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We managed to complete 1 block before high humidity closed us for the rest of the night.
Science data taken for:
2024-2-SCI-003 P4 HRS (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
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Lost the whole night to bad weather.
No science data taken.
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We mananged to some a few blocks despite thick clouds closing us twice. In the end high humidity closed us again.
Science data taken for:
2024-1-MLT-006 P0 HRS (Monitor the spectral emission lines of these Be binaries.)
2024-2-SCI-033 P1 RSS (Constraining the star formation history of the peculiar collisional ring galaxy AM0144-585)
2024-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2023-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2024-2-SCI-038 P2 RSS (Probing magnetic field strength of magnetic cataclysmic variables stars )
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Lost the entire night to bad weather.
No science data taken.
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Lost the whole night to bad weather.
No science data taken.
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We had another full night of observing. Unfortunately the grating became problematic, causing RSS to go offline for the remainder of the night.
Science data taken for:
2024-1-SCI-002 P2 RSS (Deep spectroscopy of faint, stellar shells in nearby in NGC 2865 & PGC 6240)
2023-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (x2) (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2024-1-MLT-006 P3 HRS (x4) (Monitor the spectral emission lines of these Be binaries.)
2023-1-SCI-040 P3 HRS (Searching for variable metal lines in polluted white dwarfs)
2023-2-MLT-005 P3 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2019-1-MLT-008 P4 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2024-1-SCI-004 P4 HRS (x4) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogueBuilding a new )
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We had a full night of observing, completing a number of blocks with mixed priorities, including a P0.
Science data taken for:
2024-1-SCI-042 P0 RSS (SALT Spectra of Transients)
2024-1-MLT-009 P1 RSS (Optical Spectroscopy of nearby Galaxies)
2024-1-SCI-038 P1 HRS (Age-dating UMa and determining new moving group members)
2019-1-COM-001 P1 SCAM (Burst-mirror throughput test )
2023-2-MLT-003 P2 RSS (x3) (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2024-1-SCI-031 P2 RSS (x2) (BCG evlolution in ACT clusters at intermediate/high redshifts)
2024-1-SCI-002 P2 RSS (Deep spectroscopy of faint, stellar shells in nearby in NGC 2865 & PGC 6240)
2024-1-SCI-011 P3 RSS (Probing magnetic field strength of magnetic cataclysmic variables stars )
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