Night Log 2017-10-30

SA: Marissa
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Rained earlier in the night. Dark clouds with risk of further rain kept us closed the rest of the night.

No science data taken.

Night Log 2017-10-29

SA: Marissa
SO: Veronica
Others: Naomi & Mokhine (SAAO PhD students) in the driver's seat(s).

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Cloudy night with mostly reasonable seeing.

Science data taken for:
2017-1-MLT-012 P3 HRS (x12) (Detailled study of CEMP stars identified in the RAVE survey)
2017-1-MLT-011 P3 HRS (x2) (Studying the spectra of a new type of X-ray binaries)
2017-2-SCI-030 P3 HRS (Metal-Poor Subdwarfs for Stellar Modeling Calibration)
2017-1-SCI-049 P3 HRS (Searching for new symbiotic stars)
2017-1-MLT-010 P4 HRS (x4) (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2017-1-MLT-004 P4 RSS (Monitoring the line emission in Southern Galactic Be/X-ray binaries)

Night Log 2017-10-28

SA: Marissa
SO: Veronica
Others: Naomi & Mokhine (SAAO PhD students) in the driver's seat(s).

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Clear night with bad seeing was put to productive use.

Science data taken for:
2017-1-SCI-053 P2 RSS (x2) (Study of unclassified extragalactic NuSTAR serendipitous sources)
2017-1-MLT-001 P2 HRS (Study of long-period eclipsing binaries)
2017-2-SCI-007 P2 HRS (Searching for heavy-metal subdwarfs and extreme-helium stars. )
2017-1-SCI-056 P3 RSS (Unveiling powerful "hidden" black holes: spectroscopy of WISE-selected obscured quasars)
2017-1-SCI-049 P3 RSS (x2) (Searching for new symbiotic stars)
2017-1-SCI-061 P3 SCAM (Confirmation and redshift determination of galaxy clusters.)
2017-1-MLT-012 P3 HRS (x6) (Detailled study of CEMP stars identified in the RAVE survey)
2017-1-SCI-026 P3 RSS (Line profile variations in RX J0622.6-2318)
2017-1-MLT-010 P4 HRS (x2) (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2017-1-MLT-004 P4 RSS (Monitoring the line emission in Southern Galactic Be/X-ray binaries)

Night Log 2017-10-27

SA: Marissa
SO: Veronica
Others: Naomi & Mokhine (SAAO PhD students). Visitors: Fernando Camilo & Ana Corrochano

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Technical support team did a remarkable job at getting us back on sky after a bearing on the shutter broke when we opened in the beginning of the evening. Night cut short by high humidity.

Science data taken for:
2017-1-SCI-030 P1 RSS (Target of opportunity for variable AGN)
2017-1-MLT-012 P3 HRS (x10) (Detailled study of CEMP stars identified in the RAVE survey)

Night Log 2017-10-26

SA: Marissa
SO: Veronica
Others: Naomi & Mokhine (SAAO PhD students). Eben.

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Lost half the night to high humidity.

Science data taken for:
2016-2-LSP-001 P0 HRS (x2) (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2016-2-MLT-006 P1 RSS (x2) (Unravelling starforming ring galaxies)
2016-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (x2) (Observing optical counterparts of transient objects)
2017-1-MLT-011 P3 HRS (x6) (Studying the spectra of a new type of X-ray binaries)

Night Log 2017-10-25

SA: Marissa
SO: Veronica
Others: Naomi & Mokhine (SAAO PhD students). Enrico.

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High humidity kept us closed. Night spent on closed-dome tests and calibrations.

No science data taken.

Night Log 2017-10-24

SA: Brent
SO: Fred
Others: Veronica, Ted via skype for FP, Marissa & Enrico, Mokhine, Naomi

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Another productive night with very good seeing at times.

Science data taken for:
2017-1-DDT-008 P1 RSS (x2) (RINGS: The RSS Imaging spectroscopy Nearby Galaxy Survey)
2017-1-SCI-035 P1 RSS (Constraining merger timescales in clusters that host radio haloes)
2016-2-MLT-006 P1 RSS (x4) (Unravelling starforming ring galaxies)
2017-1-SCI-049 P3 RSS (x4) (Searching for new symbiotic stars)
2017-1-SCI-056 P3 RSS (x2) (Unveiling powerful "hidden" black holes: spectroscopy of WISE-selected obscured quasars)
2017-2-SCI-023 P3 RSS (White Dwarfs in the K2 survey)
2017-1-MLT-010 P4 HRS (x10) (Searching for evolved binary stars with long orbital periods)
2017-1-MLT-001 P4 HRS (Study of long-period eclipsing binaries)