday, October 24, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-23

SA: Rudi
SO: Austun
Others: Thabelo, Etienne

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The first half of the night was spent doing a mirror alignment that was very troublesome. We managed to get some high priority blocks during the second half of the night in stable conditions.

Science data taken for:
2019-1-MLT-008 P1 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2024-2-SCI-025 P1 HRS (Looking for proto hot Jupiters)
2024-1-MLT-006 P2 HRS (x4) (Monitor the spectral emission lines of these Be binaries.)
2024-2-SCI-011 P3 HRS (Observing hot and cool H-deficient stars to demonstrate evolution links.)

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Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-22

SA: Alexei
SO: Nomzamo
Others: Rudi and Austun for the handover, Thabelo for help

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Summary
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=> Some blocks were observed before we were closed by humidity and clouds.

Science data taken for:
2019-1-MLT-008 P1 HRS (x2) (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2024-2-SCI-023 P2 HRS (Observations of ssrAp stars)
2023-1-SCI-040 P2 HRS (Searching for variable metal lines in polluted white dwarfs)
2024-1-MLT-006 P3 HRS (Monitor the spectral emission lines of these Be binaries.)

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Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-21

SA: Alexei
SO: Nomzamo
Others:

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=> Lost the whole night due to bad weather

No science data taken.

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Monday, October 21, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-20

SA: Alexei
SO: Nomzamo
Others:

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=> Just one block was observed before we were closed by bad weather.

Science data taken for:
2023-1-MLT-007 P3 RSS (SALT+Gaia survey of helium-rich hot subdwarfs)

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Sunday, October 20, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-19

SA: Alexei
SO: Nomzamo
Others:

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=> Only few blocks were observed before we were closed by humidity

Science data taken for:
2019-1-MLT-008 P2 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2024-1-MLT-001 P3 RSS (Study of the outer parts of lenticular galaxies.)
2024-1-MLT-003 P3 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)

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Saturday, October 19, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-18

SA: Alexei
SO: Nomzamo
Others:

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=> Another night with full Moon and rising humidity. Finally, were closed by humidity about midnight. Many blocks were observed during first half of the night.

Science data taken for:
2024-2-SCI-011 P1 RSS (Observing hot and cool H-deficient stars to demonstrate evolution links.)
2019-1-MLT-008 P2 HRS (x2) (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2024-1-MLT-003 P2 RSS (x2) (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2023-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (x2) (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2024-1-SCI-019 P3 HRS (Asteroseismology of an eclipsing tidally tilted pulsator )
2024-2-MLT-001 P3 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)

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Friday, October 18, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-17

SA: Alexei
SO: Nomzamo
Others:

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=> Observations during first half of the night. Finally, were closed by high humidity. Only few blocks were observed.

Science data taken for:
2024-1-MLT-003 P2 RSS (x2) (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2024-2-MLT-001 P3 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)
2023-2-LSP-001 P4 RSS (x3) (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)

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Thursday, October 17, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-16

SA: Alexei
SO: Nomzamo
Others:

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=> Full Moon unstable night with heavy clouds and rain at the beginning of the night. Finally we observed some amount of low priority blocks.

Science data taken for:
2024-1-SCI-019 P3 HRS (Asteroseismology of an eclipsing tidally tilted pulsator )
2023-1-MLT-007 P3 RSS (x2) (SALT+Gaia survey of helium-rich hot subdwarfs)
2018-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2024-1-MLT-010 P3 HRS (Stellar Characterisation of Ariel mission targets: derivation of N and O abundances)
2023-2-MLT-005 P3 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2024-1-SCI-007 P4 HRS (observing Ap stars)
2023-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2024-1-SCI-004 P4 HRS (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogueBuilding a new )

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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-15

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Nomzamo, Alexei, Waanie

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We had a mixed night, conditions were clear but the seeing was not good for part of the night, but we managed to observe a few high and low priority targets and some engineering tests.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-COM-003 P0 HRS (Some targets for NIR first LIght)
2024-1-SCI-028 P1 NIR (x2) (Near-infrared spectra of Halpha in redshifted AGN)
2019-1-COM-001 P1 SCAM (Burst-mirror throughput test )
2024-1-MLT-003 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2018-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2023-2-MLT-005 P3 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2024-1-SCI-004 P4 HRS (x2) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogueBuilding a new )

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Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-14

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Eben

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We struggled against high winds and high humidity and only managed to observe a few blocks at the start of the night.

Science data taken for:
2024-1-MLT-003 P3 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2023-1-MLT-007 P3 RSS (SALT+Gaia survey of helium-rich hot subdwarfs)
2023-2-LSP-001 P4 RSS (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)

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Monday, October 14, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-13

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Lost the whole night due to bad weather.

No science data taken.

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Sunday, October 13, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-12

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Eben

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We had a clear, very dry night with good seeing; and we managed to observe many high priority blocks.

Science data taken for:
2023-1-COM-002 P1 RSS (Observing the Moon for polarimetry calibrations)
2024-1-SCI-028 P1 NIR (Near-infrared spectra of Halpha in redshifted AGN)
2024-1-MLT-009 P1 RSS (x2) (Optical Spectroscopy of nearby Galaxies)
2024-1-SCI-042 P2 RSS (x2) (SALT Spectra of Transients)
2024-1-LSP-001 P2 NIR (x4) (Study of star formation quenching in post-starburst galaxies)
2024-1-MLT-006 P3 HRS (Monitor the spectral emission lines of these Be binaries.)
2024-1-SCI-024 P4 RSS (Monitoring a special sample of quasars showing large continuum variations in their spectra.)
2024-1-SCI-004 P4 HRS (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogueBuilding a new )

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Saturday, October 12, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-11

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Good seeing and clear skies and we had smooth night where we observed many high priority blocks.

Science data taken for:
2024-1-MLT-009 P1 RSS (Optical Spectroscopy of nearby Galaxies)
2024-1-SCI-034 P1 NIR (NIRWALS Observations of LIRGs and Starbursts)
2024-1-SCI-028 P1 NIR (Near-infrared spectra of Halpha in redshifted AGN)
2024-1-SCI-021 P1 HRS (Spectroscopy of HD68695S)
2024-1-LSP-001 P1 NIR (Study of star formation quenching in post-starburst galaxies)
2019-1-MLT-008 P1 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2023-2-MLT-002 P1 RSS (Constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales)
2024-1-MLT-003 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2023-2-MLT-003 P2 RSS (x2) (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)

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Friday, October 11, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-10

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Egan & John

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We struggled with thick cloud for most of the night, and bad seeing in the middle of it, so we only managed to observe a few low priority blocks.

Science data taken for:
2024-1-SCI-027 P4 RSS (Artifical intelligence identification of extragalactic sources)
2023-2-LSP-001 P4 RSS (x2) (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2024-1-SCI-004 P4 HRS (x2) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogueBuilding a new )

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Thursday, October 10, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-09

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others:

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It was mostly a clear night with good seeing and we managed to observe many high priority blocks.

Science data taken for:
2024-1-LSP-001 P1 NIR (x4) (Study of star formation quenching in post-starburst galaxies)
2024-1-SCI-038 P1 HRS (Age-dating UMa and determining new moving group members)
2023-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2024-1-SCI-028 P1 NIR (Near-infrared spectra of Halpha in redshifted AGN)
2023-2-MLT-002 P1 RSS (Constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales)
2024-1-SCI-033 P3 HRS (detached eclipsing binaries for PLATO mission)

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Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-08

SA: Lee
SO: Fred
Others: Nomzamo, Moses, Thabelo, Michael, Sam, Waani, Paul B, Lisa, Encarni, Sabyasachi, Antoine

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The night was book-ended by thick cloud, but we had some nice clear sky and good seeing when we were open. We managed 5 science blocks and some more slitmask IFU tests.

Science data taken for:
2024-1-COM-002 P0 RSS (This is a commissioning proposal)
2023-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (x2) (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2024-1-SCI-036 P1 RSS (Studying a Variety of ACT sources with SALT)
2024-1-SCI-042 P2 RSS (SALT Spectra of Transients)
2023-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)

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Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-07

SA: Lee
SO: Fred
Others: Nomzamo, Wimpie, Sabyasachi, Antoine, Thabelo

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We were limited to mid-to-low priority blocks tonight due to largely poor and variable seeing. High humidity eventually closed us for a few hours, during which we did some engineering tests. A few gremlins in the system only ended up costing us a small amount of technical downtime.

Science data taken for:
2024-1-COM-002 P0 RSS (x2) (This is a commissioning proposal)
2024-1-SCI-042 P2 RSS (SALT Spectra of Transients)
2024-1-MLT-006 P2 HRS (Monitor the spectral emission lines of these Be binaries.)
2024-1-MLT-003 P2 RSS (x2) (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2023-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (x2) (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2024-1-MLT-010 P4 HRS (Stellar Characterisation of Ariel mission targets: derivation of N and O abundances)

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Monday, October 7, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-06

SA: Lee
SO: Fred
Others: Nomzamo

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We lost most of the night to thick cloud. We squeezed in a few blocks in a brief gap.

Science data taken for:
2023-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2024-1-SCI-019 P3 HRS (Asteroseismology of an eclipsing tidally tilted pulsator )
2023-1-SCI-040 P4 HRS (Searching for variable metal lines in polluted white dwarfs)

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Sunday, October 6, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-05

SA: Lee
SO: Fred
Others: Nomzamo

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A blanket of cirrus was with us the entire night, but this was made up for by excellent seeing. We observed two P0's and a DDT in its last visibility window of the semester, as well as other high priority blocks. The cloud thickened in the early hours, forcing us to observe lower priority targets.

Science data taken for:
2021-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2024-1-COM-002 P0 RSS (This is a commissioning proposal)
2024-1-MLT-004 P0 RSS (Observations of white dwarf supernovae to be observed also with JWST.)
2024-1-DDT-001 P1 HRS (Abundances of Type II Cepheid variable stars)
2024-1-SCI-003 P2 RSS (Longslit RSS study of faint, gas-rich dwarf galaxies)
2024-1-SCI-002 P2 RSS (Deep spectroscopy of faint, stellar shells in nearby in NGC 2865 & PGC 6240)
2024-1-SCI-033 P3 HRS (detached eclipsing binaries for PLATO mission)
2023-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2024-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Study of the metallicity galaxies in voids)
2023-2-MLT-005 P3 HRS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)

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Saturday, October 5, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-04

SA: Lee
SO: Fred
Others: Nomzamo, Thabelo, Sam, Michael, Eben

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We had excellent and stable seeing for the entire night, allowing us to complete some high priority dark time blocks. We lost some time to a few technical issues and also spent time on some more SMI testing.

Science data taken for:
2024-1-COM-002 P0 RSS (This is a commissioning proposal)
2024-1-SCI-031 P2 RSS (x2) (BCG evlolution in ACT clusters at intermediate/high redshifts)
2024-1-SCI-003 P2 RSS (x2) (Longslit RSS study of faint, gas-rich dwarf galaxies)
2023-1-MLT-007 P3 RSS (SALT+Gaia survey of helium-rich hot subdwarfs)
2021-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2023-2-MLT-005 P3 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2024-1-SCI-009 P3 RSS (Spectroscopic follow up of candidate self-lensing events)

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Friday, October 4, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-03

SA: Lee
SO: Fred
Others: Nomzamo, Sabyasachi, Antoine

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A much better night than last night weather wise. We had some thin cloud which mostly dispersed during the night and good seeing conditions, which became very stable after midnight. We observed high priority blocks and spent a significant fraction of the night on slitmask IFU testing.

Science data taken for:
2024-1-COM-002 P0 RSS (x2) (This is a commissioning proposal)
2024-1-SCI-009 P1 RSS (Spectroscopic follow up of candidate self-lensing events)
2024-1-SCI-003 P2 RSS (Longslit RSS study of faint, gas-rich dwarf galaxies)
2024-1-SCI-031 P2 RSS (BCG evlolution in ACT clusters at intermediate/high redshifts)
2024-1-SCI-002 P2 RSS (Deep spectroscopy of faint, stellar shells in nearby in NGC 2865 & PGC 6240)
2024-1-MLT-003 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2024-1-MLT-005 P2 RSS (Study of the metallicity galaxies in voids)
2023-2-MLT-005 P3 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2024-1-SCI-004 P4 HRS (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogueBuilding a new )

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Thursday, October 3, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-02

SA: Lee
SO: Fred
Others: Nomzamo, Moses, Malcolm, Sabyasachi, Antoine, Thabelo, Michael, Sam

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Tonight was dominated by very poor seeing and thin cloud, limiting us to low priority blocks. We had some technical issues at the start of the night, but otherwise fairly productive. We also did some testing of the RSS slitmask IFU.

Science data taken for:
2024-1-COM-002 P0 RSS (This is a commissioning proposal)
2024-1-MLT-006 P3 HRS (Monitor the spectral emission lines of these Be binaries.)
2021-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2024-1-SCI-027 P4 RSS (x3) (Artifical intelligence identification of extragalactic sources)
2023-2-LSP-001 P4 RSS (x4) (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2023-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)

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Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Night Log 2024-10-01

SA: Rudi
SO: Austun
Others:

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A full night of observing with very little tech downtime. We managed to observe a few high priority blocks in variable seeing conditions throughout the night.

Science data taken for:
2024-1-MLT-003 P0 RSS (x2) (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2021-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2016-2-COM-001 P1 RSS (Polarimetry test proposal)
2024-1-SCI-038 P1 HRS (Age-dating UMa and determining new moving group members)
2024-1-MLT-006 P2 HRS (Monitor the spectral emission lines of these Be binaries.)
2024-1-SCI-002 P2 RSS (x2) (Deep spectroscopy of faint, stellar shells in nearby in NGC 2865 & PGC 6240)
2024-1-SCI-011 P3 RSS (Probing magnetic field strength of magnetic cataclysmic variables stars )
2023-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (x2) (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2024-1-SCI-013 P3 RSS (Probing the quasar outflows.)
2023-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)

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Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Night Log 2024-09-30

SA: Rudi
SO: Austun
Others:

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Another night where the weather prevented us from opening up the telescope.

No science data taken.

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