Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Night Log 2018-08-06

SA: ��ric
SO: Thea
Others: Deneys, Janus, Ant

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The first part of the night was used for engineering tests, and then the weather prevented us from opening.


No science data taken.

Monday, August 6, 2018

Night Log 2018-08-05

SA: ��ric
SO: Thea
Others:

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Weather prevented us from opening at all.

No science data taken.

Sunday, August 5, 2018

Night Log 2018-08-04

SA: ��ric
SO: Thea
Others: Patrick Woudt and guests

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All night lost to weather.

No science data taken.

Saturday, August 4, 2018

Night Log 2018-08-03

SA: ��ric
SO: Thea
Others:

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A productive night, with overall good weather conditions.

Science data taken for:
2016-2-LSP-001 P0 HRS (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2016-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2018-1-MLT-012 P1 HRS (Spectral monitoring of supposed Be+WD binaries)
2018-1-DDT-006 P1 RSS (Monitoring the LBV LHA 115-S18; @astro_Liz)
2018-1-MLT-005 P1 HRS (HRS observations of symbiotic stars)
2018-1-SCI-041 P1 RSS (Confirmation and redshift determination of galaxy clusters.)
2018-1-SCI-006 P2 RSS (Population study of stellar rotation rates in open clusters)
2017-1-MLT-010 P2 HRS (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2017-2-SCI-052 P2 RSS (Spectroscopic confirmation of high-redshift radio galaxy candidates)
2018-1-SCI-016 P4 HRS (x2) (Characterising the host star and protoplanetary disk environment in nearby young star systems)
2017-1-MLT-012 P4 HRS (Detailled study of CEMP stars identified in the RAVE survey)
2018-1-SCI-018 P4 HRS (A homogeneous sample of RR Lyrae)

Friday, August 3, 2018

Night Log 2018-08-02

SA: ��ric
SO: Thea
Others:

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A productive night, despite some moderate weather conditions most of the time.


Science data taken for:
2018-1-SCI-021 P1 RSS (Reverberation mapping of a low-z AGN)
2018-1-DDT-006 P1 RSS (Monitoring the LBV LHA 115-S18; @astro_Liz)
2018-1-SCI-041 P1 RSS (Confirmation and redshift determination of galaxy clusters.)
2018-1-SCI-019 P2 RSS (x2) (Searching for galaxies associated with strong Mg II absorbers)
2017-2-SCI-042 P2 RSS (x3) (The central molecular zones of southern galaxies)
2018-1-SCI-037 P3 RSS (Reverberation mapping of active galactic nuclei.)
2017-1-MLT-004 P4 RSS (Monitoring the line emission in Southern Galactic Be/X-ray binaries)
2017-1-MLT-006 P4 RSS (Monitoring the X-ray bright sgB[e] stars in Magellanic Clouds cc. @astro_Liz)
2018-1-SCI-038 P4 RSS (Exploring the chemistry of faint blue stars)

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Night Log 2018-08-01

SA: ��ric
SO: Thea
Others:

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A reasonably productive night. Weather only permitted us to observe moslty low priority targets, ut we managed to observe a very high priority one.


Science data taken for:
2017-2-SCI-042 P1 RSS (The central molecular zones of southern galaxies)
2018-1-DDT-006 P1 RSS (Monitoring the LBV LHA 115-S18; @astro_Liz)
2016-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2017-1-MLT-004 P4 RSS (Monitoring the line emission in Southern Galactic Be/X-ray binaries)
2018-1-SCI-038 P4 RSS (x4) (Exploring the chemistry of faint blue stars)

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Night Log 2018-07-31

SA: Rajin
SO: Veronica
Others: Sifiso and Eric (Handover)

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No observations taken tonight due to bad weather

No science data taken.