SA: Lee
SO: Veronica
Others:
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Summary
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Night lost to weather.
No science data taken.
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SALT Astronomy
Thursday, February 12, 2026
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Night Log 2026-02-10
SA: Alexei
SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> Have some technical problems from the evening. Where closed by humidity after midnight. Observed one P0 block anyway.
Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2025-2-SCI-025 P2 RSS (RSS spectropolarimetry of Herbig Be stars at H? to trace accretion geometry.)
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SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> Have some technical problems from the evening. Where closed by humidity after midnight. Observed one P0 block anyway.
Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2025-2-SCI-025 P2 RSS (RSS spectropolarimetry of Herbig Be stars at H? to trace accretion geometry.)
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Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Night Log 2026-02-09
SA: Alexei
SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> The whole night was lost due to bad weather. No any science data were taken.
No science data taken.
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SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> The whole night was lost due to bad weather. No any science data were taken.
No science data taken.
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Monday, February 9, 2026
Night Log 2026-02-08
SA: Alexei
SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> All night was lost due to bad weather
No science data taken.
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SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> All night was lost due to bad weather
No science data taken.
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Sunday, February 8, 2026
Night Log 2026-02-07
SA: Alexei
SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> Unstable night with rising humidity. Were closed by humidity at about midnight.
Science data taken for:
2021-2-MLT-004 P1 RSS (Spectropolarimetric Monitoring of eta Car)
2025-1-COM-001 P1 HRS (HRS HS Commissioning )
2025-2-LSP-003 P3 RSS (x2) (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2023-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2025-2-SCI-020 P3 RSS (Uncovering the nature of new X-ray objects discovered in the Magellanic system with eROSITA)
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SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> Unstable night with rising humidity. Were closed by humidity at about midnight.
Science data taken for:
2021-2-MLT-004 P1 RSS (Spectropolarimetric Monitoring of eta Car)
2025-1-COM-001 P1 HRS (HRS HS Commissioning )
2025-2-LSP-003 P3 RSS (x2) (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2023-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2025-2-SCI-020 P3 RSS (Uncovering the nature of new X-ray objects discovered in the Magellanic system with eROSITA)
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Saturday, February 7, 2026
Night Log 2026-02-06
SA: Alexei
SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> Unstable night with with variable situation with clouds and humidity. Anywhere, two P0 blocks were observed as well as many other blocks of different priorities.
Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2021-2-MLT-004 P1 RSS (x2) (Spectropolarimetric Monitoring of eta Car)
2025-1-MLT-003 P1 HRS (Unraveling the enigmatic variability of AE Cir system with SALT)
2025-2-LSP-003 P2 RSS (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2023-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (x2) (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2024-2-MLT-001 P3 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)
2025-2-SCI-031 P3 RSS (Redshifts of candidate TeV blazars)
2025-2-MLT-001 P4 RSS (Toward a complete census of void galaxy properties in the Local Volume)
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SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> Unstable night with with variable situation with clouds and humidity. Anywhere, two P0 blocks were observed as well as many other blocks of different priorities.
Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2021-2-MLT-004 P1 RSS (x2) (Spectropolarimetric Monitoring of eta Car)
2025-1-MLT-003 P1 HRS (Unraveling the enigmatic variability of AE Cir system with SALT)
2025-2-LSP-003 P2 RSS (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2023-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (x2) (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2024-2-MLT-001 P3 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)
2025-2-SCI-031 P3 RSS (Redshifts of candidate TeV blazars)
2025-2-MLT-001 P4 RSS (Toward a complete census of void galaxy properties in the Local Volume)
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Friday, February 6, 2026
Night Log 2026-02-05
SA: Alexei
SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> Unstable weather with growing humidity. Were closed by humidity one hour before midnight. Only three blocks were observed, but one of the priority P0.
Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2024-2-MLT-006 P2 HRS (HRS observations of a high mass binary system.)
2024-1-MLT-010 P3 HRS (Stellar Characterisation of Ariel mission targets: derivation of N and O abundances)
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SO: Austun
Others:
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Summary
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=> Unstable weather with growing humidity. Were closed by humidity one hour before midnight. Only three blocks were observed, but one of the priority P0.
Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2024-2-MLT-006 P2 HRS (HRS observations of a high mass binary system.)
2024-1-MLT-010 P3 HRS (Stellar Characterisation of Ariel mission targets: derivation of N and O abundances)
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