Night Log 2025-07-15

SA: Narges
SO: Austun
Others: E10, Antoine, Nomzamo, Alexei, Sibo

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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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Night Log 2025-07-14

SA: Narges
SO: Austun
Others: Antoine

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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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Night Log 2025-07-13

SA: Narges
SO: Austun
Others: Antoine, Daniel

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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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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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Night Log 2025-07-11

SA: Narges
SO: Austun
Others: Nico

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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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Night Log 2025-07-10

SA: Narges
SO: Austun
Others:

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Lost the whole night due to bad weather.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2025-07-09

SA: Narges
SO: Austun
Others:

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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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