Night Log 2019-04-13

SA: Rosalind
SO: Thea
Others: Etienne by phone

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Conditions were good initially, but it was a short night - we completed only 2 blocks before high humidity closed the telescope for the night.

Science data taken for:
2018-1-MLT-006 P2 RSS (x2) (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)

Night Log 2019-04-12

SA: Rosalind
SO: Thea
Others:

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We had a smooth night with great seeing, allowing us to complete 12 blocks with a mix of priorities, including a P0.

Science data taken for:
2018-2-SCI-021 P1 HRS (HRS spectroscopy of yellow symbiotic systems)
2018-2-SCI-002 P1 RSS (Population study of stellar rotation rates in open clusters)
2018-2-SCI-039 P2 RSS (Spectropolarimetric Monitoring of Gamma-Ray Blazars)
2018-1-MLT-002 P3 RSS (Long term monitoring of gamma-ray binaries)
2018-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x2) (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2018-2-SCI-038 P3 RSS (Study of the hosts' properties of extremely luminous CCSNe)
2018-2-SCI-022 P3 RSS (x2) (Extended Lyman alpha halos around quasars)
2018-1-MLT-009 P3 HRS (Follow-up of interesting binaries and high-order multiple systems uncovered with the Gaia-ESO Survey)
2018-1-MLT-006 P3 RSS (x2) (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)

Night Log 2019-04-11

SA: Rosalind
SO: Thea
Others: Stephen and Rowan

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We had a productive night, with good stable seeing, though there were some technical issues and our internal seeing did not match external. There was some very useful collaboration between the software team and Thea on the guider.

Science data taken for:
2018-2-MLT-005 P0 RSS (x2) (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2018-2-DDT-003 P0 HRS (Studies of new heart-beating star)
2018-1-SCI-011 P2 RSS (Magnetic Field Mapping and Dust Grain Study in Musca Molecular cloud around the YSO.)
2018-2-SCI-039 P2 RSS (Spectropolarimetric Monitoring of Gamma-Ray Blazars)
2018-2-MLT-006 P2 RSS (Study of unclassified extragalactic NuSTAR serendipitous sources)
2018-1-SCI-037 P2 RSS (Reverberation mapping of active galactic nuclei.)
2018-2-SCI-033 P2 HRS ( Exploring helium stars - relics of stellar evolution and pointers to a turbulent history.)
2018-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2018-2-SCI-018 P3 RSS (3D mapping of the IGM)
2018-2-SCI-022 P3 RSS (Extended Lyman alpha halos around quasars)
2018-1-MLT-009 P3 HRS (Follow-up of interesting binaries and high-order multiple systems uncovered with the Gaia-ESO Survey)
2017-1-MLT-004 P3 RSS (Monitoring the line emission in Southern Galactic Be/X-ray binaries)

Night Log 2019-04-10

SA: Marissa
SO: Thea
Others: Stephen, Janus, Richard, Keith, Ockert, Etienne, Eben, Elrin

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Clear night with reasonable seeing.

Science data taken for:
2018-2-SCI-022 P1 RSS (Extended Lyman alpha halos around quasars)
2018-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2018-2-SCI-002 P1 RSS (Population study of stellar rotation rates in open clusters)
2018-2-SCI-023 P2 RSS (Measuring the rotation curves of super spirals.)
2018-2-MLT-006 P2 RSS (Study of unclassified extragalactic NuSTAR serendipitous sources)
2018-1-SCI-041 P2 RSS (x2) (Confirmation and redshift determination of galaxy clusters.)
2018-2-SCI-018 P2 RSS (3D mapping of the IGM)

Night Log 2019-04-09

SA: Marissa
SO: Thea
Others:

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SALT is offline tonight for planned engineering activities.

No science data taken.

Night Log 2019-04-08

SA: Marissa
SO: Thea
Others:

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SALT is offline tonight for planned engineering activities.

No science data taken.

Night Log 2019-04-07

SA: Marissa
SO: Thea
Others: Enrico

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Thunderstorms today and cloudy night. Some time to do science.

Science data taken for:
2018-2-SCI-036 P2 RSS (Measuring the H-beta line profiles of compact massive starbursts )
2018-2-SCI-024 P2 RSS (Ionized gas distribution across low-z galaxy merger)
2018-2-MLT-004 P3 HRS (Spectroscopic investigations of Cepheids and stars belonging to Galactic open clusters)
2018-2-SCI-021 P3 HRS (x2) (HRS spectroscopy of yellow symbiotic systems)
2017-1-MLT-004 P4 RSS (Monitoring the line emission in Southern Galactic Be/X-ray binaries)