Night Log 2026-05-13

SA: Antoine SO: JC Others: Wampie and Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The humidity forced us to close for the first 3 hours and 43 minutes of the night, but after reopening, we managed to observe 11 blocks with good and stable seeing. Science data taken for: 2026-1-MLT-004 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far.) 2025-1-MLT-003 P1 HRS (Unraveling the enigmatic variability of AE Cir system with SALT) 2026-1-SCI-017 P1 HRS (Studying how outburst accretions stop in protoplanetary discs) 2026-1-SCI-004 P1 HRS (Studying the variable stellar winds of Wolf-Rayet stars) 2026-1-SCI-022 P1 RSS (x5) (Identifying targets for follow-up BH dynamical mass measurements) 2026-1-SCI-024 P2 RSS (Decoding the star formation history of Arp 261) 2024-2-LSP-002 P3 RSS (Pan-African AGN survey using SALT/IFS: tracing the properties of AGN and their host galaxies) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Night Log 2026-05-12

SA: Antoine SO: JC Others: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The whole night was lost due to bad weather. No science data taken. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Night Log 2026-05-11

SA: Antoine SO: JC Others: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The whole night was lost due to bad weather. No science data taken. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Night Log 2026-05-10

SA: Antoine SO: JC Others: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The whole night was lost due to bad weather. No science data taken. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Night Log 2026-05-09

SA: Antoine SO: JC Others: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We managed to observe 6 blocks before dark clouds forced us to close. Science data taken for: 2026-1-DDT-003 P0 RSS (RSS Spectra of EP260321a) 2026-1-MLT-004 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far.) 2026-1-SCI-005 P1 HRS (x2) (na) 2024-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (Followup of Transients) 2026-1-SCI-022 P1 RSS (Identifying targets for follow-up BH dynamical mass measurements) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Night Log 2026-05-08

SA: Antoine SO: JC Others: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The humidity forced us to close for the first two and a half hours of the night, but after reopening we managed to observe 10 blocks. Science data taken for: 2026-1-SCI-025 P1 RSS (We are probing the large scale outflows in bright quasars through absorption spectroscopy.) 2026-1-SCI-005 P1 HRS (na) 2024-2-COM-002 P1 RSS (x2) (This is a commissioning proposal) 2026-1-SCI-022 P1 RSS (x3) (Identifying targets for follow-up BH dynamical mass measurements) 2026-1-MLT-002 P1 HRS (HRS-MR spectra of Classical Cepheids ) 2026-1-SCI-004 P1 HRS (x3) (Studying the variable stellar winds of Wolf-Rayet stars) 2026-1-SCI-024 P2 RSS (Decoding the star formation history of Arp 261) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Night Log 2026-05-07

SA: Antoine SO: JC Others: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The whole night was lost due to bad weather. No science data taken. ------------------------------------------------------------------------