Night Log 2025-06-05

SA: Moses
SO: Austun
Others: Danièl, Encarni

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We had clear skies with good seeing for most of the night, we managed to observe many high priority blocks.

Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (x2) (Followup of Transients)
2024-2-LSP-001 P1 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2023-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (x3) (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2021-2-MLT-004 P1 RSS (Spectropolarimetric Monitoring of eta Car)
2024-2-SCI-025 P1 HRS (x2) (Looking for proto hot Jupiters)
2019-1-COM-001 P1 SCAM (Burst-mirror throughput test )
2025-1-SCI-028 P2 RSS (Determining orbital periods for ultracompact binaries)
2023-1-SCI-040 P2 HRS (Searching for variable metal lines in polluted white dwarfs)
2025-1-SCI-011 P2 RSS (Radial Velocity measurements of short-period pulsating stars. )
2024-1-MLT-010 P2 HRS (Stellar Characterisation of Ariel mission targets: derivation of N and O abundances)

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Night Log 2025-06-04

SA: Moses
SO: Austun
Others: Nico, Michael, Wimpie, Danièl

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We had some technical problems but we managed to take advantage of the clear skies to observe many high priority blocks.

Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-SCI-031 P1 HRS (High resolution spectra to obtain abundances of RR Lyrae stars.)
2023-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (x3) (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2024-2-SCI-025 P1 RSS (Looking for proto hot Jupiters)
2024-2-SCI-025 P1 HRS (Looking for proto hot Jupiters)
2024-1-ORP-001 P1 RSS (Double white dwarf candidates)
2025-1-MLT-007 P2 HRS (x2) (Age Dating UMa)
2025-1-SCI-016 P2 RSS (Probing magnetic field strength in mangnetic CVs)
2025-1-SCI-004 P2 HRS (High resolution spectrocopy of Type II Cepheids)
2025-1-SCI-011 P2 RSS (Radial Velocity measurements of short-period pulsating stars. )
2025-1-SCI-017 P2 RSS (Time-series spectra of cataclysmic variables.)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)

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Night Log 2025-06-03

SA: Alexei
SO: Veronica
Others: Moses and Austun for handover

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=> Night lost due to weather

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2025-06-02

SA: Alexei
SO: Veronica
Others:

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=> Grey and dark night with variable seeing and humidity waves. Finally, were closed by humidity at the end of the night. One P0 block was observed and many other blocks of different priorities.

Science data taken for:
2025-1-DDT-001 P0 RSS (Spectroscopic confirmation of helium-bright intracluster filament)
2025-1-MLT-003 P1 HRS (Unraveling the enigmatic variability of AE Cir system with SALT)
2023-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2024-2-SCI-025 P1 HRS (Looking for proto hot Jupiters)
2025-1-SCI-005 P2 RSS (x2) (Variations of Dark Matter Fraction among Galaxies)
2025-1-SCI-011 P2 RSS (x2) (Radial Velocity measurements of short-period pulsating stars. )
2024-1-MLT-010 P2 HRS (Stellar Characterisation of Ariel mission targets: derivation of N and O abundances)
2025-1-SCI-021 P2 RSS (Testing grain growth and alignment in Coalsack cloud through spectropolarimetry)
2025-1-SCI-009 P2 RSS (x2) (We are probing the large scale outflows in bright quasars through absorption spectroscopy.)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x2) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)

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Night Log 2025-06-01

SA: Alexei
SO: Veronica
Others:

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=> Very good and stable grey and dark night. Three P0 blocks were observed and many other blocks with very good seeing.

Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (x3) (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-SCI-024 P1 RSS (Probing glaxy evolution using large scale gas flows around galaxies)
2023-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2025-1-SCI-005 P2 RSS (Variations of Dark Matter Fraction among Galaxies)
2024-1-MLT-001 P2 RSS (x2) (Study of the outer parts of lenticular galaxies.)
2025-1-SCI-009 P2 RSS (We are probing the large scale outflows in bright quasars through absorption spectroscopy.)
2024-1-ORP-001 P2 RSS (Double white dwarf candidates)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
2025-1-SCI-002 P3 HRS (Observations of ssrAp stars)

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Night Log 2025-05-31

SA: Alexei
SO: Veronica
Others:

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=> Mostly dark time night with stable enough weather and very bad seeng above 3" most of the time. Anyway, many HRS blocks were observed and some of them were high priority.

Science data taken for:
2024-2-SCI-025 P1 HRS (x2) (Looking for proto hot Jupiters)
2025-1-MLT-007 P2 HRS (x9) (Age Dating UMa)
2025-1-MLT-002 P2 RSS (Tracking Accretion Flows via BLR Emission in Changing-Look Active Galactic Nuclei)
2025-1-SCI-009 P2 RSS (We are probing the large scale outflows in bright quasars through absorption spectroscopy.)
2023-2-MLT-003 P2 RSS (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2025-1-SCI-016 P2 RSS (Probing magnetic field strength in mangnetic CVs)
2025-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (x5) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)

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Night Log 2025-05-30

SA: Alexei
SO: Veronica
Others:

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=> Very unstable night with very strong variations of humidity and strong wind. Many high priority blocks were observed anyway.

Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-SCI-031 P1 HRS (High resolution spectra to obtain abundances of RR Lyrae stars.)
2023-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2024-2-SCI-025 P1 HRS (x2) (Looking for proto hot Jupiters)
2025-1-SCI-009 P1 RSS (x2) (We are probing the large scale outflows in bright quasars through absorption spectroscopy.)
2025-1-SCI-016 P2 RSS (x2) (Probing magnetic field strength in mangnetic CVs)
2023-1-SCI-040 P2 HRS (Searching for variable metal lines in polluted white dwarfs)
2025-1-MLT-007 P2 HRS (x2) (Age Dating UMa)

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