Sunday, April 30, 2023

Night Log 2023-04-29

SA: Moses
SO: Thea
Others: Antoine, Eben

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We had a very productive night despite some technical problems and poor seeing at times. We observed many blocks of mixed priority.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-MLT-004 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2021-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2022-2-COM-001 P1 HRS (HS pipeline observations @dlhwp)
2022-2-ORP-003 P1 RSS (Excluding optical counterparts for isolated neutron star candidates form the eROSITA All-Sky Survey)
2022-2-MLT-001 P1 RSS (x2) (Longslit observations of MHONGOOSE Galaxies)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2021-1-MLT-005 P4 RSS (x4) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2021-2-MLT-005 P4 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)

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Saturday, April 29, 2023

Night Log 2023-04-28

SA: Moses
SO: Thea
Others: Antoine

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We had good night of very good seeing and clear skies after the initial bit of thick clouds cleared. We managed to observe many high priority blocks, just in time with the semester end in sight.



Science data taken for:
2022-1-MLT-004 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2022-2-SCI-031 P1 RSS (Identifying emission line sources in the nearby galaxy NGC 3109)
2022-2-MLT-001 P1 RSS (x5) (Longslit observations of MHONGOOSE Galaxies)
2021-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (x3) (Followup of Transients)
2019-1-MLT-008 P2 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2022-2-ORP-002 P2 RSS (Spectropolarimetric study of nearby galaxies.)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 HRS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)

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Friday, April 28, 2023

Night Log 2023-04-27

SA: Moses
SO: Thea
Others: Antoine

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Lost the whole night due to bad weather (high humidity)

No science data taken.

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Thursday, April 27, 2023

Night Log 2023-04-26

SA: Moses
SO: Thea
Others: Antoine, Eben (for NIRWALS)

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We had very productive night despite the varying cloud cover throughout the night. The seeing was very good and we managed to observe many blocks throughout the night.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-MLT-004 P0 RSS (x2) (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2021-2-LSP-001 P0 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2022-2-COM-001 P1 HRS (x2) (HS pipeline observations @dlhwp)
2022-2-SCI-040 P1 RSS (This proposal characterizes the main sequence star in a co-moving system containing a brown dwarf.)
2022-2-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Redshift measurements of BL Lacs for the CTA project)
2022-2-SCI-024 P2 RSS (x2) (Spectroscopy of ultra-diffuse galaxies)
2022-2-SCI-039 P2 RSS (Rotation curves of edge-on galaxies)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 HRS (x3) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x2) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2022-2-SCI-005 P4 RSS (Probing the quasar outflows.)

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Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Night Log 2023-04-25

SA: Moses
SO: Xola
Others: Antoine, Bryne (for TimDimm)

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The seeing was excellent tonight, the clouds stayed away and turned the night into a very productive first night back. Multiple P0s and many high priority blocks were observed tonight.

Science data taken for:
2021-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2022-2-DDT-003 P0 RSS (Ionized gas observation of CHILES high-z HI detection candidate)
2022-2-SCI-023 P1 RSS (Probing the environment inside Extreme Emission Line Dwarf Galaxies)
2022-2-SCI-024 P2 RSS (x2) (Spectroscopy of ultra-diffuse galaxies)
2022-2-SCI-039 P2 RSS (x2) (Rotation curves of edge-on galaxies)
2022-2-SCI-015 P2 RSS (Study of the galaxies that produces strong MgII absorption in the spectra of the background quasars.)
2022-1-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2021-1-MLT-005 P2 RSS (x2) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2022-2-MLT-004 P3 RSS (Redshift measurements of BL Lacs for the CTA project)

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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Night Log 2023-04-24

SA: Danièl
SO: Xola
Others:

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High humidity kept us closed for the night.

No science data taken.

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Monday, April 24, 2023

Night Log 2023-04-23

SA: Danièl
SO: Xola
Others:

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Thick clouds and high humidity kept us closed for the night.

No science data taken.

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