Night Log 2020-09-10

SA: Moses
SO: Thea
Others: E10 (on the phone)

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We had trouble with poor seeing conditions throughout most of the night, but we managed to observe a few low and medium priority targets.

Science data taken for:
2018-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (x2) (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2020-1-SCI-013 P2 RSS (Finding young stars and their planets)
2019-2-SCI-006 P3 HRS (x4) (Investigating the multiplicity of WR stars)

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Night Log 2020-09-09

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others:

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We managed to observe a many medium to low priority targets until the seeing got really bad towards the end of the night.

Science data taken for:
2020-1-SCI-019 P2 RSS (Monitoring an intriguing class of luminous binary stars)
2019-1-LSP-001 P2 RSS (x2) (Tracing the evolution of the most massive galaxies in the universe)
2018-2-LSP-001 P3 HRS (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2018-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2019-2-SCI-006 P3 HRS (Investigating the multiplicity of WR stars)
2019-2-MLT-004 P3 HRS (Monitoring the line emission in Southern Galactic Be/X-ray binaries)
2020-1-SCI-026 P3 HRS (Constraining the nature of massive stellar winds)
2019-2-MLT-004 P4 RSS (Monitoring the line emission in Southern Galactic Be/X-ray binaries)
2019-1-MLT-003 P4 RSS (x2) (A SALT survey of chemically-peculiar hot subdwarfs.)

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Night Log 2020-09-08

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others:

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A full night of observing with many high priority targets observed and minimal downtime.

Science data taken for:
2018-1-SCI-041 P1 RSS (Confirmation and redshift determination of galaxy clusters.)
2020-1-SCI-027 P1 RSS (x2) (Redshift measurements of BL Lac objects for the CTA project)
2018-1-MLT-005 P1 HRS (HRS observations of symbiotic stars)
2018-2-MLT-006 P2 RSS (Study of unclassified extragalactic NuSTAR serendipitous sources)
2018-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2019-1-MLT-003 P2 RSS (A SALT survey of chemically-peculiar hot subdwarfs.)
2020-1-SCI-019 P2 RSS (Monitoring an intriguing class of luminous binary stars)
2020-1-SCI-020 P2 HRS (Studies of new heart-beating stars.)
2020-1-SCI-010 P4 RSS (Galaxies responsible for ultrastrong MgII absorption.)
2020-1-SCI-014 P4 HRS (Searching for new chemically peculiar stars in the southern hemisphere.)

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Night Log 2020-09-07

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others:

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A full night of observing with a mix of priority targets observed and minimal downtime.

Science data taken for:
2018-2-MLT-005 P0 RSS (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2020-1-SCI-027 P1 RSS (x2) (Redshift measurements of BL Lac objects for the CTA project)
2020-1-SCI-013 P2 RSS (Finding young stars and their planets)
2018-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2020-1-SCI-019 P2 HRS (Monitoring an intriguing class of luminous binary stars)
2020-1-MLT-007 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2019-2-MLT-004 P3 RSS (Monitoring the line emission in Southern Galactic Be/X-ray binaries)
2019-2-SCI-049 P3 HRS (Following the time evolution of polluted white dwarfs.)
2019-2-SCI-031 P4 HRS (Study of RV Tauri stars without a circumbinary disc.)
2019-2-SCI-006 P4 HRS (x3) (Investigating the multiplicity of WR stars)
2020-1-SCI-008 P4 HRS (Searching for dormant black holes in binary systems)

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Night Log 2020-09-06

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Managed to get a few low priority blocks before the humidity forced us to close.

Science data taken for:
2020-1-SCI-023 P3 HRS (x2) (Probing the binarity of a sample of galactic proto-planetary nebulae)
2019-2-SCI-006 P4 HRS (Investigating the multiplicity of WR stars)

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Night Log 2020-09-05

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Lost the entire night to bad weather.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2020-09-04

SA: Rudi
SO: Fred
Others: Alexei at the beginning, Eben

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Managed to get a few blocks observed before the clouds forced us to close.

Science data taken for:
2019-2-MLT-001 P1 RSS (Study of polarization in blazars.)
2019-2-SCI-031 P4 HRS (Study of RV Tauri stars without a circumbinary disc.)
2020-1-SCI-023 P4 HRS (x2) (Probing the binarity of a sample of galactic proto-planetary nebulae)

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