SA: Encarni
SO: Veronica
Others: Keith, Paul Butler, John Booth, Lisa, Dougal.
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Tonight we had some thin cloud most of the night, but the seeing was mostly <2" so it wasn't too bad. And we had our first on-sky HRS commissioning observation with our brand-new iodine cell!! :)
Science data taken for:
2018-1-SCI-009 P1 RSS (x2) (Variability of broad absorption lines)
2018-1-MLT-001 P1 HRS (High resolution spectroscopic observations of gamma-ray binaries.)
2018-1-SCI-002 P2 RSS (Measuring Galaxy Kinematics For Construction of the Galaxy Velocity Function)
2018-1-SCI-017 P2 HRS (Metal-Poor Subdwarfs for Stellar Modeling Calibration)
2018-1-SCI-038 P2 HRS (Exploring the chemistry of faint blue stars)
2017-1-MLT-010 P2 HRS (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2018-1-SCI-018 P3 HRS (A homogeneous sample of RR Lyrae)
2018-1-MLT-008 P3 HRS (Central stars of mid-infrared nebulae discovered with Spitzer and WISE)
2018-1-SCI-029 P3 RSS (SALT Spectroscopic Survey of IR 12MGS Seyfert Galaxies )
Monday, May 7, 2018
Sunday, May 6, 2018
Night Log 2018-05-05
SA: Encarni
SO: Veronica
Others:
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Summary
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A very good night weather-wise, but a few technical problems prevented us from taking full advantage. The gremlins were back! :/
Science data taken for:
2018-1-DDT-001 P0 RSS (x2) (A new class of post-mass transfer binary stars)
2017-2-SCI-037 P1 RSS (Study of unclassified extragalactic NuSTAR serendipitous sources)
2018-1-SCI-038 P1 HRS (Exploring the chemistry of faint blue stars)
2017-1-MLT-010 P2 HRS (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2018-1-SCI-017 P2 HRS (Metal-Poor Subdwarfs for Stellar Modeling Calibration)
2018-1-MLT-013 P2 HRS (x3) (Asteroseismology of close binary systems with mass transfer.)
2018-1-SCI-015 P3 HRS (Characterising the host star and protoplanetary disk environment in nearby young star systems)
SO: Veronica
Others:
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Summary
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A very good night weather-wise, but a few technical problems prevented us from taking full advantage. The gremlins were back! :/
Science data taken for:
2018-1-DDT-001 P0 RSS (x2) (A new class of post-mass transfer binary stars)
2017-2-SCI-037 P1 RSS (Study of unclassified extragalactic NuSTAR serendipitous sources)
2018-1-SCI-038 P1 HRS (Exploring the chemistry of faint blue stars)
2017-1-MLT-010 P2 HRS (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2018-1-SCI-017 P2 HRS (Metal-Poor Subdwarfs for Stellar Modeling Calibration)
2018-1-MLT-013 P2 HRS (x3) (Asteroseismology of close binary systems with mass transfer.)
2018-1-SCI-015 P3 HRS (Characterising the host star and protoplanetary disk environment in nearby young star systems)
Saturday, May 5, 2018
Night Log 2018-05-04
SA: Encarni
SO: Veronica
Others: Craig, John Booth, Lisa, Paul Butler at the beginning of the night.
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Tonight we had fairly good weather, mostly clear but with some thin clouds passing by and decent seeing. We just had a few technical problems at the beginning of the night making us wonder when the gremlins had gotten into the telescope! ;)
Science data taken for:
2018-1-SCI-038 P1 RSS (Exploring the chemistry of faint blue stars)
2018-1-MLT-001 P1 HRS (High resolution spectroscopic observations of gamma-ray binaries.)
2017-2-SCI-037 P1 RSS (Study of unclassified extragalactic NuSTAR serendipitous sources)
2018-1-SCI-009 P1 RSS (Variability of broad absorption lines)
2017-1-MLT-010 P2 HRS (x2) (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2018-1-MLT-013 P2 HRS (Asteroseismology of close binary systems with mass transfer.)
2018-1-SCI-017 P2 HRS (x3) (Metal-Poor Subdwarfs for Stellar Modeling Calibration)
2018-1-SCI-015 P3 HRS (Characterising the host star and protoplanetary disk environment in nearby young star systems)
SO: Veronica
Others: Craig, John Booth, Lisa, Paul Butler at the beginning of the night.
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Summary
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Tonight we had fairly good weather, mostly clear but with some thin clouds passing by and decent seeing. We just had a few technical problems at the beginning of the night making us wonder when the gremlins had gotten into the telescope! ;)
Science data taken for:
2018-1-SCI-038 P1 RSS (Exploring the chemistry of faint blue stars)
2018-1-MLT-001 P1 HRS (High resolution spectroscopic observations of gamma-ray binaries.)
2017-2-SCI-037 P1 RSS (Study of unclassified extragalactic NuSTAR serendipitous sources)
2018-1-SCI-009 P1 RSS (Variability of broad absorption lines)
2017-1-MLT-010 P2 HRS (x2) (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2018-1-MLT-013 P2 HRS (Asteroseismology of close binary systems with mass transfer.)
2018-1-SCI-017 P2 HRS (x3) (Metal-Poor Subdwarfs for Stellar Modeling Calibration)
2018-1-SCI-015 P3 HRS (Characterising the host star and protoplanetary disk environment in nearby young star systems)
Friday, May 4, 2018
Night Log 2018-05-03
SA: Encarni
SO: Veronica
Others: Keith and Jean at the beginning. Linda, Kirsten and Busi for a visit.
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Summary
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A beautiful, clear night with decent seeing from beginning to end, marred only by a couple of teething problems with our new guide probes.
Science data taken for:
2018-1-MLT-013 P1 HRS (Asteroseismology of close binary systems with mass transfer.)
2018-1-SCI-026 P1 HRS (Binary and abundance studies of roAp star @dlhwp)
2018-1-SCI-015 P1 HRS (Characterising the host star and protoplanetary disk environment in nearby young star systems)
2018-1-MLT-001 P1 HRS (High resolution spectroscopic observations of gamma-ray binaries.)
2017-1-MLT-010 P2 HRS (x2) (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2018-1-SCI-017 P2 HRS (x4) (Metal-Poor Subdwarfs for Stellar Modeling Calibration)
SO: Veronica
Others: Keith and Jean at the beginning. Linda, Kirsten and Busi for a visit.
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Summary
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A beautiful, clear night with decent seeing from beginning to end, marred only by a couple of teething problems with our new guide probes.
Science data taken for:
2018-1-MLT-013 P1 HRS (Asteroseismology of close binary systems with mass transfer.)
2018-1-SCI-026 P1 HRS (Binary and abundance studies of roAp star @dlhwp)
2018-1-SCI-015 P1 HRS (Characterising the host star and protoplanetary disk environment in nearby young star systems)
2018-1-MLT-001 P1 HRS (High resolution spectroscopic observations of gamma-ray binaries.)
2017-1-MLT-010 P2 HRS (x2) (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2018-1-SCI-017 P2 HRS (x4) (Metal-Poor Subdwarfs for Stellar Modeling Calibration)
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Night Log 2018-05-02
SA: Encarni
SO: Veronica
Others:
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Summary
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A cloudy start to the night, which cleared up later but forced us to close just after midnight due to high relative humidity.
Science data taken for:
2018-1-MLT-001 P1 HRS (High resolution spectroscopic observations of gamma-ray binaries.)
2018-1-SCI-017 P2 HRS (Metal-Poor Subdwarfs for Stellar Modeling Calibration)
2017-1-MLT-010 P2 HRS (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2017-1-MLT-004 P3 RSS (x3) (Monitoring the line emission in Southern Galactic Be/X-ray binaries)
SO: Veronica
Others:
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Summary
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A cloudy start to the night, which cleared up later but forced us to close just after midnight due to high relative humidity.
Science data taken for:
2018-1-MLT-001 P1 HRS (High resolution spectroscopic observations of gamma-ray binaries.)
2018-1-SCI-017 P2 HRS (Metal-Poor Subdwarfs for Stellar Modeling Calibration)
2017-1-MLT-010 P2 HRS (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2017-1-MLT-004 P3 RSS (x3) (Monitoring the line emission in Southern Galactic Be/X-ray binaries)
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Night Log 2018-05-01
SA: Marissa
SO: Thea
Others: Itumeleng & Rajin, David de Bruyn, Encarni, Enrico
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No science done tonight due to cloudy conditions.
No science data taken.
SO: Thea
Others: Itumeleng & Rajin, David de Bruyn, Encarni, Enrico
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No science done tonight due to cloudy conditions.
No science data taken.
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Night Log 2018-04-30
SA: Marissa
SO: Thea
Others: Itumeleng (Driving first half of night), Rajin (Driving second half of night), Enrico, David de Bruyn
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Clear Night with decent seeing and used productively for the final night of the semester 2017-2.
Science data taken for:
2016-2-LSP-001 P0 HRS (x2) (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2017-1-MLT-010 P1 HRS (x6) (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2017-2-DDT-004 P1 HRS (The transient ASASSN-18fv)
2017-2-SCI-014 P2 RSS (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2017-2-SCI-038 P2 RSS (Population study of stellar rotation rates in open clusters)
2017-1-MLT-002 P3 HRS (Observations of supernovae, near and far.)
2017-2-SCI-021 P4 HRS (Spectroscopic investigation of selected southern lambda Boo - type stars)
2017-2-SCI-029 P4 HRS (x2) (Spectroscopy of TESS targets)
2017-2-SCI-020 P4 RSS (x4) (Looking at chromospheric emission in stars which host exoplanets)
SO: Thea
Others: Itumeleng (Driving first half of night), Rajin (Driving second half of night), Enrico, David de Bruyn
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Summary
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Clear Night with decent seeing and used productively for the final night of the semester 2017-2.
Science data taken for:
2016-2-LSP-001 P0 HRS (x2) (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2017-1-MLT-010 P1 HRS (x6) (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2017-2-DDT-004 P1 HRS (The transient ASASSN-18fv)
2017-2-SCI-014 P2 RSS (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2017-2-SCI-038 P2 RSS (Population study of stellar rotation rates in open clusters)
2017-1-MLT-002 P3 HRS (Observations of supernovae, near and far.)
2017-2-SCI-021 P4 HRS (Spectroscopic investigation of selected southern lambda Boo - type stars)
2017-2-SCI-029 P4 HRS (x2) (Spectroscopy of TESS targets)
2017-2-SCI-020 P4 RSS (x4) (Looking at chromospheric emission in stars which host exoplanets)
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