Night Log 2025-07-04

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Lost the whole night due to bad weather

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2025-07-03

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Lost the whole night due to bad weather

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2025-07-02

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Nhlavu, Christian, Jean, Danièl

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We were badly affected by changing cloud cover throughout the night and then high humidity towards the end of the night, but we managed to observe a few blocks.

Science data taken for:
2025-1-DDT-003 P0 RSS (x4) (Follow-up of unknown Solar System object)
2025-1-SCI-002 P3 HRS (x2) (Observations of ssrAp stars)
2023-1-SCI-040 P3 HRS (Searching for variable metal lines in polluted white dwarfs)

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Night Log 2025-07-01

SA: Alexei
SO: Austun
Others:

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=> Night started from many clouds and were opened only after some hours. However, weather started to be better and we have nice seeing and clear sky at the end. Only high priority blocks were observed.

Science data taken for:
2023-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (x4) (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2024-1-ORP-001 P1 RSS (Double white dwarf candidates)
2025-1-SCI-015 P1 RSS (Probing the large-scale gas flows im and around galaxies)
2025-1-MLT-003 P1 HRS (Unraveling the enigmatic variability of AE Cir system with SALT)
2024-2-LSP-001 P2 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2024-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (x2) (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-SCI-024 P2 RSS (Probing glaxy evolution using large scale gas flows around galaxies)

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Night Log 2025-06-30

SA: Alexei
SO: Austun
Others:

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=> Stable night with good conditions. We have some technical problems, but observed many high priority blocks

Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-MLT-003 P1 HRS (Unraveling the enigmatic variability of AE Cir system with SALT)
2024-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (x2) (Followup of Transients)
2024-1-MLT-001 P2 RSS (x2) (Study of the outer parts of lenticular galaxies.)
2023-1-SCI-040 P2 HRS (Searching for variable metal lines in polluted white dwarfs)
2024-1-ORP-001 P2 RSS (Double white dwarf candidates)
2025-1-SCI-028 P2 RSS (Determining orbital periods for ultracompact binaries)
2023-2-MLT-003 P2 RSS (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2025-1-SCI-005 P3 RSS (Variations of Dark Matter Fraction among Galaxies)

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Night Log 2025-06-29

SA: Alexei
SO: Austun
Others: Thabelo to fix fold mirror

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Summary
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=> Nice stable mostly dark night. We had some technical issues, but observed many high priority blocks.

Science data taken for:
2025-1-SCI-008 P1 RSS (Monitoring a special sample of quasars showing large continuum variations in their spectra.)
2025-1-SCI-017 P1 RSS (Time-series spectra of cataclysmic variables.)
2024-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (x5) (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-SCI-021 P2 RSS (Testing grain growth and alignment in Coalsack cloud through spectropolarimetry)
2025-1-MLT-007 P2 HRS (Age Dating UMa)
2025-1-SCI-005 P3 RSS (Variations of Dark Matter Fraction among Galaxies)

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Night Log 2025-06-28

SA: Alexei
SO: Austun
Others:

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=> Telescope was closed most of the time because high humidity and thick clouds. Opened only about 3 hours before morning twilight. Two P1 blocks were observed after mirror alignment.

Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2025-1-SCI-008 P1 RSS (Monitoring a special sample of quasars showing large continuum variations in their spectra.)

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