Report on 1st Night UVESSV (09.02.2000):

-- overall good, strong wind at the very beginning
of the night that delayed observations in the LMC

-- seeing: ~1.5" at the beginning of the night (with narrow
peaks up to 1.75"), but went down to 0.4-0.5" towards the
end of the night.

-- a total of 6 hours science exposures were taken:

- 1h30min R580 on LMC_N1866_444 (slit changed to 1.2", S/N~75 @600nm)

- 1h Dic2 on QSO_1101 2x2 (as from OB, S/N~37 @398nm)
- 1h Dic1 on QSO_1101 2x2 (as from OB, S/N~30 @ 358nm)
- 1h Dic1 on QSO_1122 1x2 (as from OB, S/N~45-50 in the range 490-570nm)

- 1h30min Dic1 on HES_2735 (as from OB, S/N to be determined - exp.still
running)

Report on 2nd Night UVESSV (10.02.2000):
 

-- good and better than yesterday, we could start from the
very beginning of the night on LMC

-- seeing: ~1.0" at the beginning of the night, it stayed below
1" for the whole night, ~0.6-0.7" in the 2nd half of the night.
It went up to 1.2" in the last 20min.

-- a total of 7 hours and 30min science exposures were taken:

- 2 x 1h30min R580 on LMC_ESO121_M313 (S/N~50 @500nm)

- 1h Dic2 on QSO_1101 1x2 (as from OB, S/N~40 @398nm)
- 2x1h Dic1 on QSO_1101 1x2 (as from OB, S/N~55 @ 375nm)
- 30s exposures of std. star HD63075 in both Dic

- 1h30min Dic2 on HES_2735

Report on 3rd Night UVESSV (11.02.2000):
 

-- very smooth observations

-- seeing: ~1.4" at the very beginning of the night (for 20min only),
then around 0.7", down to 0.4"-0.5" for most of the 2nd half of thenight.

-- a total of 7 hours and 10min science exposures were taken:

- 1x1h R580 on LMC_1866_1653 (slit opened to 1.2", S/N~85 @560nm)
- 1x1h40m R580 on LMC_2210_B4364 (as from OB: very nice,  both
  stars on the slit!! - B110 came for free)

- 1h Dic2 on QSO_1101 1x2 (as from OB, S/N~35 @398nm, seeing~0.7-0.75")
- 1x1h Dic1 on QSO_1101 2x2 (as from OB, S/N~55 @ 517nm, seeing: seeNote)
- 1x1h + 1x1h30min Dic1 on QSO_1101 1x2 (as from OB, very good seeing
  ~0.4-0.5")
- 30s exposures of std. star HD63075 in both Dic and both binnings1x2,2x2

Note#1: at the beginning of the first 1h exposure in Dic1 on QSO_1101the
seeing was higher than 1" - this is why we decided to use the 2x2 OB
(during the exposure, it went down even to 0.5-0.6")

Report on 4th Night UVESSV (12.02.2000):
 

-- seeing: ~0.8" at the beginning, oscillating around 0.6" for the
   rest of the night

-- exp. time: total of 7 hours and 45min

-- science exposures:

- 1h15min R580 on LMC_121_M167 (as from OB, S/N~40 @550nm)

- 30m R580 on SN87A (sent directly to Bruno for quick evaluation)

- 1h Dic2 on QSO_1101 1x2 (as from OB, S/N~35 @398.5nm)
- 1h Dic2 on QSO_1122 1x2 (as from OB, S/N~30 @398nm)
- 1h Dic1 on QSO_1122 1x2 (as from OB, S/N~25 @370nm)

- 2x1h30min Dic1 G64-12 (as from OB, S/N~77 @318nm, ~350 @518nm)

Report on 5th Night UVESSV (13.02.2000):

-- seeing: for the first time it was quite stable along the whole
   night, around 0.6" on the average.

-- first short technical problem (we had to restart the RTD server).
   loss: 30min + 10min exposure

-- exp. time: total of 7 hours observing

-- science exposures:

- 1h30min R580 on LMC_2210_B4793
- 1h15min R580 on LMC_121_M167

- 1h Dic2 on QSO_1122 1x2
- 3x1h Dic1 on QSO_1122 1x2
- plus Std.star for QSO program at the end of the night
 

Report on 6th Night UVESSV (14.02.2000):
 

-- seeing: fluctuating, but decent (especially in the last 3-4hours,
   ~0.6")

-- exp. time: total of 8 hours and 10min observing time:

-- science exposures:

- 2x1h15m in R580 on LMC_1978_LE9 (as from OB, S/N~60 @570 on the 1stspc,
  lower on the 2nd - seeing was worse and fluctuated during thewhole
  exposure)

- 1h Dic2 on QSO_1122 1x2 (as from OB, Jacqueline has been working on)
- 2x1h Dic1 on QSO_1122 1x2 (as from OB, same as above)

- 2x1h20min Dic1 on G64-12 (as from OB).
 

Report on 7th Night UVESSV (15.02.2000):
 

-- seeing: fluctuating, bad at the beginning of the night (~1.7") but
   improved during the first hour or so. Rest of the nightbetween
   ~0.5-0.8"

-- exp. time: total of 8 hours observing time:

-- science exposures:

- 2x1h15m in R580 on LMC_1978_LE8 (as from OB, S/N~40 @520nm, slit
  opened to 1.2" because of bad seeing at start).

- 2x1h Dic2 on QSO_1101 1x2

- 1x1h30m on HES2708 (as from OB, S/N~45-50 @ 520nm)

- 2x1h Dic1 on QSO_1122 1x2

- Std. Star
 

Report on 8th Night UVESSV (16.02.2000):
 

-- seeing: not so good in the first 2-3 hours (we were very happy tohave
   0.6" just when starting to integrate on LMC, but thenit degraded to
   1.0", and 1.5" (few peaks even at 1.7"-1.8"). Better the2nd half of
   the night (~0.7"-0.8")

-- exp. time: total of ~8h45m observing time:

-- science exposures:

- 2x1h in R580 on LMC_1866_867 (slit=1", seeing between 0.65" and 1.1",
  S/N~30-35 @520nm on one single spc)

- 1h in Dic1 on SN87A (started because seeing was below 0.8" and seemed
  to follow a descending trend - but when seeing got bad (>1.5)exp.
  was shortened to 45min)

- 2x1h Dic2 on QSO_1122 2x2    (low counts: 40% of previousexposures)

- 2x1h on HE1347 2x2

- 1h Dic2 on HES2708, but the blue spectrum was lost because of a technical
  problem. Only the red spectrum is available.

Report on 9th Night UVESSV (17.02.2000):
 

--  poor seeing conditions, just slightlybetter than those of yesterday

--  exp time: total of ~8h30m observing time

-- science exposures:

- 2 x 75 min: LMC_NGC1978_LE9-1:  DIC 2 1x1,slit 1.0" average seeing 1.4 and 1.2" for the 1st and 2nd exposures respectivelylow ct level in blue

- 1 x 90 min: Q1122-1648: DIC 2 2x2 average seeing1.3"
     ct level 40% of thoseobtained in subarc seeing conditions

- 2 x 90 min: Q1347-2457: DIC 2 2x2  average seeing 1.3 and 1.2 for the 1st and 2nd exposures respectively

 - 1 x 90 min: HES2708: DIC 1 1x1 B470-R785   average seeing 1.1"

Report on 1st Night UVESSV (09.02.2000):

-- overall good, strong wind at the very beginning
of the night that delayed observations in the LMC

-- seeing: ~1.5" at the beginning of the night (with narrow
peaks up to 1.75"), but went down to 0.4-0.5" towards the
end of the night.

-- a total of 6 hours science exposures were taken:

- 1h30min R580 on LMC_N1866_444 (slit changed to 1.2", S/N~75 @600nm)

- 1h Dic2 on QSO_1101 2x2 (as from OB, S/N~37 @398nm)
- 1h Dic1 on QSO_1101 2x2 (as from OB, S/N~30 @ 358nm)
- 1h Dic1 on QSO_1122 1x2 (as from OB, S/N~45-50 in the range 490-570nm)

- 1h30min Dic1 on HES_2735 (as from OB, S/N to be determined - exp.still
running)

Report on 2nd Night UVESSV (10.02.2000):
 

-- good and better than yesterday, we could start from the
very beginning of the night on LMC

-- seeing: ~1.0" at the beginning of the night, it stayed below
1" for the whole night, ~0.6-0.7" in the 2nd half of the night.
It went up to 1.2" in the last 20min.

-- a total of 7 hours and 30min science exposures were taken:

- 2 x 1h30min R580 on LMC_ESO121_M313 (S/N~50 @500nm)

- 1h Dic2 on QSO_1101 1x2 (as from OB, S/N~40 @398nm)
- 2x1h Dic1 on QSO_1101 1x2 (as from OB, S/N~55 @ 375nm)
- 30s exposures of std. star HD63075 in both Dic

- 1h30min Dic2 on HES_2735

Report on 3rd Night UVESSV (11.02.2000):
 

-- very smooth observations

-- seeing: ~1.4" at the very beginning of the night (for 20min only),
then around 0.7", down to 0.4"-0.5" for most of the 2nd half of thenight.

-- a total of 7 hours and 10min science exposures were taken:

- 1x1h R580 on LMC_1866_1653 (slit opened to 1.2", S/N~85 @560nm)
- 1x1h40m R580 on LMC_2210_B4364 (as from OB: very nice,  both
  stars on the slit!! - B110 came for free)

- 1h Dic2 on QSO_1101 1x2 (as from OB, S/N~35 @398nm, seeing~0.7-0.75")
- 1x1h Dic1 on QSO_1101 2x2 (as from OB, S/N~55 @ 517nm, seeing: seeNote)
- 1x1h + 1x1h30min Dic1 on QSO_1101 1x2 (as from OB, very good seeing
  ~0.4-0.5")
- 30s exposures of std. star HD63075 in both Dic and both binnings1x2,2x2

Note#1: at the beginning of the first 1h exposure in Dic1 on QSO_1101the
seeing was higher than 1" - this is why we decided to use the 2x2 OB
(during the exposure, it went down even to 0.5-0.6")

Report on 4th Night UVESSV (12.02.2000):
 

-- seeing: ~0.8" at the beginning, oscillating around 0.6" for the
   rest of the night

-- exp. time: total of 7 hours and 45min

-- science exposures:

- 1h15min R580 on LMC_121_M167 (as from OB, S/N~40 @550nm)

- 30m R580 on SN87A (sent directly to Bruno for quick evaluation)

- 1h Dic2 on QSO_1101 1x2 (as from OB, S/N~35 @398.5nm)
- 1h Dic2 on QSO_1122 1x2 (as from OB, S/N~30 @398nm)
- 1h Dic1 on QSO_1122 1x2 (as from OB, S/N~25 @370nm)

- 2x1h30min Dic1 G64-12 (as from OB, S/N~77 @318nm, ~350 @518nm)

Report on 5th Night UVESSV (13.02.2000):

-- seeing: for the first time it was quite stable along the whole
   night, around 0.6" on the average.

-- first short technical problem (we had to restart the RTD server).
   loss: 30min + 10min exposure

-- exp. time: total of 7 hours observing

-- science exposures:

- 1h30min R580 on LMC_2210_B4793
- 1h15min R580 on LMC_121_M167

- 1h Dic2 on QSO_1122 1x2
- 3x1h Dic1 on QSO_1122 1x2
- plus Std.star for QSO program at the end of the night
 

Report on 6th Night UVESSV (14.02.2000):
 

-- seeing: fluctuating, but decent (especially in the last 3-4hours,
   ~0.6")

-- exp. time: total of 8 hours and 10min observing time:

-- science exposures:

- 2x1h15m in R580 on LMC_1978_LE9 (as from OB, S/N~60 @570 on the 1stspc,
  lower on the 2nd - seeing was worse and fluctuated during thewhole
  exposure)

- 1h Dic2 on QSO_1122 1x2 (as from OB, Jacqueline has been working on)
- 2x1h Dic1 on QSO_1122 1x2 (as from OB, same as above)

- 2x1h20min Dic1 on G64-12 (as from OB).
 

Report on 7th Night UVESSV (15.02.2000):
 

-- seeing: fluctuating, bad at the beginning of the night (~1.7") but
   improved during the first hour or so. Rest of the nightbetween
   ~0.5-0.8"

-- exp. time: total of 8 hours observing time:

-- science exposures:

- 2x1h15m in R580 on LMC_1978_LE8 (as from OB, S/N~40 @520nm, slit
  opened to 1.2" because of bad seeing at start).

- 2x1h Dic2 on QSO_1101 1x2

- 1x1h30m on HES2708 (as from OB, S/N~45-50 @ 520nm)

- 2x1h Dic1 on QSO_1122 1x2

- Std. Star
 

Report on 8th Night UVESSV (16.02.2000):
 

-- seeing: not so good in the first 2-3 hours (we were very happy tohave
   0.6" just when starting to integrate on LMC, but thenit degraded to
   1.0", and 1.5" (few peaks even at 1.7"-1.8"). Better the2nd half of
   the night (~0.7"-0.8")

-- exp. time: total of ~8h45m observing time:

-- science exposures:

- 2x1h in R580 on LMC_1866_867 (slit=1", seeing between 0.65" and 1.1",
  S/N~30-35 @520nm on one single spc)

- 1h in Dic1 on SN87A (started because seeing was below 0.8" and seemed
  to follow a descending trend - but when seeing got bad (>1.5)exp.
  was shortened to 45min)

- 2x1h Dic2 on QSO_1122 2x2    (low counts: 40% of previousexposures)

- 2x1h on HE1347 2x2

- 1h Dic2 on HES2708, but the blue spectrum was lost because of a technical
  problem. Only the red spectrum is available.

Report on 9th Night UVESSV (17.02.2000):
 

--  poor seeing conditions, just slightlybetter than those of yesterday

--  exp time: total of ~8h30m observing time

-- science exposures:

- 2 x 75 min: LMC_NGC1978_LE9-1:  DIC 2 1x1,slit 1.0" average seeing 1.4 and 1.2" for the 1st and 2nd exposures respectivelylow ct level in blue

- 1 x 90 min: Q1122-1648: DIC 2 2x2 average seeing1.3"
     ct level 40% of thoseobtained in subarc seeing conditions

- 2 x 90 min: Q1347-2457: DIC 2 2x2  average seeing 1.3 and 1.2 for the 1st and 2nd exposures respectively

 - 1 x 90 min: HES2708: DIC 1 1x1 B470-R785   average seeing 1.1"

Report on 1st Night UVESSV (09.02.2000):

-- overall good, strong wind at the very beginning
of the night that delayed observations in the LMC

-- seeing: ~1.5" at the beginning of the night (with narrow
peaks up to 1.75"), but went down to 0.4-0.5" towards the
end of the night.

-- a total of 6 hours science exposures were taken:

- 1h30min R580 on LMC_N1866_444 (slit changed to 1.2", S/N~75 @600nm)

- 1h Dic2 on QSO_1101 2x2 (as from OB, S/N~37 @398nm)
- 1h Dic1 on QSO_1101 2x2 (as from OB, S/N~30 @ 358nm)
- 1h Dic1 on QSO_1122 1x2 (as from OB, S/N~45-50 in the range 490-570nm)

- 1h30min Dic1 on HES_2735 (as from OB, S/N to be determined - exp.still
running)

Report on 2nd Night UVESSV (10.02.2000):
 

-- good and better than yesterday, we could start from the
very beginning of the night on LMC

-- seeing: ~1.0" at the beginning of the night, it stayed below
1" for the whole night, ~0.6-0.7" in the 2nd half of the night.
It went up to 1.2" in the last 20min.

-- a total of 7 hours and 30min science exposures were taken:

- 2 x 1h30min R580 on LMC_ESO121_M313 (S/N~50 @500nm)

- 1h Dic2 on QSO_1101 1x2 (as from OB, S/N~40 @398nm)
- 2x1h Dic1 on QSO_1101 1x2 (as from OB, S/N~55 @ 375nm)
- 30s exposures of std. star HD63075 in both Dic

- 1h30min Dic2 on HES_2735

Report on 3rd Night UVESSV (11.02.2000):
 

-- very smooth observations

-- seeing: ~1.4" at the very beginning of the night (for 20min only),
then around 0.7", down to 0.4"-0.5" for most of the 2nd half of thenight.

-- a total of 7 hours and 10min science exposures were taken:

- 1x1h R580 on LMC_1866_1653 (slit opened to 1.2", S/N~85 @560nm)
- 1x1h40m R580 on LMC_2210_B4364 (as from OB: very nice,  both
  stars on the slit!! - B110 came for free)

- 1h Dic2 on QSO_1101 1x2 (as from OB, S/N~35 @398nm, seeing~0.7-0.75")
- 1x1h Dic1 on QSO_1101 2x2 (as from OB, S/N~55 @ 517nm, seeing: seeNote)
- 1x1h + 1x1h30min Dic1 on QSO_1101 1x2 (as from OB, very good seeing
  ~0.4-0.5")
- 30s exposures of std. star HD63075 in both Dic and both binnings1x2,2x2

Note#1: at the beginning of the first 1h exposure in Dic1 on QSO_1101the
seeing was higher than 1" - this is why we decided to use the 2x2 OB
(during the exposure, it went down even to 0.5-0.6")

Report on 4th Night UVESSV (12.02.2000):
 

-- seeing: ~0.8" at the beginning, oscillating around 0.6" for the
   rest of the night

-- exp. time: total of 7 hours and 45min

-- science exposures:

- 1h15min R580 on LMC_121_M167 (as from OB, S/N~40 @550nm)

- 30m R580 on SN87A (sent directly to Bruno for quick evaluation)

- 1h Dic2 on QSO_1101 1x2 (as from OB, S/N~35 @398.5nm)
- 1h Dic2 on QSO_1122 1x2 (as from OB, S/N~30 @398nm)
- 1h Dic1 on QSO_1122 1x2 (as from OB, S/N~25 @370nm)

- 2x1h30min Dic1 G64-12 (as from OB, S/N~77 @318nm, ~350 @518nm)

Report on 5th Night UVESSV (13.02.2000):

-- seeing: for the first time it was quite stable along the whole
   night, around 0.6" on the average.

-- first short technical problem (we had to restart the RTD server).
   loss: 30min + 10min exposure

-- exp. time: total of 7 hours observing

-- science exposures:

- 1h30min R580 on LMC_2210_B4793
- 1h15min R580 on LMC_121_M167

- 1h Dic2 on QSO_1122 1x2
- 3x1h Dic1 on QSO_1122 1x2
- plus Std.star for QSO program at the end of the night
 

Report on 6th Night UVESSV (14.02.2000):
 

-- seeing: fluctuating, but decent (especially in the last 3-4hours,
   ~0.6")

-- exp. time: total of 8 hours and 10min observing time:

-- science exposures:

- 2x1h15m in R580 on LMC_1978_LE9 (as from OB, S/N~60 @570 on the 1stspc,
  lower on the 2nd - seeing was worse and fluctuated during thewhole
  exposure)

- 1h Dic2 on QSO_1122 1x2 (as from OB, Jacqueline has been working on)
- 2x1h Dic1 on QSO_1122 1x2 (as from OB, same as above)

- 2x1h20min Dic1 on G64-12 (as from OB).
 

Report on 7th Night UVESSV (15.02.2000):
 

-- seeing: fluctuating, bad at the beginning of the night (~1.7") but
   improved during the first hour or so. Rest of the nightbetween
   ~0.5-0.8"

-- exp. time: total of 8 hours observing time:

-- science exposures:

- 2x1h15m in R580 on LMC_1978_LE8 (as from OB, S/N~40 @520nm, slit
  opened to 1.2" because of bad seeing at start).

- 2x1h Dic2 on QSO_1101 1x2

- 1x1h30m on HES2708 (as from OB, S/N~45-50 @ 520nm)

- 2x1h Dic1 on QSO_1122 1x2

- Std. Star
 

Report on 8th Night UVESSV (16.02.2000):
 

-- seeing: not so good in the first 2-3 hours (we were very happy tohave
   0.6" just when starting to integrate on LMC, but thenit degraded to
   1.0", and 1.5" (few peaks even at 1.7"-1.8"). Better the2nd half of
   the night (~0.7"-0.8")

-- exp. time: total of ~8h45m observing time:

-- science exposures:

- 2x1h in R580 on LMC_1866_867 (slit=1", seeing between 0.65" and 1.1",
  S/N~30-35 @520nm on one single spc)

- 1h in Dic1 on SN87A (started because seeing was below 0.8" and seemed
  to follow a descending trend - but when seeing got bad (>1.5)exp.
  was shortened to 45min)

- 2x1h Dic2 on QSO_1122 2x2    (low counts: 40% of previousexposures)

- 2x1h on HE1347 2x2

- 1h Dic2 on HES2708, but the blue spectrum was lost because of a technical
  problem. Only the red spectrum is available.

Report on 9th Night UVESSV (17.02.2000):
 

--  poor seeing conditions, just slightlybetter than those of yesterday

--  exp time: total of ~8h30m observing time

-- science exposures:

- 2 x 75 min: LMC_NGC1978_LE9-1:  DIC 2 1x1,slit 1.0" average seeing 1.4 and 1.2" for the 1st and 2nd exposures respectivelylow ct level in blue

- 1 x 90 min: Q1122-1648: DIC 2 2x2 average seeing1.3"
     ct level 40% of thoseobtained in subarc seeing conditions

- 2 x 90 min: Q1347-2457: DIC 2 2x2  average seeing 1.3 and 1.2 for the 1st and 2nd exposures respectively

 - 1 x 90 min: HES2708: DIC 1 1x1 B470-R785   average seeing 1.1"