Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Night Log 2022-11-29

SA: Danièl
SO: Thea
Others: Moses (handover)

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We managed a full night of observation, very little tech down time experienced.


Science data taken for:
2020-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (x2) (Study of extraplanar diffuse ionized gas in moderately inclined galaxies.)
2021-2-MLT-004 P1 RSS (Spectropolarimetric Monitoring of eta Car)
2020-2-MLT-007 P1 HRS (HRS observations of a high mass binary system.)
2019-1-MLT-008 P1 HRS (x2) (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2022-2-SCI-023 P3 RSS (x2) (Probing the environment inside Extreme Emission Line Dwarf Galaxies)
2021-2-MLT-006 P3 HRS (x2) (Accurate parameters of stars in Tight Triple Systems)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)

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Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Night Log 2022-11-28

SA: Danièl
SO: Thea
Others:

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Summary
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Thick clouds made life a bit difficult tonight, but we managed to complete a few blocks despite this.

Science data taken for:
2020-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Study of extraplanar diffuse ionized gas in moderately inclined galaxies.)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2022-2-MLT-003 P3 RSS (x2) (Tracing the evolution of the most massive galaxies in the universe)

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Monday, November 28, 2022

Night Log 2022-11-27

SA: Danièl
SO: Thea
Others:

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Summary
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Another night of science, we managed to complete 7 blocks.

Science data taken for:
2019-1-MLT-008 P1 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2022-2-SCI-025 P1 HRS (Identifying chemical tracers of mass transfer for 16 candidate Field Blue Stragglers/Lurkers.)
2020-1-MLT-008 P1 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2021-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2022-2-SCI-023 P4 RSS (Probing the environment inside Extreme Emission Line Dwarf Galaxies)
2022-2-SCI-004 P4 RSS (x2) (Building a sample of AGN-dust dominated galaxies)

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Sunday, November 27, 2022

Night Log 2022-11-26

SA: Danièl
SO: Thea
Others:

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Summary
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We only managed to complete 4 blocks before thick clouds and humidity closed us for the night.

Science data taken for:
2022-2-MLT-001 P1 RSS (Longslit observations of MHONGOOSE Galaxies)
2022-2-MLT-003 P2 RSS (x2) (Tracing the evolution of the most massive galaxies in the universe)
2022-2-SCI-024 P2 RSS (Spectroscopy of ultra-diffuse galaxies)

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Saturday, November 26, 2022

Night Log 2022-11-25

SA: Danièl
SO: Thea
Others:

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Summary
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We managed another night of science observations. Humidity closed us an hour before morning twilight.

Science data taken for:
2021-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2022-2-SCI-012 P2 RSS (Study of the optical counterpart of a new pulsator in the Large Magellanic Cloud)
2022-2-SCI-024 P2 RSS (Spectroscopy of ultra-diffuse galaxies)
2022-2-MLT-003 P3 RSS (Tracing the evolution of the most massive galaxies in the universe)

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Friday, November 25, 2022

Night Log 2022-11-24

SA: Danièl
SO: Thea
Others:

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Summary
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We managed to complete 4 blocks before humidity closed us for the rest of the night.

Science data taken for:
2022-2-SCI-024 P2 RSS (Spectroscopy of ultra-diffuse galaxies)
2022-2-MLT-003 P2 RSS (Tracing the evolution of the most massive galaxies in the universe)
2021-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2022-2-SCI-012 P2 RSS (Study of the optical counterpart of a new pulsator in the Large Magellanic Cloud)

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Thursday, November 24, 2022

Night Log 2022-11-23

SA: Danièl
SO: Thea
Others: Solohery (handover)

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Summary
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We managed to observe 4 blocks before humidity closed us around 2 hours before sunrise.

Science data taken for:
2020-1-MLT-005 P2 RSS (Study of extraplanar diffuse ionized gas in moderately inclined galaxies.)
2022-2-MLT-003 P2 RSS (x2) (Tracing the evolution of the most massive galaxies in the universe)
2022-2-SCI-024 P2 RSS (Spectroscopy of ultra-diffuse galaxies)

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