Night Log 2019-04-06

SA: Marissa
SO: Thea
Others: Enrico

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Cloudy night, but we could do science.

Science data taken for:
2018-2-DDT-003 P0 HRS (Studies of new heart-beating star)
2018-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2018-2-SCI-022 P1 RSS (Extended Lyman alpha halos around quasars)
2018-2-MLT-006 P2 RSS (Study of unclassified extragalactic NuSTAR serendipitous sources)
2018-2-MLT-004 P3 HRS (x2) (Spectroscopic investigations of Cepheids and stars belonging to Galactic open clusters)
2018-1-MLT-009 P3 HRS (Follow-up of interesting binaries and high-order multiple systems uncovered with the Gaia-ESO Survey)
2018-2-SCI-005 P3 HRS (x2) (Spectroscopy of TESS targets)
2018-2-SCI-008 P3 RSS (Measuring galaxy kinematics for construction of the galaxy velocity function)
2018-2-MLT-007 P4 HRS (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2018-2-SCI-006 P4 HRS (Measuring the interstellar abundance of lithium in the Large Magellanic Cloud)

Night Log 2019-04-05

SA: Marissa
SO: Thea
Others: Keith, Enrico

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Night cut short by high humidity.

Science data taken for:
2018-2-SCI-015 P4 HRS (Monitoring metals in white dwarfs and identifying symbiotic binaries.)
2017-1-MLT-004 P4 RSS (Monitoring the line emission in Southern Galactic Be/X-ray binaries)
2018-2-SCI-007 P4 HRS (Metal-Poor Subdwarfs for Stellar Modeling Calibration)

Night Log 2019-04-04

SA: Marissa
SO: Thea
Others: Thabelo, Eben, Etienne, Richard, Mark, Timmy, Elrin, Enrico

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Some rain. Night used for calibrations.

No science data taken.

Night Log 2019-04-03

SA: Marissa
SO: Thea
Others: Enrico, Keith

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Cloudy night with reasonable seeing.

Science data taken for:
2018-2-SCI-021 P1 HRS (x2) (HRS spectroscopy of yellow symbiotic systems)
2018-1-SCI-037 P2 RSS (Reverberation mapping of active galactic nuclei.)
2017-2-MLT-001 P2 RSS (Spectral survey of candidate unusual nearby void dwarfs)
2018-2-SCI-033 P2 HRS ( Exploring helium stars - relics of stellar evolution and pointers to a turbulent history.)
2018-2-MLT-004 P3 HRS (x2) (Spectroscopic investigations of Cepheids and stars belonging to Galactic open clusters)
2018-1-MLT-008 P3 RSS (Central stars of mid-infrared nebulae discovered with Spitzer and WISE)
2018-2-MLT-003 P3 RSS (x4) (Looking at chromospheric emission in stars which host exoplanets)
2018-2-SCI-006 P4 HRS (x2) (Measuring the interstellar abundance of lithium in the Large Magellanic Cloud)

Night Log 2019-04-02

SA: Brent
SO: Veronica
Others: Lots of people at start of night, Richard and Keith for valuable tech support

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A bumpy ride at the start of the night with seeing mostly in 4-6 arcsec range and a few technical issues, but smoothed out later in the evening with stable 2 arcsec or better seeing.

Science data taken for:
2018-2-SCI-010 P1 RSS (Understanding the nature of Irregular II galaxies.)
2018-2-SCI-021 P2 HRS (HRS spectroscopy of yellow symbiotic systems)
2018-2-SCI-023 P2 RSS (Measuring the rotation curves of super spirals.)
2018-2-SCI-028 P3 RSS (Exploring ultra-diffuse galaxies)
2018-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x3) (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2018-1-MLT-008 P3 HRS (x2) (Central stars of mid-infrared nebulae discovered with Spitzer and WISE)
2018-2-SCI-025 P4 HRS (A homogeneous sample of RR Lyrae)
2018-2-MLT-007 P4 HRS (x5) (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)

Night Log 2019-04-01

SA: Brent
SO: Veronica
Others: Richard, Johan via phone

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Poor and highly variable seeing for most of the night, but was put to good scientific use. Tracker difficulties in the early morning.

Science data taken for:
2018-1-MLT-008 P3 HRS (Central stars of mid-infrared nebulae discovered with Spitzer and WISE)
2018-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (x2) (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2018-2-SCI-027 P3 RSS (Following fast-moving stars found by Gaia. @_sublunar_ @kenjshen)
2018-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x7) (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)

Night Log 2019-03-31

SA: Brent
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Clouds and poor seeing early in the evening, but it cleared up in the second half of the night with 2 arcsec seeing. Closed a little early due to high humidity.

Science data taken for:
2018-2-MLT-005 P0 RSS (x2) (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2018-2-SCI-027 P2 RSS (Following fast-moving stars found by Gaia. @_sublunar_ @kenjshen)
2018-1-SCI-037 P2 RSS (Reverberation mapping of active galactic nuclei.)
2018-1-SCI-046 P2 RSS (We are studying the environments of radio galaxies.)
2018-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2018-2-SCI-008 P3 RSS (Measuring galaxy kinematics for construction of the galaxy velocity function)