Night Report 2014-11-30

Observers: Mathew Smith, Rob Firth & Georgios Dimitriadis

TAT: Cosimo Inserra, Annalisa de Cia

Photometric. No sign of clouds all night and the seeing is consistently around 1". 

30 Nov: Our last night …… :(. EFOSC spectroscopy and imaging. Full details can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15crgwE3yxvsV2wpt5hH3Dhv4SXtYcGd-_hIKk0AX2gI

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CALIBRATIONS: 

    - 19:30UT - we have control of the telescope! Compared to last night, today looks amazing. 

    - 20:00UT - 2x PESSTO_bias & 1x PESSTO_calib

PRE-OBSERVATIONS:

    - 23:30UT - Sunset:

    - 23:40UT - Skyflats: UVi & BR

    - 00:15UT - Focussing & image analysis

    - 00:25UT - SPECTROSCOPIC STANDARD: Feige 110. Seeing 0.9", Airmass 1.13

    - 00:45UT - PHOT STD: TPHe (UgBVRriz): Seeing 0.8", Airmass 1.05

SCIENCE-OBSERVATIONS:

    - 01:00UT - LSQ14ftp: Classification with gm13 for 2100s. Seeing 0.9", Airmass 1.02

    - 01:45UT - NGC7552-OT: Follow-up with gm11 & gm16 for 2x1800s each. Seeing 0.9", Airmass 1.20

    - 04:05UT - Focussing & image analysis

    - 04:15UT - PESSTOESO154-G10: Follow-up with gm11 & gm16 for 2x1800s each. Seeing 0.9", Airmass 1.20

    - 06:30UT - PHOT STD: RU149 (UBVRigrz): Seeing 1.0", Airmass 1.17

    - 06:45UT - SPECTROSCOPIC STANDARD: L745a: Seeing 0.8", Airmass 1.05 (1.0" slit only).

    - 07:05UT - PESSTOESO154-G10: Follow-up in Ugriz. Seeing 0.8", Airmass 1.64

    - 07:25UT - ASASSN-14ha: Follow-up in u for 300s. Seeing 0.9", Airmass 1.33

    - 07:40UT - PSNJ09204691-0803340: Follow-up with gm11 & gm16 for 1500s each. Seeing 1.1", Airmass 1.20

    - 08:40UT - LSQ14ggr: Classification.

                     - Nothing seen in the acquisition image so aborted.

POST-OBSERVATIONS:

    - 08:45UT - SPECTROSCOPIC STANDARD: L745a: Seeing 0.9", Airmass 1.06 (1.0" slit only).

    - 09:15UT - PESSTO_calib (arcs only)

CERRADO POR EL NOCHE Y LA EXCURSION!

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SCIENCE-CONCLUSIONS:

    - LSQ14ftp (Classification)                       SN Ic @ z=0.063 @ +10days (SNID)

    - NGC7552-OT (Follow-up)                     A very red object in a @ z=0.006 galaxy. We cannot type it. 

    - PESSTOESO154-G10 (Follow-up)          SN Ia 91T-like @ z=0.017 @ peak (SNID)

    - PSNJ09204691-0803340 (Follow-up)  Consistent with a SN IIn @ z=0.02

    - LSQ14ggr (Classification)                      Not present!

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ATEL FOR LSQ14ftp SUBMITTED (http://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=6773) - THATS US DONE!