SA: Narges
SO: Austun
Others: E10, Antoine, Nomzamo, Alexei, Sibo
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Summary
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We had almost a full night with very little downtime. Several blocks were observed including a P0.
Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (x5) (Followup of Transients)
2023-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (x4) (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2025-1-MLT-003 P1 HRS (Unraveling the enigmatic variability of AE Cir system with SALT)
2025-1-DDT-004 P1 RSS (x2) (Spectroscopy of the new interstellar object 3I/ATLAS)
2024-2-LSP-001 P2 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2024-2-MLT-001 P2 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)
2025-1-SCI-020 P2 RSS (Study the role of Studying Star Formation in HI-Detected Galaxies in the Fornax Cluster)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
2025-1-SCI-031 P3 HRS (High resolution spectra to obtain abundances of RR Lyrae stars.)
2025-1-SCI-002 P3 HRS (Observations of ssrAp stars)
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Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Night Log 2025-07-14
SA: Narges
SO: Austun
Others: Antoine
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Summary
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It was a reasonably good night. We had some downtime but managed to observe several blocks including a P0.
Science data taken for:
2025-1-DDT-002 P0 RSS (Cosmic expansion constraints through Active Galactic Nuclei variability study)
2025-1-SCI-017 P1 RSS (Time-series spectra of cataclysmic variables.)
2025-1-MLT-003 P1 HRS (Unraveling the enigmatic variability of AE Cir system with SALT)
2025-1-MLT-001 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far.)
2024-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (x3) (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-SCI-027 P2 HRS (Orbit of a triaxial pulsator)
2025-1-SCI-008 P2 RSS (Monitoring a special sample of quasars showing large continuum variations in their spectra.)
2025-1-MLT-007 P2 HRS (Age Dating UMa)
2025-1-SCI-024 P3 RSS (Probing glaxy evolution using large scale gas flows around galaxies)
2024-1-MLT-010 P3 HRS (Stellar Characterisation of Ariel mission targets: derivation of N and O abundances)
2023-1-SCI-040 P3 HRS (Searching for variable metal lines in polluted white dwarfs)
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SO: Austun
Others: Antoine
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Summary
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It was a reasonably good night. We had some downtime but managed to observe several blocks including a P0.
Science data taken for:
2025-1-DDT-002 P0 RSS (Cosmic expansion constraints through Active Galactic Nuclei variability study)
2025-1-SCI-017 P1 RSS (Time-series spectra of cataclysmic variables.)
2025-1-MLT-003 P1 HRS (Unraveling the enigmatic variability of AE Cir system with SALT)
2025-1-MLT-001 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far.)
2024-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (x3) (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-SCI-027 P2 HRS (Orbit of a triaxial pulsator)
2025-1-SCI-008 P2 RSS (Monitoring a special sample of quasars showing large continuum variations in their spectra.)
2025-1-MLT-007 P2 HRS (Age Dating UMa)
2025-1-SCI-024 P3 RSS (Probing glaxy evolution using large scale gas flows around galaxies)
2024-1-MLT-010 P3 HRS (Stellar Characterisation of Ariel mission targets: derivation of N and O abundances)
2023-1-SCI-040 P3 HRS (Searching for variable metal lines in polluted white dwarfs)
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Monday, July 14, 2025
Night Log 2025-07-13
SA: Narges
SO: Austun
Others: Antoine, Daniel
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Summary
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We lost most of the night due to bad weather. Only a few blocks were observed.
Science data taken for:
2023-1-COM-002 P1 RSS (Observing the Moon for polarimetry calibrations)
2024-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x2) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
2025-1-SCI-031 P3 HRS (x2) (High resolution spectra to obtain abundances of RR Lyrae stars.)
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SO: Austun
Others: Antoine, Daniel
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Summary
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We lost most of the night due to bad weather. Only a few blocks were observed.
Science data taken for:
2023-1-COM-002 P1 RSS (Observing the Moon for polarimetry calibrations)
2024-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x2) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
2025-1-SCI-031 P3 HRS (x2) (High resolution spectra to obtain abundances of RR Lyrae stars.)
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Sunday, July 13, 2025
Night Log 2025-07-12
SA: Narges
SO: Austun
Others: Lisa, her visitor, E10
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Summary
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It was a reasonably good night. We had some downtime but managed to observe several blocks including a P0.
Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-SCI-031 P1 HRS (x3) (High resolution spectra to obtain abundances of RR Lyrae stars.)
2025-1-COM-001 P1 HRS (HRS HS Commissioning )
2024-1-LSP-001 P1 NIR (x2) (Study of star formation quenching in post-starburst galaxies)
2023-1-COM-002 P1 RSS (Observing the Moon for polarimetry calibrations)
2024-2-MLT-001 P2 HRS (x2) (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)
2024-1-MLT-007 P3 HRS (Long-term monitoring of the first known blue large-amplitude pulsator in a binary)
2025-1-MLT-006 P3 HRS (Search for binary post-AGB stars.)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x3) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
2025-1-SCI-004 P3 HRS (High resolution spectrocopy of Type II Cepheids)
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SO: Austun
Others: Lisa, her visitor, E10
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Summary
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It was a reasonably good night. We had some downtime but managed to observe several blocks including a P0.
Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-SCI-031 P1 HRS (x3) (High resolution spectra to obtain abundances of RR Lyrae stars.)
2025-1-COM-001 P1 HRS (HRS HS Commissioning )
2024-1-LSP-001 P1 NIR (x2) (Study of star formation quenching in post-starburst galaxies)
2023-1-COM-002 P1 RSS (Observing the Moon for polarimetry calibrations)
2024-2-MLT-001 P2 HRS (x2) (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)
2024-1-MLT-007 P3 HRS (Long-term monitoring of the first known blue large-amplitude pulsator in a binary)
2025-1-MLT-006 P3 HRS (Search for binary post-AGB stars.)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x3) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
2025-1-SCI-004 P3 HRS (High resolution spectrocopy of Type II Cepheids)
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Saturday, July 12, 2025
Night Log 2025-07-11
SA: Narges
SO: Austun
Others: Nico
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Summary
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Lost the whole night mainly due to bad weather a few technical issues.
No science data taken.
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SO: Austun
Others: Nico
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Summary
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Lost the whole night mainly due to bad weather a few technical issues.
No science data taken.
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Friday, July 11, 2025
Night Log 2025-07-10
SA: Narges
SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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Lost the whole night due to bad weather.
No science data taken.
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SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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Lost the whole night due to bad weather.
No science data taken.
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Thursday, July 10, 2025
Night Log 2025-07-09
SA: Narges
SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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We lost most of the night due to high winds. HRS was offline and only 4 RSS science blocks were observed.
Science data taken for:
2025-1-SCI-012 P4 RSS (x3) (Artificial intelligence identification of extragalactic sources)
2025-1-MLT-002 P4 RSS (Tracking Accretion Flows via BLR Emission in Changing-Look Active Galactic Nuclei)
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SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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We lost most of the night due to high winds. HRS was offline and only 4 RSS science blocks were observed.
Science data taken for:
2025-1-SCI-012 P4 RSS (x3) (Artificial intelligence identification of extragalactic sources)
2025-1-MLT-002 P4 RSS (Tracking Accretion Flows via BLR Emission in Changing-Look Active Galactic Nuclei)
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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Night Log 2025-07-08
SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Narges, Anthony
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Summary
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We had varying cloud cover throughout the night but we managed to observe a few blocks before the clouds and high winds closed us.
Science data taken for:
2022-1-COM-003 P0 HRS (Some targets for NIR first LIght)
2025-1-SCI-031 P1 HRS (x3) (High resolution spectra to obtain abundances of RR Lyrae stars.)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x5) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
2025-1-SCI-004 P3 HRS (High resolution spectrocopy of Type II Cepheids)
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SO: Veronica
Others: Narges, Anthony
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Summary
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We had varying cloud cover throughout the night but we managed to observe a few blocks before the clouds and high winds closed us.
Science data taken for:
2022-1-COM-003 P0 HRS (Some targets for NIR first LIght)
2025-1-SCI-031 P1 HRS (x3) (High resolution spectra to obtain abundances of RR Lyrae stars.)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x5) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
2025-1-SCI-004 P3 HRS (High resolution spectrocopy of Type II Cepheids)
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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Night Log 2025-07-07
SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Nico, Johan, E10, Taygan + Tamiah
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Summary
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We had stable conditions tonight: mostly clear skies and good seeing, and we were able to observe many blocks despite some technical problems.
Science data taken for:
2025-1-SCI-011 P1 RSS (Radial Velocity measurements of short-period pulsating stars. )
2024-2-MLT-001 P2 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)
2025-1-SCI-031 P2 HRS (x2) (High resolution spectra to obtain abundances of RR Lyrae stars.)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x4) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
2025-1-SCI-004 P3 HRS (High resolution spectrocopy of Type II Cepheids)
2024-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-SCI-002 P3 HRS (x2) (Observations of ssrAp stars)
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SO: Veronica
Others: Nico, Johan, E10, Taygan + Tamiah
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Summary
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We had stable conditions tonight: mostly clear skies and good seeing, and we were able to observe many blocks despite some technical problems.
Science data taken for:
2025-1-SCI-011 P1 RSS (Radial Velocity measurements of short-period pulsating stars. )
2024-2-MLT-001 P2 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)
2025-1-SCI-031 P2 HRS (x2) (High resolution spectra to obtain abundances of RR Lyrae stars.)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x4) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
2025-1-SCI-004 P3 HRS (High resolution spectrocopy of Type II Cepheids)
2024-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-SCI-002 P3 HRS (x2) (Observations of ssrAp stars)
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Monday, July 7, 2025
Night Log 2025-07-06
SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others:
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Summary
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Lost the whole night due to bad weather
No science data taken.
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SO: Veronica
Others:
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Summary
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Lost the whole night due to bad weather
No science data taken.
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Sunday, July 6, 2025
Night Log 2025-07-05
SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others:
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Summary
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Lost the whole night due to bad weather
No science data taken.
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SO: Veronica
Others:
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Summary
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Lost the whole night due to bad weather
No science data taken.
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Saturday, July 5, 2025
Night Log 2025-07-04
SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others:
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Summary
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Lost the whole night due to bad weather
No science data taken.
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SO: Veronica
Others:
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Summary
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Lost the whole night due to bad weather
No science data taken.
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Friday, July 4, 2025
Night Log 2025-07-03
SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others:
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Summary
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Lost the whole night due to bad weather
No science data taken.
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SO: Veronica
Others:
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Summary
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Lost the whole night due to bad weather
No science data taken.
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Thursday, July 3, 2025
Night Log 2025-07-02
SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Nhlavu, Christian, Jean, Danièl
SO: Veronica
Others: Nhlavu, Christian, Jean, Danièl
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Summary
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We were badly affected by changing cloud cover throughout the night and then high humidity towards the end of the night, but we managed to observe a few blocks.
Science data taken for:
2025-1-DDT-003 P0 RSS (x4) (Follow-up of unknown Solar System object)
2025-1-SCI-002 P3 HRS (x2) (Observations of ssrAp stars)
2023-1-SCI-040 P3 HRS (Searching for variable metal lines in polluted white dwarfs)
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Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Night Log 2025-07-01
SA: Alexei
SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> Night started from many clouds and were opened only after some hours. However, weather started to be better and we have nice seeing and clear sky at the end. Only high priority blocks were observed.
Science data taken for:
2023-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (x4) (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2024-1-ORP-001 P1 RSS (Double white dwarf candidates)
2025-1-SCI-015 P1 RSS (Probing the large-scale gas flows im and around galaxies)
2025-1-MLT-003 P1 HRS (Unraveling the enigmatic variability of AE Cir system with SALT)
2024-2-LSP-001 P2 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2024-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (x2) (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-SCI-024 P2 RSS (Probing glaxy evolution using large scale gas flows around galaxies)
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SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> Night started from many clouds and were opened only after some hours. However, weather started to be better and we have nice seeing and clear sky at the end. Only high priority blocks were observed.
Science data taken for:
2023-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (x4) (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2024-1-ORP-001 P1 RSS (Double white dwarf candidates)
2025-1-SCI-015 P1 RSS (Probing the large-scale gas flows im and around galaxies)
2025-1-MLT-003 P1 HRS (Unraveling the enigmatic variability of AE Cir system with SALT)
2024-2-LSP-001 P2 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2024-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (x2) (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-SCI-024 P2 RSS (Probing glaxy evolution using large scale gas flows around galaxies)
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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Night Log 2025-06-30
SA: Alexei
SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> Stable night with good conditions. We have some technical problems, but observed many high priority blocks
Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-MLT-003 P1 HRS (Unraveling the enigmatic variability of AE Cir system with SALT)
2024-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (x2) (Followup of Transients)
2024-1-MLT-001 P2 RSS (x2) (Study of the outer parts of lenticular galaxies.)
2023-1-SCI-040 P2 HRS (Searching for variable metal lines in polluted white dwarfs)
2024-1-ORP-001 P2 RSS (Double white dwarf candidates)
2025-1-SCI-028 P2 RSS (Determining orbital periods for ultracompact binaries)
2023-2-MLT-003 P2 RSS (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2025-1-SCI-005 P3 RSS (Variations of Dark Matter Fraction among Galaxies)
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SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> Stable night with good conditions. We have some technical problems, but observed many high priority blocks
Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-MLT-003 P1 HRS (Unraveling the enigmatic variability of AE Cir system with SALT)
2024-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (x2) (Followup of Transients)
2024-1-MLT-001 P2 RSS (x2) (Study of the outer parts of lenticular galaxies.)
2023-1-SCI-040 P2 HRS (Searching for variable metal lines in polluted white dwarfs)
2024-1-ORP-001 P2 RSS (Double white dwarf candidates)
2025-1-SCI-028 P2 RSS (Determining orbital periods for ultracompact binaries)
2023-2-MLT-003 P2 RSS (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2025-1-SCI-005 P3 RSS (Variations of Dark Matter Fraction among Galaxies)
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