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Proposal 68-505
Semester P68: 20231001 - 20240401
Principal Investigator Erkki Kankare, Maximilian Stritzinger, Thomas Reynolds
Programme The local transient Universe
Instrument ALFOSC
Time Allocation 10 hard ToOs 10h, rest soft 60h
Total Nights 7.0
Type ToO+SoftToO
Notes Override. Soft triggers during Nordic service or Technical nights
Total Time Spent 72:44 (hh:mm)
Proposal Date Time Type Targets Files Comments Status
68-505 2023-10-01 01:49 SoftToO sn2023sci,AT2022fpx,SN2023aew,2022prr,Wolf1346,sn2023qdi ALGj010126 - ALGj010140,ALGj010160 - ALGj010165, ALGj010199 - ALGj010203 Observed with clear skies, seeing around 1 arcsec. Observed
68-505 2023-10-04 01:16 SoftToO SN2022lxg, Wolf1346 ALGj040017 - ALGj040027 No visible clouds, but calima is visible in the skycam. Seeing was 1''-2''. The supernova was not visible in the first try, but it was noticeable in the second try. Observed
68-505 2023-10-07 00:49 SoftToO SN2023aew, ZTF23abhzxwm ALGj070255 - ALGj070262, ALGj070265 - ALGj070272 Observed with thin haze or clear skies. High dust levels while observing both targets. FWHM generally below 1.5 arcsec except for the second exposure using the g-filter for target SN2023aew. In this case the FWHM was below 1.6 arcsec. Observed
68-505 2023-10-11 00:54 SoftToO 2023rky, BD174708, 2023jgf ALGj110180 - ALGj110184, ALGj110185 - ALGj110189, ALGj110190 - ALGj110193 Good seeing, some dust, variable clouds. Observed
68-505 2023-10-14 02:16 SoftToO 2023ldh, 2023ucy, BD174708, SN2023jgf ALGj140048 - ALGj140073, ALGj140075 - ALGj140079 2022xxf not observable within airmass constraints, all other groups observed Observed
68-505 2023-10-16 00:20 SoftToO 2023ldh ALGj160152 - ALGj160163 Observed at the start of the end with an elevation of ~ 28-30 degrees. Possibly thin clouds in the sky. The seeing was ok, around 1''. Observed
68-505 2023-10-18 00:54 SoftToO 2023ldh, 2023vcg ALGj180057 - ALGj180060, ALGj180111 - ALGj180115 Clear skies, sub-arcsec seeing Observed
68-505 2023-10-31 01:04 SoftToO BD174708, 2023vjh, 2023uqf ALGj310075 - ALGj310079, 159-163, 168-170 Observed
68-505 2023-11-04 00:46 SoftToO 2023rky ALGk040235 - ALGk040239 Clear skies, seeing around 1 arcsec Observed
68-505 2023-11-07 00:36 ToO 2023wuk ALGk070078 - ALGk070082 Clear skies. Seeing above 1.5 arcsec. Observed
68-505 2023-11-07 01:03 SoftToO 2023ucy, BD174708, 2023vwh ALGk070059 - ALGk070072, ALGk070101 - ALGk070105 Observed with clear skies. Seeing generally above 1.5 arcsec except for target 2023vwh where the seeing was below 1.3 arcsec. Observed
68-505 2023-11-10 01:48 SoftToO BD174708, 2023wuk, 2023vpd, SN2023wne ALGk100282 - ALGk100286, ALGk100294 - ALGk100303, ALGk100332 - ALGk100336 Observed with the requested requirements. Observed
68-505 2023-11-13 02:30 SoftToO 2023aew,2023ucy,2022erq,BD174708,2017hcc,2023vwh,SN2023xgo ALGk130144 - ALGk130153,ALGk130158 - ALGk130162,ALGk130175 - ALGk130179,ALGk130184 - ALGk130188,ALGk130209 - ALGk130213, ALGk130215 - ALGk130219,ALGk130220 - ALGk130226 Observations taken with clear skies and seeing around or less than 1 arcsec. Some data shared with 68-007 Observed
68-505 2023-11-25 00:34 SoftToO 2023aew, 2023jgf, SN2023wne, SN2023xgo ALGk250061 - ALGk250061, ALGk250073 - ALGk250079 Observations were limited by the clouds covering the sky for most of the night. 2023aew was observed correctly through some thin clouds and seeing around 1 arcsec, but 2023xgo was observed right before closing and thus the images are not good quality. The rest of the targets were attempted but could not be observed due to the clouds. Observed
68-505 2023-11-26 02:54 SoftToO 2023ucy, 2023jgf, 2023xoo, SN2023wne,
HD19445, SN2023xgo, 2023fyq
ALGk260050 - ALGk260058, ALGk260063 - ALGk260088, ALGk260093 - ALGk260099, ALGk260159 - ALGk260164 Clear skies with sporadic, light haze depending on the observation direction. Seeing generally below 1.2 arcsec for all targets except the photometry of ucy and fyq. Here, the FWHM reached around 2 arcsec or below depending on the filter. Observed
68-505 2023-11-29 01:10 SoftToO sn2023qdi,HD19445,2023ldh ALGk290049 - ALGk290053,ALGk290055 - ALGk290059,ALGk290092 - ALGk290096 Observed with seeing between 1-2.5 arcsec. Some data shared with 68-008 Observed
68-505 2023-12-01 02:59 SoftToO 2023wuk,HD19445,SN2023wne,AT2023clx,SN2023fyq ALGl010078 - ALGl010082,ALGl010101 - ALGl010105, ALGl010107 - ALGl010111,ALGl010130 - ALGl010135,ALGl010148 - ALGl010152 Observed mostly with clear skies and seeing around 1 arcsec. SN2023fyq observation was cut short due to sudden raise in humidity. 1/4-2024 AAD: Updated Time Spent which wrongly had been set to 0. Observed
68-505 2023-12-02 00:40 SoftToO 2023xoo, HD19445 ALGl020016 - ALGl020020, ALGl020033 - ALGl020037 Observed with clear skies and variable seeing between 0.8-1.8 arcsec. Observed
68-505 2023-12-04 00:00 SoftToO Target couldn't be observed due to weather. Failed
68-505 2023-12-07 00:25 ToO 2023zaw ALGl070145 - ALGl070149 Observed with seeing around 1.8 arcsec Observed
68-505 2023-12-07 02:30 SoftToO 2023ucy, 2023jgf, HD93521, 2023fyq,
2023ldh
ALGl070125 - ALGl070128,ALGl070139 - ALGl070144,ALGl070499 - ALGl070503,ALGl070568 - ALGl070572ALGl070574 - ALGl070585, Variable seeing, clear skies Observed
68-505 2023-12-08 01:15 SoftToO 2023ucy, 2023zaw, HD19445, 2023ldh ALGl080054 - ALGl080062, ALGl080089 - ALGl080098, ALGl080214 - ALGl080220 Clear skies. Seeing generally above 1.5 arcsec for the spectroscopic targets and above 1.8 arcsec for the imaging. Observed
68-505 2023-12-09 01:13 SoftToO 2023xgo, HD19445 ALGl090065 - ALGl090074 Observed with clear skies, seeing below 1.3". Observed
68-505 2023-12-10 01:03 SoftToO 2023zaw, HD19445, AT2023gpw ALGl100210 - ALGl100214, ALGl100242 - ALGl100246, ALGl100349 - ALGl100352 Clear skies or thin haze. Seeing below 1.3 arcsec for the spectroscopic target, above 1.5 arcsec for the standard and below 1.4 arcsec for the photometry. Note that thicker clouds passed by while observing target 2023zaw, so this will probably have affected the the observations, but hopefully not too much. Observed
68-505 2023-12-15 02:57 SoftToO HD19445, 2023zaw, 2023ldh, 2023fyq ALGl150268 - ALGl150272,ALGl150292 - ALGl150306,ALGl150383 - ALGl150399 Clear skies, seeing <1 arcsec Observed
68-505 2023-12-16 00:10 SoftToO 2023ucy ALGl160041 - ALGl160045 Observed with seeing 2", clear skies but some calima Observed
68-505 2023-12-20 00:30 SoftToO ZTF23absbqun(2023zaw) ALGl200117 - ALGl200126 Did not observe 2023zaw because failure to meet seeing requirements. Shared the data from 68-008 for the same target, which was observed with with seeing between 2-4 arcsec. Observed
68-505 2023-12-21 00:25 SoftToO 2023xoo ALGl210120 - ALGl210124 Only able to observe one target due to the weather conditions (bad seeing, high winds forcing us to observe downwind and high humidity and rain during a big part of the night). Had to take away 400 seconds from the science exposure because of a sudden humidity spike at the end of the exposure of 2023xoo. Observed with seeing around 2 arcsec. The callibration frame was taken while closing the mirror covers. Observed
68-505 2023-12-25 02:59 SoftToO 2023jgf, 2023xoo, 2023wne, HD19445,
SN2023wne, 2023fyq, SN2023fyq
ALGl250121 - ALGl250129, ALGl250138 - ALGl250147, ALGl250205 - ALGl250212, ALGl250218 - ALGl250222 Apart from 2023jgf, all the attempted targets were observed successfully. Observed
68-505 2023-12-26 02:40 SoftToO 2023jgf, 2023nzt, HD19445, 2023ldh ALGl260077 - ALGl260082, ALGl260089 - ALGl260098, ALGl260156 - ALGl260160 All blocks except template_spec_1_0 were observed with clear skies and sub arcsec seeing. template_spec_1_0 was observed with thin clouds and seeing around 1.0''. Observed
68-505 2023-12-30 02:43 SoftToO 2017hcc, 2023rky, HD19445, 2022fpx ALGl300069 - ALGl300073, ALGl300090 - ALGl300094, ALGl300106 - ALGl300115, ALGl300150 - ALGl300154 Clear skies and sub arcsec seeing. Observed
68-505 2023-12-31 00:00 SoftToO just a standard star at the first half of the night Failed
68-505 2024-01-01 01:01 SoftToO HD93521, 2022fpx ALHa010002 - ALHa010011 Clear skies and sub arcsec seeing. Observed
68-505 2024-01-02 00:00 SoftToO 2023fyq ALHa020095 - ALHa020096 The seeing requirement was too much this time. Failed
68-505 2024-01-05 00:26 SoftToO 2023fyq ALHa050250 - ALHa050257 Thin clouds and seeing around 1.0'' Observed
68-505 2024-01-06 00:05 SoftToO HD19445 ALHa060080 - ALHa060084 Thin clouds and 1'' seeing. Observed
68-505 2024-01-07 00:05 SoftToO HD19445, 2023ldh ALHa070103 - ALHa070107, ALHa070149, ALHa070171, ALHa070174 - ALHa070178 Only standard observed succesfully. 2023ldh was attempted, but clouds probably ruined the spectrum. Observed
68-505 2024-01-08 01:05 SoftToO 2023ldh ALHa080272 - ALHa080276 Observed with mostly clear sky, some thin clouds at the end. Seeing around 1 arcsec. Observed
68-505 2024-01-14 00:27 SoftToO HD19445, 2023vbg ALHa140058 - ALHa140062, ALHa140165 - ALHa140169 Observed in thin clouds, seeing around 1.3" Observed
68-505 2024-01-18 00:14 SoftToO AT2022fpx ALHa180086 - ALHa180090 Observed with clear skies and seeing around 3-4 arcsec. Could not observe the rest of the Soft ToOs for the night due to the seeing requirements. Observed
68-505 2024-01-19 00:27 SoftToO 2023fyq ALHa190171 - ALHa190178 Clear skies. For target 2023fyq seeing was below 1.3 arcsec for most filters except for g' with a seeing of around 1.5 arcsec. The other two targets were tried, but unfortunately none of the observations done were within the seeing restrictions, so the OBs were aborted. Observed
68-505 2024-01-24 00:36 SoftToO HD19445, 2023vbg ALHa240155-ALHa240159, ALHa240171 - ALHa240175 Only one target and a standard target met the requirements. Strong wind and clouds were present through the night. Observed
68-505 2024-01-27 01:37 SoftToO 2023xoo, 2023vbg, 2023fyq ALHa270091 - 095, ALHa270146 - 150, ALHa270238 - 252 2023vbg and 2023xoo observed with thin clouds or clear and seeing bit above 1 arcsec. 2024fyg observed with some clouds and seeing around 1.2 arcsec, maybe usefull. 2024ahv observations failed due to clouds. Observed
68-505 2024-01-28 03:23 SoftToO 2023xoo, 2023nzt, HD19445, 2023ldh,
2024ahv, SN2023aew
ALHa280168 - ALHa280181, ALHa280333 - ALHa280342, ALHa280348 - ALHa280358 Generally clear but dusty skies with seeing around 1.1 arcsec. Regarding target 2023xoo: The FWHM estimates in the different filters were B: 1.6 arcsec, V: 1.5 arcsec, r': 1.5 arcsec and i': 1.5 arcsec. Since the remaining exposures were so short, I decided to let it run through, but it has been marked as failed, since the seeing was worse than the upper limit for all filters. The time spent on this target has not been added. For the spectrum of 2024ahv I initially observed star 3 in the finding chart instead (files ALHa280343 - ALHa280347). I proceeded to observe the actual target afterwards. The time spent on the wrong target will of course not be added here. Observed
68-505 2024-02-02 00:27 SoftToO 2023fyq ALHb020263 - ALHb020270 Observed with thin clouds and 0.5'' seeing Observed
68-505 2024-02-11 01:25 SoftToO 2023vbg, 2021bbv, HD93521 ALHb110101 - ALHb110105 ; ALHb110156 - ALHb110160 2023vbg was observed with clear skies and sub-arcsec seeing. In the middle of the 2021bbv exposures a thick layer of clouds covered the sky so the exposures in the last filters did not fulfill the clear skies requirements. Could not observe the rest of the targets due to thin clouds staying on the sky the rest of the night. Observed
68-505 2024-02-12 00:58 SoftToO AT2022fpx, 2023wob, 2023ldh ALHb120102 - ALHb120107, ALHb120006 - ALHb120021, ALHb120073 - ALHb120084 2023wob observed outside of constraints but 2023ldh and 2022fpx fine. Observed
68-505 2024-02-15 01:09 SoftToO SN2024cld, HD93521, 2022prr ALHb150175 - ALHb150188, ALHb150211 - ALHb150215 Had to abort the exposure for 2022prr due to the seeing getting worse and not meeting the requirements. For the other targets, skies were clear and seeing was around 1-1.5 arcsec. Observed
68-505 2024-02-17 00:09 SoftToO HD93521 ALHb170059 - ALHb170065 Observed in clear skies and high seeing. Not all targets could be observed due to high winds. Observed
68-505 2024-02-19 02:02 SoftToO SN2024cld, AT2023gpw, HD93521, 2022prr ALHb190095 - ALHb190101, ALHb190109 - ALHb190124, ALHb190170 - ALHb190180 Observed with thin clouds and seeing between 1 and 1.5 arcsec. The first minutes of the observation of SN2024cld were done with some vignetting from the lower hatch, which had to be kept closed. The observation for 2022prr was done with seeing around 1 arcsec. Observed
68-505 2024-02-20 02:25 SoftToO HD19445, 2023wob, 2023ldh, SN2024cld ALHb200052 - ALHb200060, ALHb200063 - ALHb200073, ALHb200164 - ALHb200175, ALHb200179 - ALHb200185 Observed in clear skies with seeing below 1.3" Standard hd19445 was observed in grisms 4, 8, 18 and slits 1.0" and 1.3", standard hd93521 was therefore set to redundant. Time spent on the standard is not included in the final calculation. See files ALHb200055-ALHb200060 (1.0") and ALHb200063-ALHb200068 (1.3") Observed
68-505 2024-02-21 00:56 SoftToO 2023zaw, HD93521, SN2024cld ALHb210196 - ALHb210198, ALHb210236 - ALHb210242, ALHb210306 - ALHb210312 Target observed with clear skies. Seeing ~2" for template_griz and std_spec_hd93521_1_3 but down to 0.8" for template_spec_1_0. Observed
68-505 2024-02-27 00:32 SoftToO 2023vbg ALHb270065 - ALHb270074 All attempts had to be stopped due to really high wind. The first try (ALHb270065 - ALHb270069) we were able to observe for 1271s. Seeing was above 1.3 arcsec, so the 1.3'' slit was used. There were clear skies and the seeing was around 3 arcsec. Failed
68-505 2024-02-28 01:16 SoftToO 2024dy, HD93521, SN2024cld, Gaia21akw ALHb280224 - ALHb280239, ALHb280252 - ALHb280258, ALHb280269 - ALHb280270 Clear skies, seeing of around 2 - 2.5 arcsec, though the 20240228_too_gaia21akw_phot had a seeing of around 1 arcsec. Observed
68-505 2024-03-01 00:00 SoftToO No observations have been done due to bad weather Failed
68-505 2024-03-04 01:59 SoftToO AT2023nzt, 2023vbg, Feige34, SN2024cld,
HD93521
ALHc040120 - ALHc040131,ALHa040153 - ALHa040158,ALHc040159 - ALHc040163,ALHc040181 - ALHc040194 Clear sky and good seeing. Regarding target 2023vbg I picked the wrong script, i.e. the same script but for March 1st. I needed to manually edit the OB for this night to be able to close it. Observed
68-505 2024-03-09 01:06 SoftToO HD93521, 2023ldh, SN2024cld ALHc090183 - ALHc090192, ALHc090249 - ALHc090257, ALHc090265 - ALHc090274 All targets observed with clear skies and seeing between 1 and 1.2 arcseconds. Observed
68-505 2024-03-14 02:40 SoftToO AT2023clx, HD93521, AT2023gpw, 2022prr ALHc140170 - ALHc140175, ALHc140182 - ALHc140187, ALHc140209 - ALHc140215, ALHc140234 - ALHc140235, ALHc140254 - ALHc140256 Clear skies and a good seeing ranging from 0.4 to 0.6 arcsec. We had a problem with grism #18, as it was accidentally mounted wrong, so we had to stop the measurement halfway through 20240314_too_2023clx_spc_g18_1_0 and redo it, we did however manage to get a successful observation afterwards! Observed
68-505 2024-03-15 00:55 SoftToO HD93521SP1045+378,AT2023gpw,SN2024cld ALHc150077 - ALHc150088, ALHc150115 - ALHc150118, ALHc150138 - ALHc150147 All targets observed with clear skies, 0.5" - 1.0" seeing, moderate wind. Observed
68-505 2024-03-19 00:09 SoftToO 2022prr ALHc190340 - ALHc190342 Clear skies and a measured seeing of 0.8 arcsec Observed
68-505 2024-03-29 00:00 SoftToO Unable to observe targets due to high humidity and freezing conditions all night. Failed
68-505 2024-03-30 00:39 SoftToO ALHc300085 - ALHc300098 SN2024cld, 2023ucy Seeing requirements could not be met for some targets. Other than that, observed in thin clouds with seeing above 1.5" Observed
68-505 2024-03-31 01:19 SoftToO 2023vbg, HD93521, AT2023gpw, SN2024cld ALHc310172 - ALHc310176, ALHc310198 - ALHc310199, ALHc310222 - ALHc310223, ALHc310248 - ALHc310252 Observed in thin clouds with sub-arcsec seeing Observed

 

The above information is collected from the ToO/Mon reports that have been created by the observer.

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