Observing: Robert Firth, Chris Frohmaier, Georgios Dimitriadis Support Team: Southampton TAT: Joe Anderson, Kate Maguire BAT: Small flying mammal FAT: Too many La Silla Ice Creams At NOB to meet TO at 16:00 Met TO at 17:00 - EFOSC2 setup request wan't received - they have had some system downtime. Hopefully get sorted to start with some high priority classifications. All following times in UT. ------------------------------------------------ Weather conditions Start of night: Band of low clouds moving in from the South West Middle of the night: Some clouds above us End of night: Clear sky ------------------------------------------------ Calibrations Evening: (Due to time lost due to issue mentioned above - unable to do full PESSTO_calib - do dome flats in morning. EDIT: Did all of PESSTO calib in the end, had enough time) - EFOSC2_SpecArc, EFOSC2_FlatSpec Morning: - EFOSC2_SpecArc, EFOSC2_FlatSpec, EFOSC2_bias ------------------------------------------------ Science --EFOSC2-- Image analysis - 00:30 UT Classification: ASASSN-15us - 00:41 UT, seeing ~1.1" - Normal Type Ia, few days past peak. Classification: ASASSN-15ut - 00:52 UT, seeing ~1.1" - Match to 91T-like Ia, 10 days post peak. Classification: ASASSN-15uo -01:03 UT, seeing ~1.1" - Possibly AGN? More likely IIn. Standard Star: Gd71 - 1:07 UT Classification: ASASSN-15uu - 1:30 UT, seeing ~0.8" - Normal Type Ia +2 days Follow-up: PS15cww - 2:05 UT, seeing ~1.0" - Gr11, 2x1800s Follow-up: ASASSN-15og - 2:45 UT, seeing ~0.9" - Gr11, 3x2700s Image analysis - 5:05 UT - DIMM seeing 0.65" Standard Star: Gd71 - 5:21 UT Follow-up: OGLE15xl - 5:40 UT, seeing ~0.7" - Gr13, 3x2700s Standard Star: LTT3864 - 7:55 UT Follow-up: MASTERJ141023.42-431843.7 - 8:10 UT, seeing ~0.6" - Gr13, 1x900s Classification: ASASSN-15uv - 8:35 UT, seeing ~0.5" - Normal Type Ia -6 days ------------------------------------------------ Rob, Chris and Georgios wish you a Happy New Year! |