Night Log 2025-11-04

SA: Antoine
SO: Fred
Others: Moses, Lisa, Daniel, Nomzamo and John

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We had a mostly clear night with reasonable seeing and we observed many blocks until an unexpected rise in the humidity closed us.

Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2025-2-MLT-010 P2 HRS (SA-China Exoplanet Collaboration PASTA)
2025-2-SCI-009 P2 HRS (High resolution spectrocopy of Type II Cepheids)
2025-2-SCI-027 P3 HRS (detached eclipsing binaries for PLATO mission)
2024-1-MLT-010 P3 HRS (Stellar Characterisation of Ariel mission targets: derivation of N and O abundances)
2025-2-MLT-013 P3 RSS (x2) (Searching for double hydrogen-deficient stars)
2024-2-MLT-001 P3 HRS (x3) (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)
2025-2-SCI-003 P3 HRS (Cosmic dance of massive triple)
2025-2-LSP-001 P4 HRS (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)

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Night Log 2025-11-03

SA: Antoine
SO: Fred
Others:

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We had clear skies and stable seeing and we were able to observe many blocks of mixed priorities.

Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2024-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (x2) (Followup of Transients)
2025-2-SCI-011 P2 HRS (delta Scuti Ap stars)
2024-2-MLT-006 P2 HRS (HRS observations of a high mass binary system.)
2025-2-MLT-010 P2 HRS (SA-China Exoplanet Collaboration PASTA)
2025-2-SCI-027 P2 HRS (detached eclipsing binaries for PLATO mission)
2025-2-MLT-012 P2 HRS (x2) (Search for binary stars which may form planetary nebulae.)
2024-1-MLT-010 P3 HRS (Stellar Characterisation of Ariel mission targets: derivation of N and O abundances)
2024-2-MLT-001 P3 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)

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Night Log 2025-11-02

SA: Antoine
SO: Fred
Others: Eben and Michael (for tracker error)

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A full night of observing. We had some Technical problems but the rest of the night went well with many blocks observed.

Science data taken for:
2025-2-SCI-009 P1 HRS (x3) (High resolution spectrocopy of Type II Cepheids)
2025-2-SCI-011 P2 HRS (x2) (delta Scuti Ap stars)
2024-2-SCI-025 P2 RSS (x3) (Looking for proto hot Jupiters)
2025-2-SCI-033 P2 HRS (Two transiting TESS triple planet systems composed of super-Earths involved in two-body 3:2 MMRs.)
2025-2-MLT-013 P3 RSS (Searching for double hydrogen-deficient stars)
2024-2-MLT-001 P3 HRS (x3) (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)
2025-2-LSP-001 P4 HRS (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)

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Night Log 2025-11-01

SA: Antoine
SO: Fred
Others:

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Humidity forced us to close after observing only two blocks.

Science data taken for:
2025-2-SCI-026 P1 RSS (What galaxies cause odd radio circles (ORCs)?)
2025-2-MLT-010 P1 HRS (SA-China Exoplanet Collaboration PASTA)

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Night Log 2025-10-31

SA: Antoine
SO: Fred
Others:

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The night began with strong winds; we were able to open and complete a few blocks before humidity forced us to close again.

Science data taken for:
2025-1-MLT-001 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far.)
2024-2-LSP-002 P1 RSS (x4) (Pan-African AGN survey using SALT/IFS: tracing the properties of AGN and their host galaxies)
2025-1-SCI-029 P1 RSS (Spectroscopy of infrared-luminous galaxies)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x2) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)

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Night Log 2025-10-30

SA: Antoine
SO: Fred
Others:

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We dealt with variable cloud cover in the first part of the night, but observed some blocks in the second part with good, stable seeing.

Science data taken for:
2025-1-SCI-028 P1 RSS (Determining orbital periods for ultracompact binaries)
2024-2-LSP-002 P1 RSS (Pan-African AGN survey using SALT/IFS: tracing the properties of AGN and their host galaxies)
2023-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2023-2-MLT-005 P2 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x5) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)

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Night Log 2025-10-29

SA: Antoine
SO: Fred
Others: Lisa, Chery, Devakshan, Thabelo, Eben

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What a night. It wasn't a great start for the week—technical issues and poor seeing persisted throughout the second half of the night.

Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-002 P1 RSS (x2) (Pan-African AGN survey using SALT/IFS: tracing the properties of AGN and their host galaxies)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x8) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)

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