Night Report Page - 20121009
Observers : Morgan Fraser, Assaf Sternberg, Patrick El-Hage.
Data reduction team : Cosimo Inserra
All times are in UT
23:05 g skyflats
23:15 Focused telescope
23:25 EG131 EFOSC standard with 1.0 and 1.5" slits (seeing measured to be 2")
23:55 PSN J20313345-4409173 gr#13 classification (Type II, most likely IIb or IIL as no P-Cygni profile in Halpha, 2 weeks after discovery) Discoverer (for ATEL author list) Stu Parker on behalf of the BOSS team
00:10 Closed due to wind
05:40 Reopened, 2" seeing
05:45 SN 2009ip gr#11,16 UBVRi
06:25 SN_IC35 gr#13 classification (Young Type II - good match to 04et, 99em at 0d) Discoverer (for ATEL author list) Alessandro Dimai on behalf of ISSP Note that first acquisition image shows a second new source in the galaxy - this is a mover (took second image to confirm also in spectrum) Guiding problem - restarted exposures
07:00 CSS121008:014245+213928 gr#13 classification (Ia-91T, -4d z=0.05 - Check if mag is consistent with 91T)
07:20 MLS121004:005748 061812 gr#13 classification (Ia-91T, ~max, z=0.15 - Check if mag is consistent with 91T) Seeing improved to ~1.4"
07:45 SSS120810:231802-560926 BVRi followup
08:10 SNHunt148 gr#13 classification (probably Type II - v. noisy spectrum, and blended with host) Very hard to see in acquisition image Discoverer (for ATEL author list) Stan Howerton
08:40 LSQ12fgu - took 60s acquisition, transient not visible
08:55 L745a standard with 1,1.5" slits