Night Log 2024-05-30

SA: Rudi
SO: Fred
Others: Lee and SO candidates

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High humidity and clouds kept us closed all night.

No science data taken.

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Night Log 2024-05-29

SA: Rudi
SO: Fred
Others:

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The weather kept us closed for most of the night. We managed to get a few blocks done between the clouds and high winds though.

Science data taken for:
2024-1-MLT-003 P0 RSS (Observations of supernovae, near and far. @_sublunar_)
2024-1-SCI-026 P0 RSS (Spectroscopic study of the intermediate-mass X-ray binary system, 4U 1210-64)
2023-2-MLT-003 P2 RSS (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2024-1-SCI-002 P2 RSS (Deep spectroscopy of faint, stellar shells in nearby in NGC 2865)
2023-1-SCI-023 P2 HRS (x2) (Spectra of RR Lyrae stars which will be used to determine the composition of the stars. )

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Night Log 2024-05-28

SA: Danièl
SO: Veronica
Others: Richard (PCON)

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Clouds and some technical issues caused trouble tonight, but we managed to complete a number of blocks.

Science data taken for:
2024-1-SCI-013 P2 RSS (Probing the quasar outflows.)
2023-1-SCI-023 P2 HRS (x5) (Spectra of RR Lyrae stars which will be used to determine the composition of the stars. )
2023-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (x2) (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2024-1-SCI-004 P4 HRS (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogueBuilding a new )

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Night Log 2024-05-27

SA: Danièl
SO: Veronica
Others:

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Another full night of observations, with a few technical issues throughout the night. We managed to complete several blocks of mixed priority including a P0.

Science data taken for:
2024-1-SCI-026 P0 RSS (Spectroscopic study of the intermediate-mass X-ray binary system, 4U 1210-64)
2023-2-MLT-003 P1 RSS (x3) (Investigating the polarised nature of TeV-emitting blazars)
2023-1-SCI-023 P1 HRS (x10) (Spectra of RR Lyrae stars which will be used to determine the composition of the stars. )
2024-1-SCI-002 P2 RSS (Deep spectroscopy of faint, stellar shells in nearby in NGC 2865)
2023-2-MLT-001 P2 HRS (Study of hot SB2 systems)
2023-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2024-1-SCI-013 P3 RSS (x2) (Probing the quasar outflows.)
2024-1-SCI-004 P4 HRS (Defining a new chemically peculiar star catalogueBuilding a new )

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Night Log 2024-05-26

SA: Danièl
SO: Veronica
Others: Nico

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Another full night of observing with few technical issues sprinkled in.

Science data taken for:
2024-1-SCI-033 P2 HRS (detached eclipsing binaries for PLATO mission)
2023-1-SCI-023 P2 HRS (x17) (Spectra of RR Lyrae stars which will be used to determine the composition of the stars. )
2023-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)

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Night Log 2024-05-25

SA: Danièl
SO: Veronica
Others: Shamin at the helm again tonight, Nico for structure

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We had a full night of observing. The night started off a bit bumpy, but we managed to complete several blocks of mixed priority, including a P0.

Science data taken for:
2024-1-SCI-026 P0 RSS (Spectroscopic study of the intermediate-mass X-ray binary system, 4U 1210-64)
2023-1-SCI-023 P2 HRS (x13) (Spectra of RR Lyrae stars which will be used to determine the composition of the stars. )
2023-2-LSP-001 P3 RSS (x3) (Spectra of ultrashort period main sequence binary stars)
2023-2-MLT-005 P3 RSS (Monitoring the activity of Be/X-ray binaries in the southern hemisphere)
2024-1-MLT-010 P3 HRS (Stellar Characterisation of Ariel mission targets: derivation of N and O abundances)
2023-1-MLT-007 P3 RSS (SALT+Gaia survey of helium-rich hot subdwarfs)

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Night Log 2024-05-24

SA: Danièl
SO: Veronica
Others: Shamin at the helm tonight

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Lost the entire night to bad weather.

No science data taken.

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