Night Log 2014-03-30

SA: Encarni
SO: Thea
Others: David dB to help with the cable wrap radio plug.

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A perfect astronomer night, dark and clear with mostly sub-arcsecond seeing. Encore! :)

2013-2-UC-001 (Looking for variable objects in clusters) P3
2013-2-UW_RSA-001 (searching for the distance to galaxies detected in radio) P2
2013-2-RU-001 (follow up of an interesting supernova) P3
2013-2-UNC_RSA_RU-001 (emission line spectroscopy of galaxies) P2 x2
2013-2-RU-004 (Investigating Halpha emission of a supernova remnant bow shock) P2
2013-2-RSA-004 (Investigating galaxy growth through mergers) P2
2013-2-RSA_OTH-002 (probing the star formation in brightest cluster galaxies) P2

Night Log 2014-03-29

SA: Encarni
SO: Thea
Others: David dB

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Stunning dark night with fairly decent seeing.

Science data for:
2013-2-DC-003 (unveiling powerful hidden black holes in the cores of galaxies) P3.
2013-2-UW_RSA-001 (Obtaining redshifts of galaxies with radio HI emission) P2
2013-2-IUCAA-001 (observing quasar galaxy pairs as a probe for the high-redshift interstellar medium) P2
2013-2-RSA-008 (studying star formation in galaxy mergers) P2
2013-2-RSA_OTH-006 (tracing the history of luminous infrared starburst galaxies) P1
2013-2-RSA-004 (studying the growth of galaxies through mergers) P2
2013-2-UC-001 (looking for fast variable objects in star clusters) P3
2013-2-IUCAA_UW-001 (Time variability studies of Low ionization broad absorption line quasars) P3
2013-2-HET-004 (spectra of white dwarfs in a cluster) P2

Night Log 2014-03-28

SA: Encarni
SO: Thea
Others:

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Cirrussy start to the night which cleared nicely before midnight.

Science data for:
2013-2-AMNH-001(Monitoring the LMC for dwarf novae eruptions) P1
2013-2-RSA-008 (Studying star formation in galaxy mergers)x2 P2
2013-2-RU-001 (Following up on a peculiar supernova) P2
2013-2-UNC_RSA_RU-001 (Emission line spectroscopy of low surface brigthness galaxies) P2 x2
2013-2-GU-001 (echo mapping of an active galaxy to determine the mass of its supermassive black hole) P1
2013-2-RSA_RU_UC_UKSC_OTH-001 (obtaining redshifts for galaxies acting as gravitational lenses) P2 x2
2013-2-UW-005 (studying the vertical density profile of two galaxy disks) P2
2013-2-IUCAA-001 (spectra of a quasar and a galaxy to determine distances) P3
2013-2-HET-004 (Spectra of white dwarfs in a cluster) P2

Night Log 2014-03-27

SA: Encarni
SO: Thea
Others: David dB at the beginning of the night.

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Clear, productive night with relative humidity around 80%.

Science data for:
2013-2-UC-001 (identifying variable objects in a cluster)
2013-2-RSA_DC_OTH-001 (echo mapping of an active galaxy to determine the mass of its supermassive black hole), P1
2013-2-RU-001(follow up of a peculiar supernova), P2
2013-2-RSA-008 x2 (studying star formation in galaxy mergers), P2
2013-2-DC_RSA-001 (identifying a new supernova), P0
2013-2-UNC_RSA_RU-001(emission line spectroscopy of low surface brightness galaxies), P1
2013-2-DC-003 (unveiling powerful hidden black holes in galaxies), P2
2013-2-RSA_RU_UC_UKSC_OTH-001 (obtaining redshifts of galaxies acting as gravitational lenses), P2
2013-2-UW-005 (studying the vertical density profile of two galaxy disks) P2
2013-2-HET-004 (establishing membership of stars in a cluster) P2

Night Log 2014-03-26

SA: Encarni
SO: Thea
Others: Paul, David dB, Jono and Etienne until 11:30pm to fix the slitmask.

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High humidity all night. Could not open.

Night Log 2014-03-25

SA: Petri
SO: Veronica
Others: Eric, Encarni

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Full night lost to bad weather again ..

Night Log 2014-03-24

SA: Petri
SO: Veronica
Others: Eric, David dB, Thea

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All night lost to clouds and rain