Night report 2016-1-1

Observing: Robert Firth, Chris Frohmaier, Georgios Dimitriadis

Support Team: Southampton

TAT: Joe Anderson, Kate Maguire

SAT: in front of a terminal

All following times in UT

Night NOT photometric

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Weather conditions

Start of night: Clouds on the western horizon, clear overhead

Middle of the night: Clear skies

End of night: Clear skies

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Calibrations

Evening:

- EFOSC2_SpecArc, EFOSC2_FlatSpec, EFOSC2_bias, PESSTO_Sky_FF_grz

Morning:

-  EFOSC2_SpecArc, EFOSC2_FlatSpec

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Science

--EFOSC2--

00:28 UT

-Image Analysis

-DIMM SEEING: ~0.9”

00:30 UT

-Classification: PS15dpa

-seeing ~0.8"

-Normal SN Type Ia, +9d

01:19 UT

-Classification: PS15dpq

-seeing ~0.8"

-SN Type Ia, 91T-like, +40d

01:39 UT

-Classification: PS15dox

-seeing ~0.8"

-Normal SN Type Ia, +10d

01:45 UT

-Standard: L745a

-seeing ~0.8"

02:05 UT

-follow-up: PSNJ02051332+0606084

-gr11 2x200s

-seeing ~0.9"

03:10 UT

-checking image quality

03:15 UT

-follow up: Ogle15xl

-Photometry in griz

-seeing ~1”

04:10 UT

-Classification: Ogle15xs

-seeing ~1.3”

-Normal SN Type Ia, +9d

04:40 UT

-Standard: LTT3864

04:55 UT

-Classification: PSNJ02003208-5810410

-seeing ~1.3”

-Inconclusive

05:15 UT

-Classification: ASASSN-15um

-seeing ~ 1.3”

-SN Type Ic, pre-max

05:20 UT

-follow up: PS15ae

-gr13, 3x1800s

-seeing ~1.2"

06:55 UT

-Classification: ASASSN-15up

-seeing ~1.3”

-Normal SN Type Ia, -2d

07:10 UT

-Standard: L745a

07:25 UT

-Classification: PS15dqx

-seeing ~0.9"

-Inconclusive

07:45 UT

-Classification: PSNJ12080010+1944267

-seeing ~1"

-Blue continuum, possible SLSN?

07:55 UT

-Classification: CSS151221-103938+181146

-seeing ~1"

-Inconclusive

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