Night Log 2021-04-06

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others: Eben (RSS slitmask)

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A really good night with minimal tech downtime. Many high priority blocks observed.

Science data taken for:
2018-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2018-2-LSP-001 P0 HRS (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2018-1-MLT-002 P1 RSS (Longterm observations of a Be XRB)
2020-2-SCI-027 P1 RSS (Spectroscopy of a transitional milli-second pulsar candidate)
2020-2-SCI-024 P2 RSS (Star Formation Histories of stellar bridges, tidal tails and a bar in NGC 4410 group.)
2020-2-SCI-018 P2 HRS (Understanding the nucloesynthesis of heavy elements)
2020-2-SCI-040 P2 RSS (Redshift measurements of BL Lacs for the CTA project)
2020-2-SCI-019 P2 RSS (Galaxies responsible for ultrastrong MgII absorption.)
2020-2-SCI-017 P2 RSS (Monitoring the spectropolarimetric behavior of blazars)
2019-1-MLT-008 P3 HRS (x2) (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2020-2-SCI-007 P4 HRS (Searching for new chemically peculiar stars in the southern hemisphere.)

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Night Log 2021-04-05

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Managed to get a high priority target before the humidity forced us to close. Most of the the night lost due to bad weather.

Science data taken for:
2020-1-MLT-007 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2020-2-SCI-021 P2 RSS (Study of the properties of green valley galaxies with high star formation rates)

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Night Log 2021-04-04

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others:

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A relatively good night with good seeing for most of the night. We managed to observe a number of high priority blocks before the humidity forced us to close an hour and a half early.

Science data taken for:
2018-2-MLT-005 P0 RSS (x2) (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2019-2-MLT-001 P1 RSS (Study of polarization in blazars.)
2020-2-SCI-027 P1 RSS (Spectroscopy of a transitional milli-second pulsar candidate)
2020-2-DDT-005 P1 RSS (Studying the thermal state of HI 21-cm absorbing gas)
2020-1-MLT-002 P1 HRS (HRS study of long-period eclipsing binaries)
2020-2-SCI-017 P2 RSS (x2) (Monitoring the spectropolarimetric behavior of blazars)
2020-2-SCI-021 P2 RSS (Study of the properties of green valley galaxies with high star formation rates)
2020-2-MLT-005 P2 RSS (Local Volume as a benchmark of the near-field cosmology: study the most isolated galaxy population)

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Night Log 2021-04-03

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others: Etienne for EDS, Eden for TCS

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A very stable night with seeing < 1.0 arcseconds for most of the night. A few small technical issues that were quickly dealt with. A number of high priority blocks observed.

Science data taken for:
2018-1-MLT-002 P1 RSS (Longterm observations of a Be XRB)
2020-2-SCI-027 P1 RSS (Spectroscopy of a transitional milli-second pulsar candidate)
2020-2-SCI-016 P1 RSS (Rutgers TAC discretionary time)
2020-2-MLT-008 P2 RSS (Tracking Accretion Flows via BLR Emission in Changing-Look Active Galactic Nuclei)
2020-1-MLT-002 P2 HRS (HRS study of long-period eclipsing binaries)
2020-2-SCI-035 P3 RSS (x2) (A MeerKAT radio and SALT optical spectro-polarimetry survey of mCVs)
2020-2-SCI-014 P3 RSS (Probing the quasar outflows.)
2018-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2020-1-MLT-003 P3 HRS (Spectroscopic observations of central stars of mid-infrared nebulae)
2020-2-SCI-040 P3 RSS (Redshift measurements of BL Lacs for the CTA project)

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Night Log 2021-04-02

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others:

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We managed to observe an number of high priority blocks before the humidity forced us to close with a few hours before the end of the night.

Science data taken for:
2020-2-SCI-027 P1 RSS (Spectroscopy of a transitional milli-second pulsar candidate)
2018-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2020-2-SCI-011 P2 HRS (Measuring the orbits of double white dwarfs. @_sublunar_)
2018-1-MLT-002 P2 RSS (Longterm observations of a Be XRB)
2020-2-SCI-021 P2 RSS (Study of the properties of green valley galaxies with high star formation rates)
2019-2-SCI-049 P2 HRS (Following the time evolution of polluted white dwarfs.)

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Night Log 2021-04-01

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Thin clouds throughout the night but we still managed to observe a number of high priority targets before the clouds became to thick to continue.

Science data taken for:
2018-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (x2) (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2020-2-SCI-014 P1 RSS (x2) (Probing the quasar outflows.)
2020-2-SCI-021 P2 RSS (Study of the properties of green valley galaxies with high star formation rates)
2020-2-SCI-030 P3 HRS (Identifying which heluum-rich hot subdwarfs are binaries)
2020-2-SCI-006 P3 HRS (Investigation of variability of absorption lines due to ISM towards vela SNR. )
2018-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2020-2-MLT-003 P3 HRS (Follow-up of rare SB4 discovered in Gaia-ESO, GALAH and APOGEE)

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Night Log 2021-03-31

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others:

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The night was cut short by clouds and high humidity. We managed to observe a few high priority targets before the closure though.

Science data taken for:
2018-2-MLT-005 P0 RSS (x4) (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2020-2-SCI-016 P1 RSS (Rutgers TAC discretionary time)
2018-1-MLT-002 P1 HRS (Longterm observations of a Be XRB)
2020-2-SCI-008 P4 HRS (Chemically peculiar Am stars observed by TESS satellite on the southern sky.)
2020-2-SCI-011 P4 HRS (Measuring the orbits of double white dwarfs. @_sublunar_)

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