Night Log 2020-10-13

SA: Moses
SO: Thea
Others: Danièl (for Throughput), Stephen H (for Guider Prepositioning)

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A good night's observing with mostly high priority blocks completed, along with a Throughput test and Guider Pre-positioning tests.

Science data taken for:
2019-1-LSP-001 P1 RSS (x2) (Tracing the evolution of the most massive galaxies in the universe)
2018-1-SCI-041 P1 RSS (Confirmation and redshift determination of galaxy clusters.)
2020-1-SCI-027 P1 RSS (Redshift measurements of BL Lac objects for the CTA project)
2020-1-SCI-010 P1 RSS (Galaxies responsible for ultrastrong MgII absorption.)
2020-1-SCI-004 P2 RSS (Population study of stellar rotation rates in open clusters)
2019-2-MLT-004 P3 RSS (Monitoring the line emission in Southern Galactic Be/X-ray binaries)
2020-1-MLT-008 P3 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)

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Night Log 2020-10-12

SA: Moses
SO: Thea
Others: Richard (to help with SCAM)

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Tonight we observed a good mix of high and low priority blocks despite clouds hanging around for most of the night.

Science data taken for:
2020-1-DDT-008 P0 HRS (Setting the stage for studies of a new young exoplanet)
2019-2-SCI-027 P1 RSS (Searching for multiple supermassive black holes in a single galaxy)
2020-1-MLT-001 P1 HRS (M-sigma relation for a low mass AGNs)
2020-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Study of extraplanar diffuse ionized gas in moderately inclined galaxies.)
2020-1-SCI-004 P2 RSS (Population study of stellar rotation rates in open clusters)
2020-1-MLT-002 P2 HRS (HRS study of long-period eclipsing binaries)
2020-1-SCI-013 P2 RSS (Finding young stars and their planets)
2019-1-LSP-001 P2 RSS (Tracing the evolution of the most massive galaxies in the universe)
2020-1-MLT-008 P2 RSS (x3) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2018-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2020-1-SCI-021 P4 HRS (Constraining stellar parameters of Galactic and SMC massive binaries)
2020-1-SCI-001 P4 RSS (Measuring the properites of giant stars in close binaries that may eventually merge and explode.)

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Night Log 2020-10-11

SA: Moses
SO: Thea
Others:

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We had a decent night's observing and despite the poor seeing throughout most of the night we observed a wide mix of targets.

Science data taken for:
2020-1-SCI-037 P0 HRS (RV Followup of TESS Planet Candidate)
2020-1-SCI-013 P1 RSS (Finding young stars and their planets)
2019-1-MLT-003 P2 RSS (A SALT survey of chemically-peculiar hot subdwarfs.)
2020-1-SCI-032 P2 HRS (Global parameters of massive stars)
2018-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2020-1-MLT-002 P2 HRS (HRS study of long-period eclipsing binaries)
2020-1-MLT-003 P2 HRS (Spectroscopic observations of central stars of mid-infrared nebulae)
2020-1-SCI-021 P3 HRS (Constraining stellar parameters of Galactic and SMC massive binaries)
2020-1-SCI-011 P3 RSS (Probing the quasar outflows.)
2020-1-SCI-038 P3 RSS (Rutgers TAC discretionary time)
2020-1-MLT-008 P3 RSS (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2019-2-MLT-004 P3 HRS (Monitoring the line emission in Southern Galactic Be/X-ray binaries)
2019-2-MLT-004 P4 RSS (Monitoring the line emission in Southern Galactic Be/X-ray binaries)

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Night Log 2020-10-10

SA: Moses
SO: Thea
Others:

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Only managed to observe a few medium to high priority blocks before high humidity and cloud cover closed us for the night.

Science data taken for:
2020-1-DDT-008 P0 HRS (Setting the stage for studies of a new young exoplanet)
2019-1-LSP-001 P1 RSS (Tracing the evolution of the most massive galaxies in the universe)
2020-1-MLT-008 P2 RSS (x3) (Obtaining redshifts for G4Jy sources - the brightest radio galaxies in the southern sky)
2019-1-MLT-003 P2 RSS (A SALT survey of chemically-peculiar hot subdwarfs.)

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Night Log 2020-10-09

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Did not open due to clouds and high humidity.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2020-10-08

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others: Richard, Keith

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Only two blocks observed with lots of technical downtime and bad weather to boot.

Science data taken for:
2019-2-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Monitoring the line emission in Southern Galactic Be/X-ray binaries)
2019-2-SCI-006 P3 HRS (Investigating the multiplicity of WR stars)

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Night Log 2020-10-07

SA: Rudi
SO: Veronica
Others:

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A relatively stable night with good conditions. A mix of priorities observed including the last chance for a P0.

Science data taken for:
2018-1-SCI-012 P0 HRS (Studying the spectral evolution of a blended gravitational microlensing event in the Milky Way)
2019-2-SCI-027 P1 RSS (Searching for multiple supermassive black holes in a single galaxy)
2020-1-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Study of extraplanar diffuse ionized gas in moderately inclined galaxies.)
2020-1-SCI-019 P2 RSS (Monitoring an intriguing class of luminous binary stars)
2019-1-LSP-001 P2 RSS (x2) (Tracing the evolution of the most massive galaxies in the universe)
2020-1-MLT-007 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2020-1-SCI-013 P2 RSS (Finding young stars and their planets)
2020-1-SCI-019 P2 HRS (Monitoring an intriguing class of luminous binary stars)
2019-1-MLT-008 P3 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2019-1-MLT-003 P4 RSS (A SALT survey of chemically-peculiar hot subdwarfs.)

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