Night Log 2017-11-29

SA: Petri
SO: Thea
Others:

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A clear productive night, but with poor seeing. No problems whatsoever.

Science data taken for:
2016-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2017-2-SCI-046 P1 RSS (Searching interacting binaries with compact objects in the smallest and oldest galaxies)
2017-2-SCI-026 P1 RSS (Study of late-time supernovae spectra)
2017-2-SCI-022 P2 HRS (Measuring the interstellar abundance of lithium in the Large Magellanic Cloud)
2017-2-SCI-039 P2 RSS (x2) (Probing the structure of relativistic jets of AGN with SALT, Gaia and VLBI.)
2017-1-MLT-012 P3 HRS (Detailled study of CEMP stars identified in the RAVE survey)
2017-1-MLT-010 P3 HRS (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2017-2-SCI-021 P3 HRS (Spectroscopic investigation of selected southern lambda Boo - type stars)
2017-2-SCI-030 P3 HRS (x2) (Metal-Poor Subdwarfs for Stellar Modeling Calibration)

Night Log 2017-11-28

SA: Encarni
SO: Veronica
Others:

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A beautiful clear night but with rather variable seeing.



Science data taken for:
2016-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2017-2-SCI-046 P1 RSS (Searching interacting binaries with compact objects in the smallest and oldest galaxies)
2017-2-SCI-042 P1 RSS (The central molecular zones of southern galaxies)
2017-2-SCI-026 P1 RSS (Study of late-time supernovae spectra)
2017-2-SCI-041 P2 HRS (x2) (A homogeneous sample of RR Lyrae)
2017-2-SCI-022 P2 HRS (x2) (Measuring the interstellar abundance of lithium in the Large Magellanic Cloud)
2017-2-SCI-021 P3 HRS (Spectroscopic investigation of selected southern lambda Boo - type stars)
2017-2-SCI-030 P3 HRS (Metal-Poor Subdwarfs for Stellar Modeling Calibration)
2017-2-SCI-027 P3 HRS (Measuring the orbits of double white dwarfs.)

Night Log 2017-11-27

SA: Encarni
SO: Veronica
Others:

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A beautiful, clear night and productive night with decent seeing and only a bit of cloud in the middle.


Science data taken for:
2017-2-SCI-046 P1 RSS (Searching interacting binaries with compact objects in the smallest and oldest galaxies)
2017-1-MLT-014 P1 RSS (Measuring redshifts for galaxies in the MeerKAT LADUMA survey)
2017-2-SCI-051 P1 RSS (spectroscopic identification of ultra compact binary candidates)
2017-2-SCI-042 P2 RSS (The central molecular zones of southern galaxies)
2017-2-SCI-022 P2 HRS (x2) (Measuring the interstellar abundance of lithium in the Large Magellanic Cloud)
2017-2-SCI-008 P2 RSS (x2) (Survey of V-type asteroids outside the Vesta family)
2017-2-SCI-037 P3 RSS (x2) (Study of unclassified extragalactic NuSTAR serendipitous sources)

Night Log 2017-11-26

SA: Encarni
SO: Veronica
Others:

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A clear night with very variable seeing and a few technical problems, including a problem with RSS. The relative humidity forced us to close at 2:30am.


Science data taken for:
2017-2-SCI-013 P1 HRS (On the orbital period of a roAp star @dlhwp)
2017-2-SCI-027 P2 HRS (Measuring the orbits of double white dwarfs.)
2017-2-SCI-041 P2 HRS (x2) (A homogeneous sample of RR Lyrae)
2017-2-SCI-029 P3 HRS (Spectroscopy of TESS targets)
2017-2-SCI-030 P3 HRS (Metal-Poor Subdwarfs for Stellar Modeling Calibration)
2017-1-MLT-010 P4 HRS (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)

Night Log 2017-11-25

SA: Encarni
SO: Veronica
Others: Paul, film crew: Frederic Courbin, Matt Goodman and Jean-Paul Kneib

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We started with a gorgeous (cloudy) sunset, in oranges, reds and pinks. The clouds gradually disappeared and left us with a pretty good, productive night.
We also hosted a film crew at the beginning of the night.

Science data taken for:
2016-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2017-2-SCI-026 P1 RSS (Study of late-time supernovae spectra)
2017-2-SCI-022 P1 HRS (x2) (Measuring the interstellar abundance of lithium in the Large Magellanic Cloud)
2017-2-SCI-006 P2 RSS (Gas dynamics in NGC300 and NGC4945)
2017-2-SCI-041 P2 HRS (A homogeneous sample of RR Lyrae)
2017-2-SCI-027 P2 HRS (x2) (Measuring the orbits of double white dwarfs.)
2017-1-MLT-010 P3 HRS (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2017-2-SCI-030 P3 HRS (Metal-Poor Subdwarfs for Stellar Modeling Calibration)
2017-2-SCI-057 P3 RSS (For this specific proposal we proposed three galaxies to be observed.)

Night Log 2017-11-24

SA: Encarni
SO: Veronica
Others:

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There was some cloud around at sunset that mostly disappeared at the beginning of the night, but slowly got thicker and forced us to close at around 2am.

Science data taken for:
2017-2-SCI-022 P1 HRS (Measuring the interstellar abundance of lithium in the Large Magellanic Cloud)
2017-2-SCI-006 P2 RSS (Gas dynamics in NGC300 and NGC4945)
2017-1-MLT-001 P2 HRS (x3) (Study of long-period eclipsing binaries)
2017-2-MLT-006 P2 HRS (Studying the composition of Binary stars to estimate their ages)
2015-2-MLT-006 P2 RSS (Characterising Strong Gravitational Lensing systems)

Night Log 2017-11-23

SA: Encarni
SO: Veronica
Others:

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A beautiful night with OK seeing, but unfortunately we were forced to close early due to high relative humidity. We managed to open up again in twilight for some calibrations, and the humidity started to climb again!


Science data taken for:
2017-2-SCI-049 P0 RSS (SALT spectroscopic follow-up of supernova candidates for further investigations of dark energy)
2016-2-MLT-005 P1 HRS (Investigating the chemical composition of bright star beta Pic and its nearby circumstellar material)
2017-2-SCI-039 P2 RSS (x2) (Probing the structure of relativistic jets of AGN with SALT, Gaia and VLBI.)
2017-2-SCI-056 P2 RSS (Measuring Galaxy Kinematics For Construction of the Velocity Function)
2017-2-SCI-030 P3 HRS (Metal-Poor Subdwarfs for Stellar Modeling Calibration)