Night Log 2013-04-29

SA: Petri
SO: Thea
Others: Deon, Simon, Amanda

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Another very productive clear gray night, nearly without
a hitch. The seeing wasn't as good as previous nights, but
the mirror alignment held extremely well. Data for:

2012-2-RSA_OTH-009
2012-2-RSA_DC_OTH-001
2012-2-RSA-002
2012-2-RSA_UKSC-006
2012-2-RSA_OTH-003
2012-2-DC_RSA-001
2012-2-UNC_RSA-001 (x3)
2012-2-GU-002
2012-2-RSA-010
2012-2-DC-001
2013-1-AMNH-002 (x2)
2013-1-RSA_POL-001
2013-1-UW-006 (x2)
2013-1-RSA_OTH-014

Night Log 2013-04-28

SA: Petri
SO: Thea
Others: Deon

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A photometric night, still bright, with mostly good seeing,
humidity went up for a while, then came down, and up again.
Some engineering and commissioning tests, and science for:

2012-2-UW-006
2012-2-UNC_RSA_RU-002 (x2)
2012-2-UNC_RSA-001 (x5)
2012-2-GU-002
2013-1-RSA_POL-001 (x2)

Night Log 2013-04-27

SA: Petri
SO: Thea
Others: brief visit from various party people

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Same as past few nights: good seeing, dry and warm,
remarkably stable, but lots of cirrus, thick at times
Mostly bright objects observed ...

2012-2-UNC_RSA-001 (x3)
2012-2-RSA_OTH_UKSC-003 (x5)
2012-2-POL-005
2012-2-UNC_RSA_RU-002 (x2)
2012-2-DC_RSA-001
2013-2-RSA_OTH-014
2013-1-POL-005
2013-1-RSA_POL-001 (x4)
2013-1-UKSC-002
2013-1-AMNH-002 (x5)

Thea & Petri have thrown down the gauntlet -
- try beating 24 blocks per night :)

Night Log 2013-04-26

SA: Petri
SO: Thea
Others: Deon, Hitesh; David, Sudhanshu visits

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Bright moon with lots of cirrus and good seeing.
Productive night for bright-star programs.
Lost about an hour to clouds, and used up another
2h for engineering. Data for:

2012-2-POL-007 (x2)
2012-2-UNC_RSA-001 (x4)
2013-1-RSA_OTH-014 (x4)
2013-1-UKSC_HET_OTH-001
2013-1-RSA_OTH-006
2013-1-RSA-POL-001 (x3)

End-of-an-era at SALT - good bye Charl du Plessis and thanks!

Night Log 2013-04-25

SA: Petri
SO: Thea
Others: Keith, Hitesh in the beginning

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A stable full-moon night with good to average seeing, and
a photometric patch as well. Some technical trouble right
in the beginning but smooth sailing afterwards. Some
commissioning observations, and science data for:

2012-2-RSA_RU-001 (comm.)
2012-2-RSA_UW-002 (MOS)
2012-2-DC_RSA-001 (ToO)
2012-2-RSA_POL-001
2013-1-RSA_POL-001 (x3)
2013-1-UKSC_HET_OTH-001
2013-1-RSA_OTH-014
2013-1-UKSC-006
2013-1-UKSC-002 (x2)

Night Log 2013-04-24

SA: Petri
SO: Thea
Others: Keith for slitmask work, Amanda too

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Bright moon with cirrus, fairly good seeing and stable
otherwise. Had some technical problems though and
was stuck with one slitmask for most of the night.
Still managed many blocks for:

2012-2-RSA_OTH_UKSC-003
2012-2-UC-OTH-001 (MOS)
2012-2-DC_RSA-001 (ToO)
2013-1-RSA_OTH-014 (x3)
2013-1-RSA_POL-001 (x3)
2013-1-POL-005

Night Log 2013-04-23

SA: Alexei
SO: Veronica
Others: Petri

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=> Stable night with good seeing and some cirrus.

=> Data were taken for the following programs:
2012-2-RSA-016 (x2)
2013-1-RSA_OTH-014 (x2)
2012-1-UKSC-003
2012-2-UNC_RSA_RU-002 (x2)
2013-1-UKSC-006
2012-2-UC-003