Night Log 2016-01-16

SA: Paul
SO: Thea
Others:

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- Had rain at the start of the night. The rain abated, but it remained cloudy for the rest of the night.
- No data taken.

Night Log 2016-01-15

SA: Paul
SO: Thea
Others:

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- High humidity kept us closed the whole night. No data taken.

Night Log 2016-01-14

SA: Paul
SO: Thea
Others:

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- Did not open due to high humidity and cloudy conditions.

Night Log 2015-12-16

SA: Marissa
SO: Veronica
Others: Enrico

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On this day of Reconciliation we celebrate our shared journey as a diverse South African nation, dedicated to overcoming the divisions of our past and to building a future in which we all can thrive.

Non-photometric night with relatively decent seeing.

Data taken for:

2015-2-SCI-040 P0 RSS (SALT ToO observation)
2015-2-SCI-045 P1 HRS (Radial velocity study of gamma-ray binary 1FGL J1018.6-5856 )
2015-2-MLT-006 P1 RSS (Characterising Strong Gravitational Lensing systems)
2015-2-MLT-002 P2 RSS (Study of the evolution of lenticular galaxies.)
2015-2-SCI-019 P2 RSS (x3) (Searching for binaries in unusual central stars of planetary nebulae )
2015-2-SCI-029 P3 RSS (x3) (Spectroscopy of Kepler K2 White Dwarfs)

Night Log 2015-12-15

SA: Encarni
SO: Veronica
Others: Enrico, Marissa and Thabelo.

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The seeing was good tonight, although there was a lot of thin cirrus about and the humidity forced us to close at 2am.
We didn't have RSS tonight due to a problem with the slitmask magazine, so science data for:

2015-2-SCI-038 P2 HRS (Study of evolution in outflows from outburst)
2015-2-SCI-044 P3 HRS (Confirm the first detection of pulsations in a K dwarf star )
2015-2-SCI-016 P3 HRS (x3) (Investigation of variability of absorption lines due to ISM towards vela SNR. )

Night Log 2015-12-14

SA: Encarni
SO: Veronica
Others: Timmy, Jonathan, Keith, Thabelo. Hitesh remotely.

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Dark night with some thin cloud around most of the time. A few technical issues and science data for:

2015-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (Redshift measurements of distant massive ACT galaxy clusters)
2015-2-SCI-045 P1 HRS (Radial velocity study of gamma-ray binary 1FGL J1018.6-5856 )
2015-2-SCI-019 P2 RSS (x2) (Searching for binaries in unusual central stars of planetary nebulae )
2015-2-SCI-041 P2 RSS (Spectroscopic classification of candidate magnetic cataclysmic variables in the CRTS)
2015-2-SCI-032 P2 RSS (Multi-object spectra of known Halpha emission line stars in Trumpler 14.)
2015-2-SCI-033 P2 SCAM (Observations of Dwarf Novae in the Large Magellanic Cloud)

Night Log 2015-12-13

SA: Encarni
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Cloudy then humid tonight. Attempted two science blocks but only accepted one of them for:

2015-2-SCI-029 P3 RSS (Spectroscopy of Kepler K2 White Dwarfs)

(and even that one may not be good enough!)