Night Log 2023-02-06

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Timmy, Bryne

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We struggled to get much observing done due to thick clouds and a few technical problems. In the end we managed to observe a few blocks inbetween all the bad weather.

Science data taken for:
2022-2-SCI-040 P1 RSS (This proposal characterizes the main sequence star in a co-moving system containing a brown dwarf.)
2018-2-MLT-005 P1 RSS (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2019-1-MLT-008 P2 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2021-1-MLT-005 P4 RSS (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)

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Night Log 2023-02-05

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Anthony (for NCON), Danièl

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We only manged one observation before thick clouds and high humidity kept us closed for the rest of the night.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-MLT-004 P3 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)

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Night Log 2023-02-04

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Danièl , Richard, Anthony (for NCON)

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The weather was clear for most of the night but the seeing was poor. We managed to observe a few low priority blocks before and after we were interrupted in the morning by high humidity.

Science data taken for:
2022-2-COM-001 P1 HRS (x2) (HS pipeline observations @dlhwp)
2022-2-SCI-010 P3 HRS (x3) (Tracing of metallicity gradient)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2021-2-MLT-004 P4 RSS (Spectropolarimetric Monitoring of eta Car)
2021-2-MLT-006 P4 HRS (Accurate parameters of stars in Tight Triple Systems)
2022-2-SCI-018 P4 HRS (Observations of Ap stars @dlhwp)
2022-2-SCI-017 P4 HRS (Observations of ssrAp stars @dlhwp)

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Night Log 2023-02-03

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Anthony & Sunnyboy (for NCON,NDET), Lisa and the students

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After a rainy and cloudy start to the night we managed to observe many blocks of mixed priorities despite the poor seeing.

Science data taken for:
2021-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2021-2-LSP-001 P0 HRS (Followup of Transients)
2018-2-MLT-005 P2 RSS (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2019-1-MLT-008 P2 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2022-1-MLT-004 P3 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2021-2-MLT-006 P3 HRS (Accurate parameters of stars in Tight Triple Systems)
2021-2-MLT-004 P4 RSS (x3) (Spectropolarimetric Monitoring of eta Car)
2021-2-MLT-005 P4 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)

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Night Log 2023-02-02

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Lisa and students

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We were able to observe many blocks of mixed priority despite the variable seeing throughout the night.

Science data taken for:
2022-2-COM-001 P1 HRS (x2) (HS pipeline observations @dlhwp)
2019-1-MLT-008 P2 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2022-1-MLT-004 P2 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2022-2-SCI-010 P3 HRS (Tracing of metallicity gradient)
2021-2-MLT-005 P4 HRS (x2) (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2021-1-MLT-005 P4 RSS (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2021-2-MLT-004 P4 RSS (Spectropolarimetric Monitoring of eta Car)

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Night Log 2023-02-01

SA: Moses
SO: Veronica
Others: Danièl, Thabelo

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Clear skies and good seeing for most of the night. We managed to observe 3 P0s and many other blocks of mixed priority.

Science data taken for:
2022-1-MLT-004 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2021-2-LSP-001 P0 RSS (x3) (Followup of Transients)
2022-2-COM-001 P1 HRS (HS pipeline observations @dlhwp)
2022-2-SCI-038 P2 HRS (What Causes the Mysterious Superorbital Modulation in Supergiant X-ray Binaries?)
2022-2-ORP-004 P2 RSS (Spectroscopic classification of Gaia alert microlensing event candidates)
2019-1-MLT-008 P2 HRS (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2021-1-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2021-2-MLT-006 P4 HRS (Accurate parameters of stars in Tight Triple Systems)
2022-2-SCI-017 P4 HRS (Observations of ssrAp stars @dlhwp)

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Night Log 2023-01-31

SA: Lee
SO: Thea
Others: Moses, Timmy, Thabelo

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Tonight we had some good seeing to go with the clear skies, allowing us to complete 12 blocks of mostly high priority.

Science data taken for:
2021-2-LSP-001 P0 HRS (x2) (Followup of Transients)
2022-1-MLT-003 P1 RSS (Void galaxies in the Local Volume: probing peculiarities of their chemical evolution)
2022-2-SCI-016 P1 HRS (Spectroscopic classification of Gaia microlensing event candidates)
2021-1-MLT-005 P2 RSS (Tracing the history of extreme helium stars)
2019-1-MLT-008 P2 HRS (x2) (HRS monitoring of yellow symbiotic systems)
2021-2-LSP-001 P2 RSS (Followup of Transients)
2018-2-MLT-005 P2 RSS (Probing the winds from massive binary star supernova progenitors)
2021-2-MLT-005 P3 HRS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2022-1-MLT-004 P3 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2022-2-MLT-002 P3 HRS (Follow-up of tight stellar quadruples)

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