SA: Lee
SO: Thea
Others: Thabelo for TimDimm
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Summary
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A good, clear night tonight, with no technical issues. We completed 12 blocks of mixed priority, before humidity closed us about half an hour before twilight.
Science data taken for:
2021-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2022-1-MLT-004 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2022-2-SCI-032 P1 RSS (Unveiling deeply hidden growing black holes)
2022-2-COM-001 P1 HRS (HS pipeline observations @dlhwp)
2022-2-SCI-010 P2 HRS (Tracing of metallicity gradient)
2021-2-MLT-005 P2 HRS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2022-2-ORP-004 P2 RSS (Spectroscopic classification of Gaia alert microlensing event candidates)
2021-2-LSP-001 P2 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x2) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2022-2-SCI-040 P4 RSS (This proposal characterizes the main sequence star in a co-moving system containing a brown dwarf.)
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Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Monday, January 30, 2023
Night Log 2023-01-29
SA: Lee
SO: Thea
Others: Moses, Marsha, Thabelo (for NIRWALS tests)
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Summary
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The weather made life very difficult for us tonight. Strong winds prevented us from aligning the mirror properly at the start of the night. We finally got a good array, only to have very poor seeing (6" at times!) hamper our efforts, until humidity mercifully closed us just before 2am. Only 4 blocks completed.
Science data taken for:
2020-2-MLT-007 P1 HRS (HRS observations of a high mass binary system.)
2021-2-MLT-004 P4 RSS (x2) (Spectropolarimetric Monitoring of eta Car)
2022-2-SCI-004 P4 RSS (Building a sample of AGN-dust dominated galaxies)
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SO: Thea
Others: Moses, Marsha, Thabelo (for NIRWALS tests)
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Summary
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The weather made life very difficult for us tonight. Strong winds prevented us from aligning the mirror properly at the start of the night. We finally got a good array, only to have very poor seeing (6" at times!) hamper our efforts, until humidity mercifully closed us just before 2am. Only 4 blocks completed.
Science data taken for:
2020-2-MLT-007 P1 HRS (HRS observations of a high mass binary system.)
2021-2-MLT-004 P4 RSS (x2) (Spectropolarimetric Monitoring of eta Car)
2022-2-SCI-004 P4 RSS (Building a sample of AGN-dust dominated galaxies)
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Sunday, January 29, 2023
Night Log 2023-01-28
SA: Lee
SO: Thea
Others:
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Summary
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Night lost to high humidity.
No science data taken.
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SO: Thea
Others:
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Summary
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Night lost to high humidity.
No science data taken.
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Saturday, January 28, 2023
Night Log 2023-01-27
SA: Lee
SO: Thea
Others: Thabelo for TimDimm
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Summary
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A clear night with mostly good seeing and very little downtime. The weather and telescope are both playing nicely so far this week! We completed several high priority observations, including a number of MOS blocks.
Science data taken for:
2021-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2022-2-SCI-040 P1 RSS (x2) (This proposal characterizes the main sequence star in a co-moving system containing a brown dwarf.)
2022-2-SCI-037 P1 RSS (x2) (Revealing Physical Properties of Emission-Line Galaxies at z<0.4.)
2022-2-SCI-032 P1 RSS (Unveiling deeply hidden growing black holes)
2022-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales)
2022-2-SCI-024 P2 RSS (Spectroscopy of ultra-diffuse galaxies)
2021-2-LSP-001 P2 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
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SO: Thea
Others: Thabelo for TimDimm
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Summary
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A clear night with mostly good seeing and very little downtime. The weather and telescope are both playing nicely so far this week! We completed several high priority observations, including a number of MOS blocks.
Science data taken for:
2021-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2022-2-SCI-040 P1 RSS (x2) (This proposal characterizes the main sequence star in a co-moving system containing a brown dwarf.)
2022-2-SCI-037 P1 RSS (x2) (Revealing Physical Properties of Emission-Line Galaxies at z<0.4.)
2022-2-SCI-032 P1 RSS (Unveiling deeply hidden growing black holes)
2022-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales)
2022-2-SCI-024 P2 RSS (Spectroscopy of ultra-diffuse galaxies)
2021-2-LSP-001 P2 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
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Friday, January 27, 2023
Night Log 2023-01-26
SA: Lee
SO: Thea
Others:
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Summary
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Another full night with no downtime. Some good seeing gave way to variable and then pretty dreadful seeing later in the night. Several mixed priority blocks completed.
Science data taken for:
2021-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2022-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales)
2022-2-SCI-032 P1 RSS (Unveiling deeply hidden growing black holes)
2018-1-MLT-004 P1 RSS (Dark energy and the expansion rate of the Universe from quasar monitoring.)
2022-2-SCI-010 P2 HRS (Tracing of metallicity gradient)
2022-2-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Redshift measurements of BL Lacs for the CTA project)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 HRS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
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SO: Thea
Others:
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Summary
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Another full night with no downtime. Some good seeing gave way to variable and then pretty dreadful seeing later in the night. Several mixed priority blocks completed.
Science data taken for:
2021-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2022-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales)
2022-2-SCI-032 P1 RSS (Unveiling deeply hidden growing black holes)
2018-1-MLT-004 P1 RSS (Dark energy and the expansion rate of the Universe from quasar monitoring.)
2022-2-SCI-010 P2 HRS (Tracing of metallicity gradient)
2022-2-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Redshift measurements of BL Lacs for the CTA project)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 HRS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
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Thursday, January 26, 2023
Night Log 2023-01-25
SA: Lee
SO: Thea
Others: Thabelo for Dimm
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Summary
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A clear night full of science and no technical downtime. Some decent seeing before midnight gave way to more variable seeing, especially internally, in the second part of the night, which meant we were limited to lower priority blocks for spells.
Science data taken for:
2018-1-MLT-004 P1 SCAM (Dark energy and the expansion rate of the Universe from quasar monitoring.)
2022-2-SCI-006 P2 RSS (Optical followup of MALS targets.)
2022-1-MLT-003 P2 RSS (Void galaxies in the Local Volume: probing peculiarities of their chemical evolution)
2020-1-MLT-005 P2 RSS (Study of extraplanar diffuse ionized gas in moderately inclined galaxies.)
2022-2-SCI-010 P2 HRS (Tracing of metallicity gradient)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 HRS (x5) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2021-2-MLT-004 P4 RSS (Spectropolarimetric Monitoring of eta Car)
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SO: Thea
Others: Thabelo for Dimm
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Summary
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A clear night full of science and no technical downtime. Some decent seeing before midnight gave way to more variable seeing, especially internally, in the second part of the night, which meant we were limited to lower priority blocks for spells.
Science data taken for:
2018-1-MLT-004 P1 SCAM (Dark energy and the expansion rate of the Universe from quasar monitoring.)
2022-2-SCI-006 P2 RSS (Optical followup of MALS targets.)
2022-1-MLT-003 P2 RSS (Void galaxies in the Local Volume: probing peculiarities of their chemical evolution)
2020-1-MLT-005 P2 RSS (Study of extraplanar diffuse ionized gas in moderately inclined galaxies.)
2022-2-SCI-010 P2 HRS (Tracing of metallicity gradient)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 HRS (x5) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2021-2-MLT-004 P4 RSS (Spectropolarimetric Monitoring of eta Car)
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Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Night Log 2023-01-24
SA: Danièl
SO: Thea
Others: Lee (handover)
SO: Thea
Others: Lee (handover)
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Summary
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We managed to complete a number of high priority blocks tonight before the weather closed us for about an hour to twilight.
Science data taken for:
2021-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (x2) (Followup of Transients)
2022-2-SCI-016 P1 RSS (Spectroscopic classification of Gaia microlensing event candidates)
2022-1-MLT-003 P2 RSS (Void galaxies in the Local Volume: probing peculiarities of their chemical evolution)
2022-2-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Redshift measurements of BL Lacs for the CTA project)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2022-2-SCI-040 P4 RSS (This proposal characterizes the main sequence star in a co-moving system containing a brown dwarf.)
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