Night Log 2023-10-06

SA: Antoine
SO: Thea
Others: Janus, Malcolm, Melanie and Sunnyboy

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We managed to observe a few blocks before the weather became bad.

Science data taken for:
2023-1-SCI-040 P1 HRS (Follow up spectroscopy of the first candidate for variable metal lines in a polluted white dwarf)
2021-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2023-1-MLT-007 P3 RSS (SALT+Gaia survey of helium-rich hot subdwarfs)

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Night Log 2023-10-05

SA: Antoine
SO: Thea
Others:

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The night was not good, with bad seeing and the humidity forcing us to close.

Science data taken for:
2023-1-SCI-018 P4 RSS (x3) (Building a sample of blazar candidates)
2023-1-SCI-019 P4 HRS (Cosmic dance of massive triples)

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Night Log 2023-10-04

SA: Antoine
SO: Thea
Others: Timmy and Richard

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We managed to observe a number of blocks, with some tech spoiling the observing. The whole night, we have thin clouds, and at the end, we get thick clouds.

Science data taken for:
2023-1-COM-001 P1 HRS (HS pipeline observations @dlhwp)
2019-1-MLT-008 P2 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2023-1-SCI-028 P2 RSS (x2) (Spectropolarimetric study of nearby galaxies.)
2023-1-SCI-034 P2 RSS (x8) ( Measuring total galaxy mass for disk-heating sample of edge-on galaxies)
2023-1-SCI-008 P3 HRS (Observations of Ap stars @dlhwp)
2023-1-SCI-019 P3 HRS (Cosmic dance of massive triples)
2023-1-MLT-007 P3 RSS (SALT+Gaia survey of helium-rich hot subdwarfs)

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Night Log 2023-10-03

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others: Antoine, Anthony, Moses, Janus, Encarni, Deon

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Managed to observe a number of high priority blocks with some tech and weather downtime to spoil the observing.

Science data taken for:
2021-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2023-1-SCI-014 P2 RSS (Study of the galaxies that produces strong MgII absorption in the spectra of the background quasars.)
2023-1-SCI-028 P2 RSS (x4) (Spectropolarimetric study of nearby galaxies.)
2023-1-SCI-034 P2 RSS (x4) ( Measuring total galaxy mass for disk-heating sample of edge-on galaxies)

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Night Log 2023-10-02

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others: Thabelo, Anthony, Sunnyboy, Danièl, Ken

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Managed to get some higher priority blocks done tonight through some technical issues as well as some engineering tests that we needed to do.

Science data taken for:
2023-1-MLT-008 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2021-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (x2) (Followup of Transients)
2023-1-COM-001 P1 HRS (HS pipeline observations @dlhwp)
2023-1-COM-002 P1 RSS (x2) (Observing the Moon for polarimetry calibrations)
2020-1-MLT-008 P2 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2023-1-SCI-028 P3 RSS (x2) (Spectropolarimetric study of nearby galaxies.)
2023-1-SCI-005 P3 HRS (Stellar Characterisation of Ariel mission targets: derivation of N and O abundances)

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Night Log 2023-10-01

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others: Deon

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The night started off with some bad and variable seeing, but the wind changed direction and the seeing settled down. We observed mostly low priority blocks due to the bright moon.

Science data taken for:
2023-1-MLT-008 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2023-1-COM-001 P1 HRS (x2) (HS pipeline observations @dlhwp)
2019-1-MLT-008 P2 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2018-2-MLT-005 P2 RSS (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2023-1-SCI-008 P3 HRS (Observations of Ap stars @dlhwp)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x4) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2023-1-SCI-023 P3 HRS (x2) (Spectra of RR Lyrae stars which will be used to determine the composition of the stars. )
2023-1-SCI-019 P3 HRS (x2) (Cosmic dance of massive triples)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 HRS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2023-1-SCI-005 P4 HRS (Stellar Characterisation of Ariel mission targets: derivation of N and O abundances)

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Night Log 2023-09-30

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Clouds and high humidity kept us closed all night.

No science data taken.

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