Night Log 2016-05-17

SA: Alexei
SO: Thea
Others: Tamara, Deon and Prof. Dr. Malkov for a while

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Summary
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=> Stable night with bright moon, strong wind and moderate seeing. Many science block were done tonight.

=> Data were taken for the following science programs:
2016-1-SCI-062 P1 RSS (Study of the kinematic connection between halo and disc gas in galaxies)
2016-1-SCI-034 P1 RSS (Line profile variations in PKS 2135-14)
2016-1-SCI-038 P2 RSS (x2) (Spectra of all variable White Dwarfs observed in the Kelpler K2 survey)
2016-1-SCI-015 P2 RSS (x2) (Identifying new ultracompact binary star systems through their spectral characteristics)
2016-1-SCI-006 P2 HRS (Probing winds from the center of the Milky Way (@astrocrawford))
2016-1-SCI-002 P2 HRS (x2) (High resolution spectroscopic abundance measurements of RGBs in NGC 6681, NGC 6584 and NGC 7099)
2016-1-MLT-003 P3 RSS (x10) (Spectroscopic observations of bright RR Lyrae variables)
2016-1-SCI-036 P3 HRS (x3) (Study of the evolution of massive stars in our Galaxy.)
2016-1-SCI-025 P3 RSS (x6) (Spectral classification of rapidly pulsating stars)
2016-1-MLT-002 P3 HRS (x3) (Analysis of metallicity gradient and local chemical composition heterogeneity in the Galactic disk)