Night Log 2026-08-14

SA: Antoine SO: Fred Others: Eben and Anthony ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A full night with no technical problems. Thank you. We managed to observe many high-priority blocks. Science data taken for: 2024-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (x4) (Followup of Transients) 2026-1-MLT-008 P0 RSS (x2) (Studying nearby starburst galaxies and LIRGs with the SALT IFU) 2024-2-LSP-001 P1 HRS (Followup of Transients) 2025-2-MLT-006 P1 RSS (Study of galaxy properties of galaxy group HIPASS 1059-09) 2026-1-SCI-005 P2 HRS (x3) (na) 2024-2-LSP-002 P2 RSS (x2) (Pan-African AGN survey using SALT/IFS: tracing the properties of AGN and their host galaxies) 2026-1-SCI-002 P2 HRS (detached eclipsing binaries for PLATO mission) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Night Log 2026-08-13

SA: Antoine SO: Fred Others: E10 and Anthony ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apart from some downtime due to the mirror problems, we managed to observe many blocks, mostly the high-priority ones. Science data taken for: 2026-1-MLT-008 P0 RSS (Studying nearby starburst galaxies and LIRGs with the SALT IFU) 2026-1-SCI-013 P0 SCAM (Observing new near Earth asteroids) 2026-1-MLT-004 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far.) 2024-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (x3) (Followup of Transients) 2024-2-COM-002 P1 RSS (This is a commissioning proposal) 2026-1-SCI-010 P1 RSS (High cadence spectroscopy of white dwarf pulsar J191213-44) 2026-1-SCI-005 P2 HRS (x2) (na) 2024-2-LSP-002 P2 RSS (Pan-African AGN survey using SALT/IFS: tracing the properties of AGN and their host galaxies) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Night Log 2026-08-12

SA: Antoine SO: Fred Others: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We only managed to observe one block. We could not complete the observations for all the other blocks we attempted due to bad weather. Science data taken for: 2024-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (Followup of Transients) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Night Log 2026-08-11

SA: Moses SO: Fred Others: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We lost the whole night due to bad weather No science data taken. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Night Log 2026-08-10

SA: Moses SO: Fred Others: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lost the whole night due to bad weather No science data taken. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Night Log 2026-08-09

SA: Moses SO: Fred Others: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lost the whole night due to bad weather No science data taken. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Night Log 2026-08-08

SA: Moses SO: Fred Others: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We had reasonable conditions and managed to observe many high priority blocks until adverse weather caused us to close up in the morning. Science data taken for: 2024-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (x4) (Followup of Transients) 2025-2-MLT-011 P1 RSS (Obtaining dynamical information and constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales) 2025-2-MLT-006 P1 RSS (Study of galaxy properties of galaxy group HIPASS 1059-09) 2026-1-SCI-016 P1 RSS ("Understanding the peculiar collision geometry of the Cartwheel system") 2026-1-SCI-005 P2 HRS (na) 2024-2-MLT-001 P4 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples) 2025-2-LSP-001 P4 HRS (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue) ------------------------------------------------------------------------