Night Log 2016-01-30

SA: Alexei
SO: Veronica
Others: Ivan, Yulia and Tamara for a while. Petri with family during evening.

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=> Very good night at the beginning, where at the end seeing started to be very bad. Otherwise, clear and photometric.

=> Data were taken for the following programs:
2015-2-MLT-006 P1 RSS (Characterising Strong Gravitational Lensing systems)
2015-2-MLT-004 P1 RSS (x2) (Unraveling ring galaxies)
2015-2-SCI-019 P2 RSS (x2) (Searching for binaries in unusual central stars of planetary nebulae )
2015-2-SCI-063 P3 SCAM (Studying the long-term behavior of classical novae after their eruptions)
2015-2-SCI-030 P3 RSS (Searching for high redshift quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS))
2015-2-SCI-043 P4 RSS (x8) (Spectroscopic observations of bright RR Lyrae variables)

Night Log 2016-01-29

SA: Alexei
SO: Veronica
Others: Ivan, Yulia and Tamara for a while

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=> Clear and stable night with good enough seeing.

=> Data were taken for the following programs:
2015-2-SCI-063 P3 SCAM (Studying the long-term behavior of classical novae after their eruptions)
2015-2-SCI-009 P3 HRS (x2) (Searching for circumbinary planets)
2015-2-SCI-028 P3 SCAM (Confirmation and redshift determination of galaxy clusters)
2015-2-SCI-018 P3 HRS (Evolved binaries in the Magellanic Clouds)
2015-2-SCI-030 P3 RSS (x2) (Searching for high redshift quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS))
2015-2-SCI-043 P4 RSS (Spectroscopic observations of bright RR Lyrae variables)

Night Log 2016-01-28

SA: Alexei
SO: Veronica
Others: Ivan, Yulia and Tamara for a while

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=> Very stable night with clear sky and good seeing.

=> Data were taken for the following programs:
2015-2-MLT-004 P1 RSS (Unraveling ring galaxies)
2015-2-SCI-054 P1 HRS (Exploring the limits of HRS for measuring Exoplanet Radial Velocities)
2015-2-SCI-019 P2 RSS (Searching for binaries in unusual central stars of planetary nebulae )
2015-2-SCI-030 P3 RSS (x3) (Searching for high redshift quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS))
2015-2-SCI-007 P3 RSS (x2) (Spectroscopic classification of pulsating stars. )
2015-2-SCI-056 P3 HRS (Tracing the chemical history of our galaxy)
2015-2-SCI-009 P3 HRS (Searching for circumbinary planets)
2015-2-SCI-043 P4 RSS (x3) (Spectroscopic observations of bright RR Lyrae variables)

Night Log 2016-01-27

SA: Alexei
SO: Veronica
Others: Ivan, Yulia and Tamara for a while

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=> Full night of observations. Clear sky, but seeing increased drastically during first half of the night and goes down after while.

=> Data were taken for the following programs:
2015-2-MLT-001 P0 RSS (Followup spectroscopy of transients)
2015-2-SCI-054 P1 HRS (Exploring the limits of HRS for measuring Exoplanet Radial Velocities)
2015-2-MLT-006 P1 RSS (Characterising Strong Gravitational Lensing systems)
2015-2-SCI-019 P2 RSS (x2) (Searching for binaries in unusual central stars of planetary nebulae )
2015-2-SCI-007 P2 RSS (x3) (Spectroscopic classification of pulsating stars. )
2015-2-SCI-030 P3 RSS (x2) (Searching for high redshift quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS))
2015-2-SCI-038 P3 HRS (Study of evolution in outflows from outburst)
2015-2-SCI-056 P4 HRS (Tracing the chemical history of our galaxy)
2015-2-SCI-043 P4 RSS (x3) (Spectroscopic observations of bright RR Lyrae variables)

Night Log 2016-01-26

SA: Encarni
SO: Veronica
Others: Anastasia

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Thick clouds at the start of the night. But then.. the clouds parted at around 10:30ish and the sky looked beautiful!!! Sadly, it didn't last. The relative humidity shot up and forced us to close at midnight without completing a long block. So, only one short P4 block to show for the WHOLE WEEK! Not a happy SALT astronomer.

And the winner is:

2015-2-SCI-043 P4 RSS (Spectroscopic observations of bright RR Lyrae variables) - Congratulations! ;)

Night Log 2016-01-25

SA: Encarni
SO: Veronica
Others: Anastasia

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Another entire night lost to fog. No science data taken.

Night Log 2016-01-24

SA: Encarni
SO: Veronica
Others: Anastasia

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Another night lost to bad weather.
Oh the plus side, T=the weather forecast is good for tomorrow night - toes crossed!