Night Log 2025-12-24

SA: Alexei
SO: Veronica
Others:

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=> Unstable night with rising humidity and moderate seeing. Were closed by humidity soon after midnight.

Science data taken for:
2025-2-SCI-032 P1 RSS (Low resolution spectra of blue, low-mass galaxies to determine redshifts/velocities)
2025-2-SCI-040 P3 HRS (Characterising a binary system before the stars merge to form a luminous red nova)
2025-2-LSP-003 P3 RSS (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)

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Night Log 2025-12-23

SA: Rudi
SO: Austun
Others: Gideon (SO training), Alexei (handover)

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High humidity and clouds kept us closed all night.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2025-12-22

SA: Rudi
SO: Austun
Others: Gideon (SO training)

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Another full night of observing. Good stable seeing throughout allowed us to observe many high priority targets.

Science data taken for:
2025-2-SCI-003 P1 HRS (Cosmic dance of massive triple)
2024-2-LSP-001 P1 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2024-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-MLT-002 P2 RSS (Tracking Accretion Flows via BLR Emission in Changing-Look Active Galactic Nuclei)
2025-2-MLT-010 P2 HRS (SA-China Exoplanet Collaboration PASTA)
2025-2-SCI-014 P2 RSS (We are probing the large scale outflows in bright quasars through absorption spectroscopy.)
2025-2-SCI-038 P3 HRS (Identifying Be eclipsing binaries)
2024-2-MLT-001 P3 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)
2025-2-SCI-004 P3 HRS (observations of ssrAp stars)

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Night Log 2025-12-21

SA: Rudi
SO: Austun
Others: Gideon (SO training)

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A relatively good night with stable(ish) seeing throughout. Some clouds at the start of the night and high humidity at the end of the night kept us on our toes. Mostly high priority blocks observed.

Science data taken for:
2025-2-SCI-032 P1 RSS (Low resolution spectra of blue, low-mass galaxies to determine redshifts/velocities)
2024-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2024-1-MLT-001 P2 RSS (Study of the outer parts of lenticular galaxies.)
2025-2-SCI-039 P2 RSS (Optical and near-infrared IFU observations of nearby starbursts and LIRGs)
2025-2-MLT-010 P2 HRS (SA-China Exoplanet Collaboration PASTA)
2025-2-SCI-014 P3 RSS (We are probing the large scale outflows in bright quasars through absorption spectroscopy.)
2025-2-SCI-018 P3 RSS (Near-infrared (and one optical) spectra of AGN)

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Night Log 2025-12-20

SA: Rudi
SO: Austun
Others:

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We really battled with some bad seeing tonight. Mostly low priority blocks observed in poor conditions. High humidity cut the night short.

Science data taken for:
2025-2-SCI-022 P4 RSS (x4) (Artificial intelligence identification of extragalactic sources)
2020-1-MLT-008 P4 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)

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Night Log 2025-12-19

SA: Rudi
SO: Austun
Others: Gideon (SO training)

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A relatively good night with good to average seeing at times. We managed to get a few high priority blocks observed.

Science data taken for:
2025-1-MLT-001 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far.)
2025-2-SCI-032 P1 RSS (Low resolution spectra of blue, low-mass galaxies to determine redshifts/velocities)
2025-2-SCI-002 P1 RSS (Stellar versus gaseous kinematics in S0 galaxies with extended XUV-disks)
2025-2-SCI-035 P1 RSS (Study of a sample of high redshift radio sources at z>3)
2025-2-SCI-020 P2 RSS (Uncovering the nature of new X-ray objects discovered in the Magellanic system with eROSITA)
2024-2-SCI-025 P2 HRS (Looking for proto hot Jupiters)
2025-2-LSP-003 P3 RSS (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2025-2-SCI-001 P3 RSS (Observational program to srudy variations of Dark Matter Fraction among Galaxies)
2025-2-SCI-003 P3 HRS (Cosmic dance of massive triple)

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Night Log 2025-12-18

SA: Rudi
SO: Austun
Others: Gideon (SO training)

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A relatively good night, given the expected technical issues. Mixed priority blocks observed in relatively good seeing conditions throughout the night.

Science data taken for:
2025-2-MLT-007 P1 RSS (Spectroscopic monitoring of a unique red (?) supergiant in the LMC)
2019-1-COM-001 P1 SCAM (Burst-mirror throughput test )
2025-2-SCI-032 P1 RSS (Low resolution spectra of blue, low-mass galaxies to determine redshifts/velocities)
2025-1-MLT-004 P1 RSS (x2) (Near-UV and visible spectroscopy of the primitive asteroids)
2025-2-SCI-017 P2 RSS ("Understanding the peculiar collision geometry of the Cartwheel system")
2025-2-LSP-003 P3 RSS (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2025-2-SCI-018 P3 RSS (Near-infrared (and one optical) spectra of AGN)

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