Night Log 2022-09-20

SA: Lee
SO: Thea
Others: Danièl, Moses

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A good, clear night full of high priority science. We had average to good seeing for most of the night, and very little downtime. 15 blocks completed.

Science data taken for:
2020-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Study of extraplanar diffuse ionized gas in moderately inclined galaxies.)
2022-1-SCI-020 P1 RSS (Revealing Physical Properties of Emission-Line Galaxies at z<0.4.)
2022-1-SCI-007 P1 RSS (An enigmatic `beast': the nearby edge-on giant LSB galaxy)
2022-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales)
2022-1-SCI-014 P2 RSS (Optical followup of MALS targets.)
2021-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (x3) (Followup of Transients)
2021-2-MLT-005 P2 HRS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2020-1-MLT-008 P3 RSS (x3) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2022-1-SCI-018 P3 HRS (Spectroscopic orbits for three massive eclipsing binaries with pulsating components)

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Night Log 2022-09-19

SA: Lee
SO: Thea
Others: Thabelo, Bryne

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High humidity cut short our night just after 11pm. We had some technical trouble with the FIF, which left time to complete only 2 blocks.

Science data taken for:
2019-1-MLT-008 P2 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)

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Night Log 2022-09-18

SA: Lee
SO: Thea
Others:

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Entire night lost to weather.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-09-17

SA: Lee
SO: Thea
Others: Danièl, ThunderKAT visitors

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Entire night lost to weather.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-09-16

SA: Lee
SO: Thea
Others: Danièl

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Thick cloud kept us closed until the final 2 hours of the night, allowing us to complete 4 blocks.

Science data taken for:
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x2) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2020-1-MLT-008 P3 RSS (x2) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)

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Night Log 2022-09-15

SA: Lee
SO: Thea
Others: Janus, Deon

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A nice clear night with good stable seeing and very low humidity. We completed 17 blocks, mostly P3.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales)
2021-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (x2) (Followup of Transients)
2022-1-SCI-015 P3 RSS (Probing the quasar outflows.)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x3) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2020-1-MLT-008 P3 RSS (x10) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)

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Night Log 2022-09-14

SA: Lee
SO: Thea
Others: Techops for new ADC install, Timmy

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Most of the night was spent finishing the installation of the new ADC and achieving first light with this important addition for SALT. The very late night by techops was worth it! We completed 4 science blocks with the remaining time after overcoming a few gremlins in the system.

Science data taken for:
2020-1-MLT-008 P2 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x3) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)

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