Night Log 2026-11-03

SA: Lee SO: Veronica Others: Austun ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ That was about as close to a perfect night as we're ever going to get. We had sub-arcsecond seeing the entire night, and the guider FWHM was flat-lining at 1" from start to finish. No technical issues at all and a hat full of P0's completed, including a brand new supernova. Science data taken for: 2026-2-SCI-012 P0 RSS (x4) (Deriving Redshifts of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies) 2026-2-DDT-002 P0 HRS (Validating a 5 Myr old exoplanet) 2026-1-MLT-004 P1 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far.) 2026-2-MLT-004 P1 HRS (Multi epoch radial velocity measurements of non-pulsating HMXBs in the SMC) 2026-2-SCI-007 P1 RSS (Spectroscopic Monitoring of Weak Emission-Line Quasars Exhibiting BAL Outflows.) 2026-2-SCI-011 P2 RSS (Searching for potential neutron star and black hole binaries accelerated by supernovae) 2026-2-SCI-035 P2 RSS (Tracing the history of helium-rich hot subdwarfs) 2024-2-LSP-001 P2 HRS (Followup of Transients) 2026-2-SCI-005 P3 HRS (Observing chemically peculiar binary stars) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Night Log 2026-11-02

SA: Lee SO: Veronica Others: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Marginal weather conditions made life a little tricky for us tonight, but we still observed 6 P0/1 blocks thanks to a full queue. High humidity and ridge cloud came in abruptly at around 2am, cutting the night short. Science data taken for: 2026-2-SCI-012 P0 RSS (x4) (Deriving Redshifts of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies) 2026-2-SCI-022 P1 RSS (Confirming dwarf galaxy membership in nearby cosmic void) 2024-1-MLT-010 P1 HRS (Stellar Characterisation of Ariel mission targets: derivation of N and O abundances) 2026-2-SCI-003 P3 HRS (Spectroscopy of evolved close binary stars) 2026-2-SCI-005 P3 HRS (Observing chemically peculiar binary stars) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Night Log 2026-11-01

SA: Lee SO: Veronica Others: Michael, E10, Eben ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We lost the first night of the new semester to poor weather and a small amount of technical downtime. No science data taken. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Night Log 2026-10-31

SA: Lee SO: Veronica Others: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Super night to end the semester! No technical issues and very little weather downtime, despite a very cloudy start to the night. We ticked off a final handful of high priority blocks once the cloud cleared out. The seeing was good and stable throughout, even sub-arcsecond for the last block of the 2026-1 semester. Tomorrow we welcome in 2026-2 :) Science data taken for: 2026-1-MLT-004 P0 RSS (x2) (Observations of supernovae, near and far.) 2026-1-SCI-005 P2 HRS (x3) (na) 2024-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (Followup of Transients) 2024-2-LSP-001 P2 HRS (x2) (Followup of Transients) 2026-1-SCI-009 P3 RSS (Extreme variability in the BLR of the AGN HE2129-3356) 2023-2-MLT-005 P3 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere) 2026-1-MLT-003 P4 RSS (RSS longslit observations of Hickson Compact Groups) 2023-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere) 2026-1-SCI-002 P4 HRS (detached eclipsing binaries for PLATO mission) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Night Log 2026-10-30

SA: Lee SO: Veronica Others: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We managed to complete 4 blocks before thick cloud closed us for the night. Science data taken for: 2026-2-SCI-012 P0 RSS (Deriving Redshifts of Low Surface Brightness Galaxies) 2026-2-SCI-022 P1 RSS (Confirming dwarf galaxy membership in nearby cosmic void) 2024-2-LSP-001 P2 HRS (Followup of Transients) 2025-2-LSP-001 P4 HRS (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Night Log 2026-10-29

SA: Lee SO: Veronica Others: Lisa, Malcolm, E10, Eben ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Another night of great weather allowed us to complete a handful of high priority blocks, despite a few technical issues early on. The seeing was excellent until midnight and became poorer and variable in the final few hours of the night. Science data taken for: 2026-1-MLT-004 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far.) 2026-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Extreme variability in the BLR of the Seyfert AGN J0259-2422) 2024-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (x2) (Followup of Transients) 2024-2-LSP-002 P2 RSS (x2) (Pan-African AGN survey using SALT/IFS: tracing the properties of AGN and their host galaxies) 2023-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Night Log 2026-10-28

SA: Lee SO: Veronica Others: Michael, E10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A smooth night with a bright moon, clear skies and good seeing. We completed a dozen blocks of mixed priority. Science data taken for: 2026-1-MLT-004 P0 RSS (x2) (Observations of supernovae, near and far.) 2026-1-COM-001 P1 HRS (HRS HS Commissioning ) 2024-2-LSP-001 P2 HRS (Followup of Transients) 2025-2-MLT-012 P2 HRS (Search for binary stars which may form planetary nebulae.) 2024-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (Followup of Transients) 2026-2-SCI-003 P3 HRS (Spectroscopy of evolved close binary stars) 2024-2-MLT-001 P3 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples) 2026-1-MLT-002 P3 HRS (HRS-MR spectra of Classical Cepheids ) 2026-1-MLT-001 P3 HRS (Ovservations of ssrAp stars) 2023-2-MLT-005 P3 HRS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere) 2023-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere) ------------------------------------------------------------------------