Friday, June 30, 2023

Night Log 2023-06-29

SA: Lee
SO: Thea
Others: Danièl (polarimetry cals), Marsha & Moses for NIRWALS tests

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Night lost to weather again.

No science data taken.

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Thursday, June 29, 2023

Night Log 2023-06-28

SA: Lee
SO: Thea
Others: Timmy, Bryne, Thabelo working on tracker

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Night lost to cloud and humidity.

No science data taken.

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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Night Log 2023-06-27

SA: Alexei
SO: Veronica
Others: Lee by Zoom for handover

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=> Entire night lost to weather.

No science data taken.

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Night Log 2023-06-26

SA: Alexei
SO: Veronica
Others:

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=> Entire night lost to weather.

No science data taken.

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Monday, June 26, 2023

Night Log 2023-06-25

SA: Alexei
SO: Veronica
Others:

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=> Entire night lost to weather.

No science data taken.

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Sunday, June 25, 2023

Night Log 2023-06-24

SA: Alexei
SO: Veronica
Others:

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=> Unstable night with fields of clouds and rising humidity. Only three blocks were observed in such poor conditions. Weekly HRS calibrations were done.

Science data taken for:
2023-1-SCI-034 P1 RSS ( Measuring total galaxy mass for disk-heating sample of edge-on galaxies)
2023-1-SCI-030 P1 RSS (Looking for orbital motion in binaries)
2019-1-MLT-008 P2 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)

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Saturday, June 24, 2023

Night Log 2023-06-23

SA: Alexei
SO: Veronica
Others:

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=> Were closed during first half of the night for the reason of very strong wind. Opened about midnight and observed till morning twilight. Moderate seeing. Mostly high priority blocks were observed.

Science data taken for:
2022-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (Tracing the evolution of the most massive galaxies in the universe)
2023-1-SCI-026 P1 HRS (Searching for dark compact objects in ellipsoidal variable systems)
2023-1-SCI-034 P1 RSS (x2) ( Measuring total galaxy mass for disk-heating sample of edge-on galaxies)
2023-1-SCI-022 P1 RSS (Unveiling deeply hidden growing black holes)
2023-1-SCI-014 P1 RSS (Study of the galaxies that produces strong MgII absorption in the spectra of the background quasars.)
2023-1-SCI-027 P2 RSS (Probing magnetic field strength of cataclysmic variables stars )
2023-1-MLT-006 P2 RSS (Study dwarf galaxies in voids)
2023-1-SCI-023 P3 HRS (Spectra of RR Lyrae stars which will be used to determine the composition of the stars. )

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