Night Log 2025-02-19

SA: Antoine
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Night lost to weather.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2025-02-18

SA: Danièl
SO: Austun
Others: Lisa, Antoine (handover)

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We only managed to do 4 blocks tonight before bad weather closed us for the rest of the night.

Science data taken for:
2024-2-SCI-019 P1 RSS (Reconstructing the Star Formation History of the HI-truncated galaxy NGC1316A in the Fornax A group)
2023-2-LSP-001 P4 RSS (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2024-2-SCI-003 P4 HRS (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
2023-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)

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Night Log 2025-02-17

SA: Danièl
SO: Austun
Others: Lisa, Dartmouth students

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Another full night of observations done, including a GW P0.

Science data taken for:
2024-2-GWE-001 P0 RSS (EM-GW Follow-up)
2016-2-COM-001 P1 RSS (Polarimetry test proposal)
2023-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (x4) (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2024-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2024-1-MLT-002 P2 RSS (Tracking Accretion Flows via BLR Emission in Changing-Look Active Galactic Nuclei)
2024-1-MLT-006 P3 HRS (Monitor the spectral emission lines of these Be binaries.)
2024-2-SCI-042 P3 RSS (Confirming the binary nature of yellow supergiants in the Magellanic Clouds)
2023-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (x2) (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2024-1-MLT-010 P3 HRS (Stellar Characterisation of Ariel mission targets: derivation of N and O abundances)
2024-2-SCI-025 P4 HRS (x2) (Looking for proto hot Jupiters)

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Night Log 2025-02-16

SA: Danièl
SO: Austun
Others: E10 (HRS), Dartmouth students

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We had a good night, except for one hiccup, and managed to complete a few blocks along with a GW P0.

Science data taken for:
2024-2-GWE-001 P0 RSS (EM-GW Follow-up)
2024-2-COM-001 P1 HRS (HRS HS Commissioning )
2019-1-MLT-008 P1 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2024-2-SCI-024 P1 RSS (x2) (Studying the broad-line region in a quasar using reverberation mapping )
2024-2-DDT-004 P1 HRS (Study of the complex magnetic field of a fast-rotating B-type star)
2024-2-SCI-025 P1 HRS (Looking for proto hot Jupiters)
2024-1-SCI-026 P1 RSS (Spectroscopic study of the intermediate-mass X-ray binary system, 4U 1210-64)
2024-2-SCI-030 P2 RSS (testing grain alignment in Coalsack cloud through spectropolarimetry)
2024-2-MLT-003 P2 RSS (Photometric Reverberation Mapping of Seyfert AGN)
2024-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2024-2-SCI-021 P3 RSS (Searching for fast-moving black holes )
2024-2-SCI-004 P3 RSS (Probing the quasar outflows.)
2023-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2024-2-SCI-003 P4 HRS (x2) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)

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Night Log 2025-02-15

SA: Danièl
SO: Austun
Others: Dartmouth Students

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We managed to complete a few blocks tonight along with a GW P0 although seeing ultimately would cause us to not complete the block visit.

Science data taken for:
2024-2-SCI-040 P2 RSS (Constraining the initial mass of the progenitor of the neutron star in 2SXPS J075542.5-293353)
2024-2-SCI-002 P3 HRS (High resolution spectrocopy of Type II Cepheids)
2023-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2024-2-SCI-011 P3 RSS (Observing hot and cool H-deficient stars to demonstrate evolution links.)
2024-2-SCI-003 P4 HRS (x8) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
2024-2-SCI-029 P4 RSS (Artificial intelligence identification of extragalactic sources)
2024-2-ORP-004 P4 RSS (Study of LRN geometry)
2024-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (Spectroscopic monitoring of two unique red supergiants in the LMC)
2023-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)

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Night Log 2025-02-14

SA: Danièl
SO: Austun
Others:

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We had a smooth night, no technical issues. We also observed a GW event candidate.

Science data taken for:
2024-2-GWE-001 P0 RSS (EM-GW Follow-up)
2016-2-COM-001 P1 RSS (Polarimetry test proposal)
2024-2-DDT-004 P1 HRS (Study of the complex magnetic field of a fast-rotating B-type star)
2024-2-MLT-003 P2 RSS (Photometric Reverberation Mapping of Seyfert AGN)
2024-2-MLT-006 P2 HRS (HRS observations of a high mass binary system.)
2024-2-SCI-040 P2 RSS (Constraining the initial mass of the progenitor of the neutron star in 2SXPS J075542.5-293353)
2024-2-SCI-028 P3 HRS (Probing the mode of accretion in Herbig Be stars.)
2024-1-MLT-004 P3 RSS (Observations of white dwarf supernovae to be observed also with JWST.)
2024-2-SCI-002 P3 HRS (High resolution spectrocopy of Type II Cepheids)
2024-2-SCI-021 P3 RSS (Searching for fast-moving black holes )
2024-2-SCI-011 P3 HRS (Observing hot and cool H-deficient stars to demonstrate evolution links.)
2023-2-LSP-001 P4 RSS (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2024-2-MLT-001 P4 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)
2024-2-SCI-003 P4 HRS (x2) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)

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Night Log 2025-02-13

SA: Danièl
SO: Austun
Others: E10 (mirror)

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We had a relative good night, although the humidity caused trouble around midnight. Humidity spiked, causing the seeing to blow up.

Science data taken for:
2024-2-DDT-004 P1 HRS (Study of the complex magnetic field of a fast-rotating B-type star)
2024-2-ORP-004 P2 RSS (x3) (Study of LRN geometry)
2024-2-SCI-021 P3 RSS (x2) (Searching for fast-moving black holes )
2023-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2024-2-MLT-001 P3 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)
2023-2-MLT-005 P4 HRS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2024-2-SCI-003 P4 HRS (x4) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)

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