Night Report 2016-11-06

Observers: Georgios Dimitriadis, Miika Pursiainen

Support Team: Southampton

TAT on duty: Regis Cartier, Joe Lyman

All following times in UT

The night is NOT photometric

Weather conditions:

Start - Few thin clouds, no wind, seeing ~0.9”

Middle - Clear sky, no wind, seeing ~0.8-0.9”

End - Clear sky, no wind, seeing ~0.9”

Calibrations:

PESSTO calib

PESSTO bias

PESSTO_SkyFF_mor_grz

Science:

23:40 We start with SOFI

23:45 Image analysis, telescope focus

00:00 LSQ15adm, K, seeing ~0.8”

01:00 Switch to EFOSC2, Image analysis and telescope focus

01:25 OGLE16exz, classification, seeing ~0.9”, SN Ia, a week before maximum, z=0.062

01:45 Feige 110, spectroscopic standard star, seeing ~0.8”

02:05 SN2016hnk, follow up, g11+g16, seeing ~0.8”

03:30 OGLE16euo, follow up, g11+g16, seeing ~0.9”

05:20 L745a, spectroscopic standard star, seeing ~0.8”

05:45 AT2016hvt, classification, seeing ~0.8”, blue spectrum with emission features, SNID gives a SN IIn, at -13d, z=0.001

06:15 SN2016hvl, follow up, g11+g16, seeing ~0.9”

07:10 SN2016hvl, follow up, Ugriz, seeing ~0.8”

07:30 L745a, spectroscopic standard star, seeing ~0.8”

07:55 SN2016aqf, follow up, g13, seeing ~0.9”

08:50 OGLE16fcd, classification, seeing ~0.9”, nuclear transient, inconclusive, ground team will look into it

09:05 End of night