Night Log 2012-08-08

SA: Alexei
SO: Patrick
Others: Charl, Eben and Keith for some time, David

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=> High humidity from the evening. No observations tonight.

Night Log 2012-08-07

SA: Paul
SO: Thea
Others:

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- entire night loat to bad weather.

Night Log 2012-08-06

SA: Paul
SO: Thea
Others:

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- entire night lost to bad weather. sub-zero temperatures, rain and snow.

Night Log 2012-08-05

SA: Paul
SO: Thea
Others: Charl

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- a cold front brought rain and snow in late this afternoon. did not open

Night Log 2012-08-04

SA: Paul
SO: Thea
Others: Charl, Johathan later the evening

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* long and frustrating night
* most of the night was lost due to technical issues.
* tried to get some work done in the second half of the night but we weren't very successful.
* closed up at 04:00 due to high humidity.

Night Log 2012-08-03

SA: Paul
SO: Thea
Others: Charl

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* cirrus for the whole night. seeing was moderate for most of the night, 1.4'' -- 1.8''
* had to reject some observations due to observational requirements not met.

* obtained data for the following programs:
- 2012-1-DC_RSA_OTH-001
- 2012-1-POL-001 x2
- 2012-1-UKSC-007
- 2012-1-UNC-001 (very faint source, not sure if conditions were met)
- 2012-1-POL-007
- 2012-1-RSA-019
- 2012-1-RSA_UKSC-006

* spent some time trying to get FP to work, but wasn't successful. I suspect that the etalon needed more time to settle.

Night Log 2012-08-02

SA: Paul
SO: Thea
Others: Charl

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* closed for most of the night due to cloud. opened sometime after 02:00 for a quick science run. the rest of the night was spent on engineering observations.

* data obtained for:
- 2012-1-RSA-019