SA: Moses SO: Veronica Others: Sibo, Sunnyboy, Jean, Zwido, Ramotholo, NASSP Winter School Students ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We managed to observe a few during the middle of night, but had to close early due to high humidity. Science data taken for: 2026-1-MLT-002 P3 HRS (HRS-MR spectra of Classical Cepheids ) 2025-2-MLT-001 P3 RSS (Toward a complete census of void galaxy properties in the Local Volume) 2026-1-MLT-001 P3 HRS (x2) (Ovservations of ssrAp stars) 2024-2-MLT-001 P3 HRS (x3) (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples) 2025-2-MLT-012 P3 HRS (x2) (Search for binary stars which may form planetary nebulae.) 2026-1-MLT-006 P4 RSS (Search for new Galactic symbiotic stars) 2025-2-LSP-001 P4 HRS (x3) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue) ------------------------------------------------------------------------
SALT Astronomy
Sunday, June 28, 2026
Saturday, June 27, 2026
Night Log 2026-06-26
SA: Moses SO: Veronica Others: Nico, Danièl, Devakshan, Chrey, Sunnyboy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We managed to only observe a few blocks tonight, bad weather interrupted the middle portion of the night. Science data taken for: 2026-1-SCI-013 P0 SCAM (Observing new near Earth asteroids) 2026-1-SCI-005 P1 HRS (na) 2025-2-MLT-004 P2 HRS (Radial Velocity Monitoring and Atmospheric Parameters Study of Yellow Symbiotic Giants) 2025-2-LSP-001 P4 HRS (x3) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue) ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Friday, June 26, 2026
Night Log 2026-06-25
SA: Moses SO: Veronica Others: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lost the whole night due to bad weather No science data taken. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Night Log 2026-06-24
SA: Moses SO: Veronica Others: Danièl ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We only managed to observe a couple of blocks, with thick clouds, rain and high humidity taking turns to keep us closed for most of the night. Science data taken for: 2025-2-MLT-004 P3 HRS (Radial Velocity Monitoring and Atmospheric Parameters Study of Yellow Symbiotic Giants) 2026-1-SCI-018 P3 RSS (Measuring distances to the largest known radio galaxies to understand how black hole jets grow.) 2026-1-MLT-003 P3 RSS (RSS longslit observations of Hickson Compact Groups) ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Night Log 2026-06-23
SA: Lee SO: Fred Others: Nikki, Moses ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Night lost to weather again. No science data taken. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Night Log 2026-06-22
SA: Lee SO: Fred Others: Nikki, Lisa ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Night lost to weather. No science data taken. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Monday, June 22, 2026
Night Log 2026-06-21
SA: Lee SO: Fred Others: Nikki ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Night lost to weather. No science data taken. ------------------------------------------------------------------------