Night Log 2026-08-28

SA: Nikki SO: Veronica Others: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A few attempts were made, but we were defeated by clouds, while the wind and moon made our lives difficult too. We managed to observe one P3 of questionable quality and one P4... Science data taken for: 2026-1-SCI-027 P3 HRS (Determining the metallicity of bulge Type II Cepheids) 2024-2-MLT-001 P4 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Night Log 2026-08-27

SA: Nikki SO: Veronica Others: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Night was lost to weather. No science data taken. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Night Log 2026-08-26

SA: Nikki SO: Veronica Others: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bright-moon night with some cloud cover. The seeing was quite unstable the first half of the night, but settled during the second half. We mostly did P4 blocks, and a few P3s. Science data taken for: 2026-1-SCI-027 P3 HRS (Determining the metallicity of bulge Type II Cepheids) 2025-2-MLT-008 P3 HRS (Monitoring beta Pic for exocomets.) 2026-1-SCI-003 P3 HRS (The rapid stages of final stellar evolution caught in the act) 2023-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (x3) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere) 2025-2-LSP-001 P4 HRS (x7) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue) 2026-1-MLT-001 P4 HRS (Ovservations of ssrAp stars) 2024-2-MLT-001 P4 HRS (x2) (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Night Log 2026-08-25

SA: Zwidofhela SO: Austun Others: Nikki (Handover) and Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The night was long and characterised by unstable seeing conditions despite this, we managed to observe several low priority blocks. Science data taken for: 2025-2-MLT-004 P2 HRS (Radial Velocity Monitoring and Atmospheric Parameters Study of Yellow Symbiotic Giants) 2026-1-MLT-006 P3 RSS (Search for new Galactic symbiotic stars) 2026-1-SCI-027 P3 HRS (Determining the metallicity of bulge Type II Cepheids) 2026-1-SCI-003 P3 RSS (The rapid stages of final stellar evolution caught in the act) 2026-1-MLT-001 P4 HRS (Ovservations of ssrAp stars) 2023-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (x5) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere) 2025-2-MLT-001 P4 RSS (Toward a complete census of void galaxy properties in the Local Volume) 2024-2-MLT-001 P4 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples) 2025-2-LSP-001 P4 HRS (x3) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Night Log 2026-08-24

SA: Zwidofhela SO: Austun Others: Anthony and Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Another longest night with stable seeing, we observed 15 blocks including a P0 and a DDT, and several P3s and P4s. Science data taken for: 2024-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Followup of Transients) 2024-2-COM-002 P1 RSS (This is a commissioning proposal) 2026-1-DDT-007 P1 HRS (HRS observation of J005759.51+094041.1.) 2026-1-MLT-006 P3 RSS (Search for new Galactic symbiotic stars) 2025-2-LSP-001 P3 HRS (x2) (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue) 2026-1-SCI-027 P3 HRS (x3) (Determining the metallicity of bulge Type II Cepheids) 2024-2-MLT-001 P3 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples) 2025-2-MLT-012 P4 HRS (x2) (Search for binary stars which may form planetary nebulae.) 2026-1-SCI-001 P4 HRS (Tracing evolution of recent stellar merger remnants) 2026-1-MLT-005 P4 RSS (Extreme variability in the BLR of the Seyfert AGN J0259-2422) 2023-2-MLT-005 P4 RSS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Night Log 2026-08-23

SA: Zwidofhela SO: Austun Others: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A great night with stable seeing and low humidity. We observed a record 16 science blocks with varying priority. Science data taken for: 2024-2-COM-002 P1 RSS (This is a commissioning proposal) 2026-1-SCI-005 P1 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) 2026-1-SCI-027 P3 HRS (x4) (Determining the metallicity of bulge Type II Cepheids) 2026-1-SCI-018 P3 RSS (Measuring distances to the largest known radio galaxies to understand how black hole jets grow.) 2026-1-SCI-025 P3 RSS (x3) (We are probing the large scale outflows in bright quasars through absorption spectroscopy.) 2026-1-MLT-003 P4 RSS (RSS longslit observations of Hickson Compact Groups) 2025-2-LSP-001 P4 HRS (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue) 2024-2-MLT-001 P4 HRS (x3) (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Night Log 2026-08-22

SA: Zwidofhela SO: Austun Others: Anthony ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A beautiful and long night with unstable seeing conditions and despite this we managed to observe several high priority science blocks including a DDT and standard stars. Science data taken for: 2024-2-COM-002 P1 RSS (This is a commissioning proposal) 2026-1-SCI-025 P1 RSS (We are probing the large scale outflows in bright quasars through absorption spectroscopy.) 2026-1-SCI-021 P1 HRS (Charcaterizing eclisping binaries that have experienced unstable mass transfer) 2026-1-DDT-007 P1 HRS (HRS observation of J005759.51+094041.1.) 2026-1-SCI-003 P1 RSS (The rapid stages of final stellar evolution caught in the act) 2026-1-SCI-027 P3 HRS (x2) (Determining the metallicity of bulge Type II Cepheids) 2026-1-SCI-018 P3 RSS (Measuring distances to the largest known radio galaxies to understand how black hole jets grow.) 2024-2-MLT-001 P4 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples) 2026-1-MLT-003 P4 RSS (x2) (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-MLT-001 P4 HRS (Ovservations of ssrAp stars) ------------------------------------------------------------------------