Night Log 2026-01-23

SA: Antoine
SO: Nomzamo
Others: Wimpie

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A full night of observing in relatively good seeing conditions. Despite some downtime, we observed several blocks of mixed priorities.

Science data taken for:
2025-1-MLT-001 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far.)
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2024-2-LSP-002 P1 RSS (Pan-African AGN survey using SALT/IFS: tracing the properties of AGN and their host galaxies)
2025-2-MLT-012 P2 HRS (Search for binary stars which may form planetary nebulae.)
2025-2-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x4) (Cosmic dance of massive triple)
2025-2-SCI-029 P3 HRS (High resolution spectroscopy of asteroseismic targets)
2025-2-LSP-003 P3 RSS (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2024-2-MLT-001 P3 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)
2025-2-MLT-013 P3 RSS (x3) (Searching for double hydrogen-deficient stars)
2025-2-MLT-004 P3 HRS (Radial Velocity Monitoring and Atmospheric Parameters Study of Yellow Symbiotic Giants)

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Night Log 2026-01-22

SA: Antoine
SO: Nomzamo
Others: Daniel (help on sky flat)

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We observed a good mix of priority blocks, but humidity forced us to close early.

Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-MLT-001 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far.)
2025-1-COM-001 P1 HRS (HRS HS Commissioning )
2025-2-MLT-006 P1 RSS (Study of galaxy properties of galaxy group HIPASS 1059-09)
2025-2-MLT-009 P2 RSS (Spectroscopy of ultra-diffuse galaxies)
2025-2-SCI-034 P3 RSS (Probing magnetic field strength in mangnetic CVs)
2025-2-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x2) (Cosmic dance of massive triple)
2025-2-SCI-040 P3 HRS (Characterising a binary system before the stars merge to form a luminous red nova)
2024-2-MLT-001 P3 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)
2025-2-LSP-001 P4 HRS (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)

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Night Log 2026-01-21

SA: Antoine
SO: Nomzamo
Others: Wimpie and Nico for PM alignement

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A full night of observing in relatively good seeing conditions.

Science data taken for:
2025-1-MLT-004 P1 RSS (Near-UV and visible spectroscopy of the primitive asteroids)
2025-2-SCI-021 P1 RSS (x4) (Investigation of activity among main-belt objects)
2025-1-COM-001 P1 HRS (HRS HS Commissioning )
2025-2-SCI-009 P2 HRS (High resolution spectrocopy of Type II Cepheids)
2025-2-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x5) (Cosmic dance of massive triple)
2025-2-SCI-040 P3 HRS (Characterising a binary system before the stars merge to form a luminous red nova)
2025-2-MLT-013 P3 RSS (Searching for double hydrogen-deficient stars)
2024-2-MLT-001 P3 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)
2025-2-SCI-034 P3 RSS (Probing magnetic field strength in mangnetic CVs)

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Night Log 2026-01-20

SA: Rudi
SO: Shamin
Others: Antoine, Nomzamo

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A full night of observing with some really bad seeing for a large part of the night. The bad and variable conditions forced us to observe mostly low priority blocks.

Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-COM-001 P1 HRS (HRS HS Commissioning )
2024-2-SCI-025 P2 HRS (Looking for proto hot Jupiters)
2024-1-MLT-001 P2 RSS (Study of the outer parts of lenticular galaxies.)
2025-2-LSP-003 P3 RSS (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2025-2-SCI-040 P3 HRS (Characterising a binary system before the stars merge to form a luminous red nova)
2025-2-SCI-029 P3 HRS (High resolution spectroscopy of asteroseismic targets)
2025-2-LSP-001 P4 HRS (x3) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
2025-2-MLT-001 P4 RSS (Toward a complete census of void galaxy properties in the Local Volume)

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Night Log 2026-01-19

SA: Rudi
SO: Shamin
Others:

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Another full night of observing. We observed mostly lower priority blocks due to the variable seeing conditions tonight. No technical downtime.

Science data taken for:
2025-2-MLT-011 P0 RSS (Obtaining dynamical information and constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales)
2025-2-SCI-014 P1 RSS (We are probing the large scale outflows in bright quasars through absorption spectroscopy.)
2025-2-LSP-003 P2 RSS (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2025-2-SCI-010 P3 RSS (Optical spectroscopy of blazars for the CTAO project)
2025-2-MLT-006 P3 RSS (Study of galaxy properties of galaxy group HIPASS 1059-09)
2025-2-SCI-040 P3 HRS (Characterising a binary system before the stars merge to form a luminous red nova)
2025-2-SCI-004 P3 HRS (observations of ssrAp stars)
2024-1-MLT-010 P3 HRS (Stellar Characterisation of Ariel mission targets: derivation of N and O abundances)

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Night Log 2026-01-18

SA: Rudi
SO: Shamin
Others:

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A full night of observing. We had some weather downtime, engineering time and technical downtime tonight. Mostly lower priority blocks observed due to the variable seeing conditions.

Science data taken for:
2025-2-LSP-003 P2 RSS (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2025-2-SCI-006 P3 HRS (Measuring Lithium abundances in UMa candidate stars)
2025-2-MLT-013 P3 RSS (x2) (Searching for double hydrogen-deficient stars)
2024-1-MLT-010 P3 HRS (Stellar Characterisation of Ariel mission targets: derivation of N and O abundances)
2025-2-SCI-035 P3 RSS (Study of a sample of high redshift radio sources at z>3)
2025-2-MLT-006 P3 RSS (Study of galaxy properties of galaxy group HIPASS 1059-09)

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Night Log 2026-01-17

SA: Rudi
SO: Shamin
Others: Kevin and kids

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A full night of observing in relatively stable conditions. A good mix of priority blocks observed.

Science data taken for:
2024-2-MLT-006 P1 HRS (HRS observations of a high mass binary system.)
2025-2-DDT-002 P1 HRS (SALT/HRS observations of a gamma-ray bright HMXB in the LMC. )
2025-1-COM-001 P1 HRS (HRS HS Commissioning )
2025-1-MLT-002 P2 RSS (Tracking Accretion Flows via BLR Emission in Changing-Look Active Galactic Nuclei)
2025-2-MLT-013 P3 RSS (x2) (Searching for double hydrogen-deficient stars)
2025-2-MLT-006 P3 RSS (Study of galaxy properties of galaxy group HIPASS 1059-09)
2025-2-SCI-004 P3 HRS (observations of ssrAp stars)
2024-1-MLT-010 P3 HRS (x2) (Stellar Characterisation of Ariel mission targets: derivation of N and O abundances)

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