Night Log 2017-02-06

SA: Marissa
SO: Fred
Others: Enrico, Ockert

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Beautiful clear night with decent seeing.

Data taken for:
2016-2-DDT-006 P0 RSS (The nature of the eclipsing white dwarf WD1202-024)
2016-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (Obtaining spectroscopic redshifts in the CHILES field)
2016-2-SCI-017 P1 RSS (x2) (Searching for high redshift quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS))
2016-1-MLT-006 P2 HRS (Orbital period search of possible binary system)
2016-2-SCI-036 P2 RSS (Measuring the distance to low surface brightness galaxies)
2016-2-SCI-023 P2 SCAM (Confirmation and redshift determination of galaxy clusters.)
2016-2-SCI-003 P2 HRS (Evolved binaries in the Magellanic Clouds)
2016-2-SCI-034 P3 HRS (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)

Night Log 2017-02-05

SA: Marissa
SO: Fred
Others: Enrico

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Clear night with good seeing initially, which deteriorated as humidity steadily crept up. Closed for high humidity after 1:00 pm and carried on with weekly and monthly closed-dome calibrations.

Data taken for:
2016-2-SCI-003 P2 HRS (x2) (Evolved binaries in the Magellanic Clouds)
2016-2-SCI-021 P2 RSS (Line profile variations in PKS 1020-103)
2016-2-SCI-057 P3 SCAM (Studying the long-term behavior of classical novae after their eruptions )
2016-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (x2) (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2016-1-MLT-003 P4 RSS (Spectroscopic observations of bright RR Lyrae variables)
2016-2-SCI-047 P4 RSS (x2) (Monitoring the line emission in Southern Galactic Be/X-ray binaries)

Night Log 2017-02-04

SA: Marissa
SO: Fred
Others: Enrico

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Clear night with good seeing.

Data taken for:
2016-2-DDT-004 P0 RSS (Fast transient exploration)
2016-2-DDT-006 P0 SCAM (The nature of the eclipsing white dwarf WD1202-024)
2016-2-SCI-023 P1 RSS (Confirmation and redshift determination of galaxy clusters.)
2016-2-SCI-017 P1 RSS (x2) (Searching for high redshift quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS))
2016-2-SCI-003 P2 HRS (x2) (Evolved binaries in the Magellanic Clouds)
2016-2-SCI-036 P2 RSS (Measuring the distance to low surface brightness galaxies)
2016-1-MLT-002 P3 HRS (Analysis of metallicity gradient and local chemical composition heterogeneity in the Galactic disk)
2016-2-SCI-034 P3 HRS (x2) (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)

Night Log 2017-02-03

SA: Marissa
SO: Fred
Others: Enrico

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Thin cloud in first half of the night. Cleared up for the second half of the night, with good seeing.

Data taken for:
2016-2-SCI-042 P0 RSS (x2) (Searching for evidence of magnetic accretion onto a 1.7 millisecond pulsar.)
2016-1-MLT-007 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far.)
2016-2-SCI-019 P1 RSS (x3) (Measuring Galaxy Kinematics For Construction of the Velocity Function)
2016-1-MLT-006 P2 HRS (Orbital period search of possible binary system)
2016-2-SCI-003 P2 HRS (Evolved binaries in the Magellanic Clouds)
2016-2-SCI-034 P3 HRS (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)

Night Log 2017-02-02

SA: Marissa
SO: Fred
Others: Enrico

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Horrible seeing tonight! Bad for science, but good for anyone that likes it when the stars twinkle. Fortunately there are some proposals for such conditions. Had to close around 1am due to humidity.

Data taken for:
2016-2-SCI-034 P3 HRS (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2016-1-MLT-003 P4 RSS (x5) (Spectroscopic observations of bright RR Lyrae variables)
2016-2-SCI-047 P4 RSS (Monitoring the line emission in Southern Galactic Be/X-ray binaries)
2016-2-SCI-046 P4 RSS (Monitoring the X-ray bright sgB[e] stars in Magellanic Clouds cc. @astro_Liz)

Night Log 2017-02-01

SA: Marissa
SO: Fred
Others: Enrico

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Observing conditions were fair. Simultaneous P0 observations between SALT and one of the small telescopes in Sutherland were done.

Data taken for:
2016-2-SCI-042 P0 RSS (x2) (Searching for evidence of magnetic accretion onto a 1.7 millisecond pulsar.)
2016-2-SCI-003 P2 HRS (Evolved binaries in the Magellanic Clouds)

3 P0 observations rejected for a variety of technical issues which cost ~3.5 hrs science time in total.

Night Log 2017-01-31

SA: �ric
SO: Veronica
Others: Byron, Marissa for handover, Enrico and Meredith, Petri and Encarni remotely, Andrey at the 1m for a simultaneous observation

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A very productive night, where we observed only high and very high priority programs.

We obtained data for the following :
2016-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (x2) (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2016-2-SCI-042 P0 RSS (Searching for evidence of magnetic accretion onto a 1.7 millisecond pulsar.)
2016-2-SCI-028 P1 RSS (x2) (Linear spectropolarimetry of fluorescence in NGC2023 - a new magnetic diagnostic)
2016-2-SCI-045 P1 RSS (x3) (Rotation Curves of CHILES Galaxies)
2016-2-SCI-008 P1 HRS (Analyzing chemically peculiar subdwarfs and searching for the heavy-metal stars. )
2016-2-MLT-006 P2 RSS (Unravelling starforming ring galaxies)