Night Log 2016-11-29

SA: Marissa
SO: Fred
Others: Alexei for handover. Ivan Katkov. Enrico. Petri & the Chinese delegation.

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Much excitement with the Chinese delegation visiting tonight. A clear night with variable seeing resulted in us taking data for:
2016-2-COM-001 P1 RSS (Polarimetry test proposal)
2016-1-MLT-008 P1 RSS (Redshift measurements of distant massive ACT galaxy clusters)
2016-2-SCI-024 P1 SCAM (Dark energy and the expansion rate of the Universe from quasar monitoring.)
2016-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2016-1-MLT-006 P2 HRS (Orbital period search of possible binary system)
2016-1-MLT-002 P3 HRS (Analysis of metallicity gradient and local chemical composition heterogeneity in the Galactic disk)

Night Log 2016-11-28

SA: Marissa
SO: Fred
Others: Enrico

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Back on sky after the technical team replaced the burst air supply pipe today. The night was mostly clear the first half and cloudy the second.

Data taken for:
2016-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2016-1-MLT-006 P2 HRS (Orbital period search of possible binary system)
2016-2-SCI-038 P2 RSS (x2) (Identifying galaxies in massive clusters in the early Universe)

Night Log 2016-11-27

SA: Marissa
SO: Fred
Others: Enrico. Nicola & Damiano visiting

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At 20:30 a ToO was submitted, which we observed successfully. Shortly thereafter a pipe burst in our pressurized air supply. The technicians heroically tried to patch it up, but unfortunately the problem could not be fixed tonight.

Data taken for:
2016-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)

Night Log 2016-11-26

SA: Marissa
SO: Fred
Others: Enrico

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Clear night with marginal seeing and quite a few technical hiccups.

Data taken for:
2016-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (x2) (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2016-2-SCI-036 P1 RSS (Measuring the distance to low surface brightness galaxies)
2016-2-SCI-038 P2 RSS (Identifying galaxies in massive clusters in the early Universe)
2016-2-SCI-009 P2 RSS (Spectroscopy of K2 White Dwarfs)
2016-2-SCI-017 P2 RSS (x3) (Searching for high redshift quasars for the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS))
2016-2-SCI-008 P3 HRS (Analyzing chemically peculiar subdwarfs and searching for the heavy-metal stars. )

Night Log 2016-11-25

SA: Marissa
SO: Fred
Others: Enrico

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Variable seeing during a mostly clear night, which ended somewhat cloudy.

Data taken for:
2016-2-COM-001 P0 RSS (x2) (Polarimetry test proposal)
2016-1-MLT-007 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far.)
2016-2-SCI-009 P2 RSS (x2) (Spectroscopy of K2 White Dwarfs)
2016-1-MLT-007 P3 HRS (Observations of supernovae, near and far.)
2016-2-SCI-034 P3 HRS (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2016-2-SCI-026 P3 RSS (Search for new symbiotic stars)
2016-1-MLT-002 P3 HRS (Analysis of metallicity gradient and local chemical composition heterogeneity in the Galactic disk)
2016-2-SCI-015 P3 RSS ( Spectral classification of pulsting stars.)

Night Log 2016-11-24

SA: Marissa
SO: Fred
Others: Enrico

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Happy Thanksgiving! Scattered clouds and marginal seeing limited our options, but we took data for:

2016-1-MLT-007 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far.)
2016-2-SCI-015 P1 RSS ( Spectral classification of pulsting stars.)
2016-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (x2) (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2016-2-SCI-039 P2 HRS (Study of evolution in outflows from outburst)
2016-2-SCI-055 P2 HRS (Measuring the spin of Black Hole progenitors in WR+O binaries.)
2016-2-SCI-007 P4 RSS (Looking at chromospheric emission in stars which host exoplanets)

Night Log 2016-11-23

SA: Marissa
SO: Fred
Others: Enrico

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Most of the night lost to weather.

Data taken for:
2016-2-LSP-001 P2 HRS (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)