Night Log 2022-12-06

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: SAAO students, Nic, Brett, Leicester students, Matt Burleigh

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We had a productive night despite the poor seeing. The sky was clear and we were able to observe many blocks, mostly low priority, but a few high priority and P0s as well.

Science data taken for:
2021-2-MLT-004 P1 RSS (x2) (Spectropolarimetric Monitoring of eta Car)
2022-1-MLT-004 P3 RSS (x4) (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x2) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2021-2-MLT-006 P4 HRS (Accurate parameters of stars in Tight Triple Systems)
2022-2-SCI-004 P4 RSS (Building a sample of AGN-dust dominated galaxies)
2022-2-SCI-023 P4 RSS (Probing the environment inside Extreme Emission Line Dwarf Galaxies)

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Night Log 2022-12-05

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Lost the whole night due to bad weather (clouds).

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-12-04

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Bad Seeing and clouds made tonight rather tricky, but we still managed to observe a few blocks before the clouds and humidity took over at around midnight.

Science data taken for:
2021-1-MLT-005 P4 RSS (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2022-2-SCI-018 P4 HRS (Observations of Ap stars @dlhwp)
2022-2-SCI-004 P4 RSS (x2) (Building a sample of AGN-dust dominated galaxies)

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Night Log 2022-12-03

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Whole night lost due to bad weather (clouds).

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2022-12-02

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Danièl (for polarimetry calibrations)

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Summary
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Clear skies tonight and decent seeing, we managed to observe many blocks until the night was cut short by high humidity.

Science data taken for:
2022-2-SCI-018 P1 HRS (Observations of Ap stars @dlhwp)
2022-2-SCI-024 P2 RSS (Spectroscopy of ultra-diffuse galaxies)
2022-2-SCI-011 P3 HRS (Discovering new metal-poor stars)
2022-2-SCI-035 P3 HRS (Determination of spectroscopic orbits of some selected stars)
2022-2-SCI-029 P3 HRS (Probing the vertical temperature profile evolution in a protoplanetary disc)
2022-2-SCI-017 P4 HRS (Observations of ssrAp stars @dlhwp)
2022-2-SCI-023 P4 RSS (Probing the environment inside Extreme Emission Line Dwarf Galaxies)
2018-1-MLT-004 P4 RSS (Dark energy and the expansion rate of the Universe from quasar monitoring.)

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Night Log 2022-12-01

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Danièl (pol cal)

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Very productive night. We had clear skies the entire night with reasonable seeing. And we managed to observe blocks with a wide range of priorities, with many high priority ones after the moon set.

Science data taken for:
2021-2-MLT-004 P1 RSS (Spectropolarimetric Monitoring of eta Car)
2022-2-SCI-032 P1 RSS (Unveiling deeply hidden growing black holes)
2020-2-MLT-007 P1 HRS (HRS observations of a high mass binary system.)
2022-2-SCI-016 P1 HRS (Spectroscopic classification of Gaia microlensing event candidates)
2022-2-MLT-001 P1 RSS (Longslit observations of MHONGOOSE Galaxies)
2022-1-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x3) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2022-2-SCI-004 P4 RSS (Building a sample of AGN-dust dominated galaxies)
2022-2-MLT-002 P4 HRS (Follow-up of tight stellar quadruples)

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Night Log 2022-11-30

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Lee, Eben (to help with glycol/chiller)

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Tonight went relatively smoothly, the seeing was decent for most of the night and so was the transparency. We managed to observe a mix of high and low priority blocks.

Science data taken for:
2022-2-SCI-006 P1 RSS (Optical followup of MALS targets.)
2022-1-MLT-003 P2 RSS (Void galaxies in the Local Volume: probing peculiarities of their chemical evolution)
2022-2-SCI-024 P2 RSS (Spectroscopy of ultra-diffuse galaxies)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (x2) (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2022-2-SCI-011 P3 HRS (Discovering new metal-poor stars)
2021-2-MLT-006 P4 HRS (Accurate parameters of stars in Tight Triple Systems)
2022-2-SCI-004 P4 RSS (x2) (Building a sample of AGN-dust dominated galaxies)

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