Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Night Log 2026-04-20

SA: Rudi SO: Austun Others: Zwido ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Telescope still offline due to technical problems, but the weather would not have allowed us to open anyway. No science data taken. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Monday, April 20, 2026

Night Log 2026-04-19

SA: Rudi SO: Austun Others: Zwido ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Telescope offline due to technical problems, but the weather prevented us from opening even if the telescope was ready. No science data taken. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sunday, April 19, 2026

Night Log 2026-04-18

SA: Rudi SO: Austun Others: Zwido, Rudi guests ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Technical problems prevented us from opening up tonight. No science data taken. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Saturday, April 18, 2026

Night Log 2026-04-17

SA: Rudi SO: Austun Others: Zwido, Antoine for SMI Pre-commissioning task with pinhole test. Shamin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ High winds, high humidity and clouds kept us closed all night. No science data taken. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Friday, April 17, 2026

Night Log 2026-04-16

SA: Rudi SO: Austun Others: Zwido ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ High humidity and clouds prevented us from opening up tonight. No science data taken. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Night Log 2026-04-15

SA: Rudi SO: Austun Others: Zwido (in the driving seat), Cornelius ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We managed to get a number of mixed priority blocks observed before the humidity forced us to close just after midnight. Conditions were good up to that point with stable seeing and very little wind. Science data taken for: 2025-1-COM-001 P1 HRS (HRS HS Commissioning ) 2024-2-LSP-001 P2 HRS (Followup of Transients) 2025-1-MLT-001 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far.) 2025-2-SCI-039 P2 RSS (x2) (Optical and near-infrared IFU observations of nearby starbursts and LIRGs) 2025-2-SCI-019 P3 RSS (Probing CGM Response to Quasar Variability) 2025-2-SCI-014 P3 RSS (We are probing the large scale outflows in bright quasars through absorption spectroscopy.) 2025-2-LSP-001 P4 HRS (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Night Log 2026-04-14

SA: Antoine SO: Veronica Others: Austun, Rudi, Zwido and Machael ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We managed to observe 6 blocks before high wind speeds and high humidity forced us to close. Science data taken for: 2025-2-SCI-021 P1 RSS (x2) (Investigation of activity among main-belt objects) 2024-2-LSP-001 P2 HRS (Followup of Transients) 2025-1-MLT-001 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far.) 2024-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (Followup of Transients) 2025-2-SCI-004 P3 HRS (observations of ssrAp stars) ------------------------------------------------------------------------