Night Log 2025-09-09

SA: Danièl
SO: Veronica
Others: Thabelo (HRS), Lee and Nomzamo (handover)

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We had some technical issues tonight but managed to complete a number of blocks.

Science data taken for:
2024-2-SCI-025 P1 RSS (Looking for proto hot Jupiters)
2024-2-MLT-001 P2 HRS (x3) (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)
2025-1-SCI-031 P3 HRS (x2) (High resolution spectra to obtain abundances of RR Lyrae stars.)
2025-1-SCI-010 P3 HRS (Doppler imaging of the unexplored Southern Ap star)
2023-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (x3) (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2024-2-SCI-001 P3 HRS (Study of the properties of five extreme mass-ratio binaries)
2023-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2025-1-SCI-018 P4 HRS (delta Sct Ap stars)
2024-1-MLT-010 P4 HRS (Stellar Characterisation of Ariel mission targets: derivation of N and O abundances)

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Night Log 2025-09-08

SA: Danièl
SO: Veronica
Others: Thabelo

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High humidity kept us closed for the night.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2025-09-07

SA: Danièl
SO: Veronica
Others: Thabelo

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The weather was perfect to see the moon eclipse and experience the blood moon. We managed to complete several blocks, mostly low priority. High humidity closed us two hours before twilight.

Science data taken for:
2023-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (x4) (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2024-2-SCI-001 P3 HRS (Study of the properties of five extreme mass-ratio binaries)
2025-1-MLT-006 P3 HRS (Search for binary post-AGB stars.)
2023-2-MLT-005 P3 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2025-1-MLT-001 P3 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far.)
2025-1-SCI-018 P4 HRS (delta Sct Ap stars)
2025-1-SCI-003 P4 HRS (x4) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)

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Night Log 2025-09-06

SA: Danièl
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Thick clouds closed us for the first part of the night, but cleared after midnight. We managed to complete several blocks, mostly low priorities.

Science data taken for:
2025-1-SCI-031 P2 HRS (High resolution spectra to obtain abundances of RR Lyrae stars.)
2025-1-SCI-010 P3 HRS (Doppler imaging of the unexplored Southern Ap star)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x2) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
2024-1-MLT-010 P3 HRS (Stellar Characterisation of Ariel mission targets: derivation of N and O abundances)
2023-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (x2) (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2025-1-MLT-004 P4 RSS (Near-UV and visible spectroscopy of the primitive asteroids)
2025-1-SCI-012 P4 RSS (Artificial intelligence identification of extragalactic sources)

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Night Log 2025-09-05

SA: Danièl
SO: Veronica
Others:

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We lost the whole night to high humidity and had some issues with the mirror alignment at the start of the night, we only managed to complete 1 block.

Science data taken for:
2024-2-SCI-001 P3 HRS (Study of the properties of five extreme mass-ratio binaries)

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Night Log 2025-09-04

SA: Antoine
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Thick clouds forced us to close early, we managed to observe only one block.

Science data taken for:
2025-1-DDT-005 P0 HRS (High-res spectra of the first ever high-mass CV)

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Night Log 2025-09-03

SA: Antoine
SO: Veronica
Others:

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We lost some time at the beginning of the night due to thick clouds. The first part of the night the seeing was unstable, but in the second part we had good seeing. Nevertheless, we managed to observe a substantial number of blocks with mixed priorities.

Science data taken for:
2025-1-SCI-001 P0 RSS (SALT Spectra of Transients)
2024-2-COM-002 P1 RSS (This is a commissioning proposal)
2023-1-SCI-040 P1 HRS (Searching for variable metal lines in polluted white dwarfs)
2023-2-MLT-003 P2 RSS (x2) (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2024-2-LSP-002 P2 RSS (x2) (Pan-African AGN survey using SALT/IFS: tracing the properties of AGN and their host galaxies)
2023-2-MLT-005 P3 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2023-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2025-1-SCI-008 P3 RSS (Monitoring a special sample of quasars showing large continuum variations in their spectra.)
2025-1-SCI-031 P3 HRS (High resolution spectra to obtain abundances of RR Lyrae stars.)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x4) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)

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