Night Log 2025-03-25

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Summary
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Lost the entire night due to telescope shutdown.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2025-03-24

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Summary
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Lost the entire night due to telescope shutdown.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2025-03-23

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others: Austun, Wimpie

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Summary
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We managed to get all the required on-sky engineering test done as well as clear the RSS and HRS standards. We also managed to fit in a few science blocks towards the end of the night.

Science data taken for:
2019-1-COM-001 P1 SCAM (Burst-mirror throughput test )
2019-1-MLT-008 P1 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2024-2-SCI-027 P1 RSS (Studying kinematics and properties of starbursts and LIRGs using SALT IFUs)
2016-2-COM-001 P1 RSS (Polarimetry test proposal)
2024-1-COM-001 P1 NIR (NIRWALS Testing)
2024-2-SCI-012 P2 RSS (Tracing the large-scale galactic outflows)
2024-2-SCI-002 P3 HRS (High resolution spectrocopy of Type II Cepheids)
2023-2-MLT-005 P3 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2024-2-MLT-001 P3 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)

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Night Log 2025-03-22

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others: Austun

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Summary
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High humidity and ridge cloud prevented us from opening up tonight.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2025-03-21

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others: Austun

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Summary
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High humidity and ridge cloud prevented us from opening up tonight.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2025-03-20

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others: Austun, Sam, Eben

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The weather prevented us from opening up tonight. We managed to complete the closed-dome pre-shutdown engineering tests.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2025-03-19

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others: Austun, Ros

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Summary
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We managed to get one P0 block done before we spent the rest of the night doing pre-shutdown engineering tests.

Science data taken for:
2024-1-SCI-042 P0 RSS (SALT Spectra of Transients)

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