Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Night Log 2022-09-13

SA: Solohery
SO: Thea
Others: Janus & Deon (for test for pointing/rho/focus model)

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A night with a bunch of images taken for engineering tests. We observed mostly mid priority targets tonight.


Science data taken for:
2019-1-MLT-008 P1 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2021-2-MLT-005 P2 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2020-1-MLT-008 P3 RSS (x9) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)

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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Night Log 2022-09-12

SA: Solohery
SO: Thea
Others: Janus & Deon (for test for pointing/rho/focus model), Thabelo.

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A night with a good and stable seeing. We had some gaps and we observed mostly lower priority targets tonight.


Science data taken for:
2022-1-DDT-002 P0 RSS (Contemporaneous SALT abd JWST observations of an outbursting black hole system)
2022-1-COM-002 P1 HRS (Commissioning Data for HRS @dlhwp)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x3) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x5) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2022-1-SCI-009 P3 HRS (Cosmic dance of massive triple)
2020-1-MLT-008 P3 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2019-1-MLT-008 P3 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2022-1-SCI-010 P4 HRS (x3) (Observing Ap stars @dlhwp)
2021-2-MLT-006 P4 HRS (Accurate parameters of stars in Tight Triple Systems)
2018-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)

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Monday, September 12, 2022

Night Log 2022-09-11

SA: Solohery
SO: Thea
Others: Danièl, Thabelo

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We managed to observe two blocks tonight. We lost the rest of the night due to humid conditions.


Science data taken for:
2022-1-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2021-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)

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Sunday, September 11, 2022

Night Log 2022-09-10

SA: Solohery
SO: Thea
Others:

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A cloudy night at the start with a few stoppages for a thick clouds and empty queues that were used to clear monthly cals. A number of blocks of mixed priority were observed.


Science data taken for:
2021-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (x2) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2022-1-COM-002 P1 HRS (Commissioning Data for HRS @dlhwp)
2018-2-MLT-005 P2 RSS (x2) (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2020-1-MLT-008 P2 RSS (x2) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2022-1-SCI-004 P3 RSS (Measuring the magnetic field strengths of B stars @dlhwp)
2021-2-MLT-006 P3 HRS (Accurate parameters of stars in Tight Triple Systems)
2019-1-MLT-008 P3 HRS (x2) (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2022-1-SCI-010 P4 HRS (Observing Ap stars @dlhwp)

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Saturday, September 10, 2022

Night Log 2022-09-09

SA: Solohery
SO: Thea
Others: Danièl

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A full night with a moderate seeing. We observed a large number of mixed priority targets tonight.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-DDT-002 P0 RSS (Contemporaneous SALT abd JWST observations of an outbursting black hole system)
2022-1-COM-002 P1 HRS (x2) (Commissioning Data for HRS @dlhwp)
2020-1-MLT-008 P2 RSS (x7) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2021-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2022-1-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2019-1-MLT-008 P3 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2022-1-SCI-009 P3 HRS (Cosmic dance of massive triple)
2020-2-SCI-042 P4 RSS (Finding young stars and their planets)
2022-1-SCI-010 P4 HRS (Observing Ap stars @dlhwp)
2022-1-SCI-022 P4 RSS (Building a sample of AGN-dust dominated galaxies)

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Friday, September 9, 2022

Night Log 2022-09-08

SA: Solohery
SO: Thea
Others: Thabelo, Johan, Nico

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A night with bright moon and some technical downtime. A mixed priority targets were observed tonight.


Science data taken for:
2022-1-COM-002 P1 HRS (x2) (Commissioning Data for HRS @dlhwp)
2020-1-MLT-008 P2 RSS (x5) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2022-1-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2019-1-MLT-008 P3 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2020-2-SCI-042 P4 RSS (x2) (Finding young stars and their planets)
2022-1-SCI-010 P4 HRS (Observing Ap stars @dlhwp)
2022-1-SCI-009 P4 HRS (x4) (Cosmic dance of massive triple)

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Thursday, September 8, 2022

Night Log 2022-09-07

SA: Solohery
SO: Thea
Others: Thabelo for slitmask

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A full night with clear skies and moderate seeing. A large number of blocks, including a P0, plus mostly mid to lower priority targets were observed tonight.


Science data taken for:
2022-1-COM-002 P1 HRS (Commissioning Data for HRS @dlhwp)
2022-1-SCI-026 P1 HRS (Identifying chemical tracers of mass transfer for 10 candidate Field Blue Stragglers/Lurkers.)
2021-2-MLT-005 P2 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2022-1-MLT-004 P2 RSS (x2) (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2022-1-SCI-009 P3 HRS (x3) (Cosmic dance of massive triple)
2020-1-MLT-008 P3 RSS (x2) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x2) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2019-1-MLT-008 P3 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2020-2-SCI-042 P4 RSS (Finding young stars and their planets)
2022-1-SCI-022 P4 RSS (Building a sample of AGN-dust dominated galaxies)
2022-1-SCI-010 P4 HRS (Observing Ap stars @dlhwp)

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