SA: Lee
SO: Fred
Others: Thabelo
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Summary
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A smooth night with good seeing to start off our week. No technical issues to report. We completed many high priority blocks.
Science data taken for:
2025-2-SCI-017 P1 RSS ("Understanding the peculiar collision geometry of the Cartwheel system")
2025-2-SCI-021 P1 RSS (x2) (Investigation of activity among main-belt objects)
2025-2-SCI-023 P1 RSS (Measuring the orbit and disc of a neutron star X-ray binary)
2025-2-SCI-008 P1 HRS (x2) (Update on low-mass merger remnants.)
2024-2-LSP-001 P2 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2024-2-SCI-025 P2 HRS (Looking for proto hot Jupiters)
2025-1-MLT-003 P2 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)
2024-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (x3) (Followup of Transients)
2025-2-LSP-001 P4 HRS (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
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Thursday, March 26, 2026
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Night Log 2026-03-24
SA: Alexei
SO: Fred
Others:
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Summary
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=> An unsettled night with clouds and rising humidity. We closed the telescope after midnight due to the humidity. However, we observed two P0 priority blocks.
Science data taken for:
2025-2-SCI-016 P0 RSS (x2) (Observing rare and fast transients.)
2025-2-SCI-017 P2 RSS ("Understanding the peculiar collision geometry of the Cartwheel system")
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SO: Fred
Others:
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Summary
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=> An unsettled night with clouds and rising humidity. We closed the telescope after midnight due to the humidity. However, we observed two P0 priority blocks.
Science data taken for:
2025-2-SCI-016 P0 RSS (x2) (Observing rare and fast transients.)
2025-2-SCI-017 P2 RSS ("Understanding the peculiar collision geometry of the Cartwheel system")
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Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Night Log 2026-03-23
SA: Alexei
SO: Fred
Others:
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Summary
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=> The whole night was lost because of the bad weather.
No science data taken.
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SO: Fred
Others:
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Summary
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=> The whole night was lost because of the bad weather.
No science data taken.
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Monday, March 23, 2026
Night Log 2026-03-22
SA: Alexei
SO: Fred
Others:
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Summary
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=> A magnificent dark night with stable weather and good image quality. Seventeen blocks were observed, most of which were high priority, and two of them were P0.
Science data taken for:
2025-1-MLT-001 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far.)
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (x4) (Followup of Transients)
2025-2-SCI-021 P1 RSS (x5) (Investigation of activity among main-belt objects)
2025-2-MLT-011 P1 RSS (Obtaining dynamical information and constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales)
2025-2-SCI-017 P2 RSS ("Understanding the peculiar collision geometry of the Cartwheel system")
2025-2-SCI-038 P2 HRS (Identifying Be eclipsing binaries)
2025-2-SCI-001 P3 RSS (Observational program to srudy variations of Dark Matter Fraction among Galaxies)
2024-2-MLT-001 P3 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)
2025-2-MLT-002 P3 RSS (Study of ionized gas in star-forming dwarf ring galaxies)
2025-2-LSP-001 P4 HRS (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
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SO: Fred
Others:
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Summary
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=> A magnificent dark night with stable weather and good image quality. Seventeen blocks were observed, most of which were high priority, and two of them were P0.
Science data taken for:
2025-1-MLT-001 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far.)
2024-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (x4) (Followup of Transients)
2025-2-SCI-021 P1 RSS (x5) (Investigation of activity among main-belt objects)
2025-2-MLT-011 P1 RSS (Obtaining dynamical information and constraining galaxy cluster merger geometries and timescales)
2025-2-SCI-017 P2 RSS ("Understanding the peculiar collision geometry of the Cartwheel system")
2025-2-SCI-038 P2 HRS (Identifying Be eclipsing binaries)
2025-2-SCI-001 P3 RSS (Observational program to srudy variations of Dark Matter Fraction among Galaxies)
2024-2-MLT-001 P3 HRS (Spectroscopy of compact heirarchial triples)
2025-2-MLT-002 P3 RSS (Study of ionized gas in star-forming dwarf ring galaxies)
2025-2-LSP-001 P4 HRS (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogue)
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Sunday, March 22, 2026
Night Log 2026-03-21
SA: Alexei
SO: Fred
Others: Michael, Sam, Sunnyboy, Austin, Devakshan
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Summary
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=> A night of good and very good seeing, with humidity steadily rising. We closed the telescope for two and a half hours after midnight and opened it again for the final hour and a half. Mainly high priority blocks were observed.
Science data taken for:
2025-2-MLT-009 P1 RSS (Spectroscopy of ultra-diffuse galaxies)
2025-2-SCI-039 P1 RSS (Optical and near-infrared IFU observations of nearby starbursts and LIRGs)
2024-2-LSP-001 P2 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2024-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (x3) (Followup of Transients)
2025-2-SCI-003 P3 HRS (Cosmic dance of massive triple)
2025-2-SCI-034 P3 RSS (Probing magnetic field strength in mangnetic CVs)
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SO: Fred
Others: Michael, Sam, Sunnyboy, Austin, Devakshan
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Summary
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=> A night of good and very good seeing, with humidity steadily rising. We closed the telescope for two and a half hours after midnight and opened it again for the final hour and a half. Mainly high priority blocks were observed.
Science data taken for:
2025-2-MLT-009 P1 RSS (Spectroscopy of ultra-diffuse galaxies)
2025-2-SCI-039 P1 RSS (Optical and near-infrared IFU observations of nearby starbursts and LIRGs)
2024-2-LSP-001 P2 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2024-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (x3) (Followup of Transients)
2025-2-SCI-003 P3 HRS (Cosmic dance of massive triple)
2025-2-SCI-034 P3 RSS (Probing magnetic field strength in mangnetic CVs)
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Saturday, March 21, 2026
Night Log 2026-03-20
SA: Alexei
SO: Fred
Others:
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Summary
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=> Only one block was observed before we were closed by humidity.
Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (Followup of Transients)
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SO: Fred
Others:
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Summary
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=> Only one block was observed before we were closed by humidity.
Science data taken for:
2024-2-LSP-001 P1 RSS (Followup of Transients)
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Friday, March 20, 2026
Night Log 2026-03-19
SA: Alexei
SO: Fred
Others:
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Summary
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=> The whole night was lost because of the bad weather.
No science data taken.
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SO: Fred
Others:
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Summary
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=> The whole night was lost because of the bad weather.
No science data taken.
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