Night Log 2024-10-16

SA: Alexei
SO: Nomzamo
Others:

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=> Full Moon unstable night with heavy clouds and rain at the beginning of the night. Finally we observed some amount of low priority blocks.

Science data taken for:
2024-1-SCI-019 P3 HRS (Asteroseismology of an eclipsing tidally tilted pulsator )
2023-1-MLT-007 P3 RSS (x2) (SALT+Gaia survey of helium-rich hot subdwarfs)
2018-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2024-1-MLT-010 P3 HRS (Stellar Characterisation of Ariel mission targets: derivation of N and O abundances)
2023-2-MLT-005 P3 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2024-1-SCI-007 P4 HRS (observing Ap stars)
2023-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2024-1-SCI-004 P4 HRS (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogueBuilding a new )

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Night Log 2024-10-15

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Nomzamo, Alexei, Waanie

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We had a mixed night, conditions were clear but the seeing was not good for part of the night, but we managed to observe a few high and low priority targets and some engineering tests.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-COM-003 P0 HRS (Some targets for NIR first LIght)
2024-1-SCI-028 P1 NIR (x2) (Near-infrared spectra of Halpha in redshifted AGN)
2019-1-COM-001 P1 SCAM (Burst-mirror throughput test )
2024-1-MLT-003 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2018-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2023-2-MLT-005 P3 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2024-1-SCI-004 P4 HRS (x2) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogueBuilding a new )

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Night Log 2024-10-14

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Eben

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We struggled against high winds and high humidity and only managed to observe a few blocks at the start of the night.

Science data taken for:
2024-1-MLT-003 P3 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2023-1-MLT-007 P3 RSS (SALT+Gaia survey of helium-rich hot subdwarfs)
2023-2-LSP-001 P4 RSS (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)

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Night Log 2024-10-13

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Lost the whole night due to bad weather.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2024-10-12

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Eben

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We had a clear, very dry night with good seeing; and we managed to observe many high priority blocks.

Science data taken for:
2023-1-COM-002 P1 RSS (Observing the Moon for polarimetry calibrations)
2024-1-SCI-028 P1 NIR (Near-infrared spectra of Halpha in redshifted AGN)
2024-1-MLT-009 P1 RSS (x2) (Optical Spectroscopy of nearby Galaxies)
2024-1-SCI-042 P2 RSS (x2) (SALT Spectra of Transients)
2024-1-LSP-001 P2 NIR (x4) (Study of star formation quenching in post-starburst galaxies)
2024-1-MLT-006 P3 HRS (Monitor the spectral emission lines of these Be binaries.)
2024-1-SCI-024 P4 RSS (Monitoring a special sample of quasars showing large continuum variations in their spectra.)
2024-1-SCI-004 P4 HRS (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogueBuilding a new )

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Night Log 2024-10-11

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Good seeing and clear skies and we had smooth night where we observed many high priority blocks.

Science data taken for:
2024-1-MLT-009 P1 RSS (Optical Spectroscopy of nearby Galaxies)
2024-1-SCI-034 P1 NIR (NIRWALS Observations of LIRGs and Starbursts)
2024-1-SCI-028 P1 NIR (Near-infrared spectra of Halpha in redshifted AGN)
2024-1-SCI-021 P1 HRS (Spectroscopy of HD68695S)
2024-1-LSP-001 P1 NIR (Study of star formation quenching in post-starburst galaxies)
2019-1-MLT-008 P1 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2023-2-MLT-002 P1 RSS (Constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales)
2024-1-MLT-003 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2023-2-MLT-003 P2 RSS (x2) (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)

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Night Log 2024-10-10

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Egan & John

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We struggled with thick cloud for most of the night, and bad seeing in the middle of it, so we only managed to observe a few low priority blocks.

Science data taken for:
2024-1-SCI-027 P4 RSS (Artifical intelligence identification of extragalactic sources)
2023-2-LSP-001 P4 RSS (x2) (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2024-1-SCI-004 P4 HRS (x2) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogueBuilding a new )

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