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Science @ Sutherland 2012

June 2012

Week	1.9-m	1.0-m	0.75-m	0.5-m
30/5-5/6	Observations and precise fundamental parameters determination of SB2 binaries and bright stars hosting planets using the iodine cell at the GIRAFFE spectrograph Ratajczak	Microlensing Search for Planets Menzies	Time-resolved spectroscopy and photometry of binary massive O-type system V1007 Sco Pigulski	N/A
6-13/6	Time-resolved spectroscopy and photometry of binary massive O-type system V1007 Sco Pigulski	Microlensing Search for Planets Menzies	IR photometry of very important stars Whitelock	N/A
14-19/6	High-Speed Photometry of Cataclysmic Variable Stars Woudt	Microlensing Search for Planets Menzies	Time-resolved spectroscopy and photometry of binary massive O-type system V1007 Sco Pigulski	N/A
20-26/6	Determining the nature of interesting optical transients (OTs) discovered from the Catalina Realtime Transient Survey Barway	Pulsations, eclipses and light travel-time effects in evolved stars Kilkenny	TRIPOL/ Engineering Nagayama	van Wyk

May 2012

Week	1.9-m	1.0-m	0.75-m	0.5-m
25/4-1/5	Identifying the evolutionary phase of the secondaries stars in classical and recurrent novae – the photometry Ribeiro	High-Speed Photometry of Cataclysmic Variable Stars Woudt	Study of structure and kinematics of the halo of our Galaxy Berdnikov	Mode identification in Am stars Medupe
2-8/5	Spectroscopic observations of planetary nebulae with binary central stars Hajduk	An intensive search for close binary central stars of planetary nebulae Miszalski	Study of structure and kinematics of the halo of our Galaxy Berdnikov	Mode identification in Am stars Medupe
9-15/5	Spectroscopy of the hot post-AGB stars Ikonnikova	New binary central stars of planetary nebulae Hajduk	Study of structure and kinematics of the halo of our Galaxy Berdnikov	N/A
16-22/5	Radial velocity search for close binary central stars of planetary nebulae Miszalski	New binary central stars of planetary nebulae Hajduk	Study of structure and kinematics of the halo of our Galaxy Berdnikov	van Wyk
23-29/5	Spectroscopic characterisation of accretion in post-outburst recurrent novae Worters	An intensive search for close binary central stars of planetary nebulae Miszalski	Study of structure and kinematics of the halo of our Galaxy Berdnikov	van Wyk

April 2012

Week	1.9-m	1.0-m	0.75-m	0.5-m
28/3-3/4	Understanding the high energy source XSS J1227.0-4859(aka 1FGLJ1227.9-4852) Buckley	An intensive search for close binary central stars of planetary nebulae Miszalski	Multicolour Photometry of beta Cephei stars Medupe	Physical Parameters of Am stars Medupe
4/4-10/4	Two-component Spectroscopy of non-previously-studied Hipparcos Algol Systems Surgit	The Nature of the INTEGRAL/Fermi Hard X-/ gamma-ray Source, 1FGL J1227.94852 Kotze	High-Speed Photometry of Cataclysmic Variable Stars undergraduates Woudt	Physical Parameters of Am stars Medupe
11/4-17/4	Red supergiants in Galactic Clusters McBride	The Nature of the INTEGRAL/Fermi Hard X-/gamma-ray Source, 1FGL J1227.94852 Kotze	Multicolour Photometry of beta Cephei stars Medupe	Two-component spectroscopy of not-previously-studied Hipparcos Algol systems Surgit
18/4-24/4	Precision Redshifts of HI-Selected Galaxies Maddox	High-Speed Photometry of Cataclysmic Variable Stars Woudt	IR photometry of very important stars Whitelock	Mode identification in Am stars Medupe

March 2012

Week	1.9-m	1.0-m	0.75-m	0.5-m
29/2-6/3	Optical identifications of interesting optical transients (OTs) discovered from the Catalina Sky Survey Barway	High-Speed Photometry of Cataclysmic Variable Stars Woudt	IR photometry of very important stars Whitelock	Southern Chemical Peculiar Stars Zejda
7-13/3	Spectroscopic observations of contact binary stars Skelton	Beta Cephei stars in open clusters Engelbrecht	Mode Iden- tification of Beta Cep stars Medupe	Southern Chemical Peculiar Stars Zejda
14-20/3	High-Speed Photometry of Cataclysmic Variable Stars Woudt	Absolute parameters and evolutionary position of selected eclipsing binary stars Surgit	Mode Identi-fication of BetaCep stars Medupe	van Wyk
21-27/3	An advanced search for binarity in unusual central stars of planetary nebulae Miszalski	Multicolour photometry of rotating Beta Cephei stars Engelbrecht	An exploration of SHOC capabilities Coppejans	van Wyk

February 2012

Week	1.9-m	1.0-m	0.75-m	0.5-m
1-7/2	Asteroseismology of the Gamma Doradus stars Gamma Dor and QWPup Pollard	Multi-site Photometric Campaign on HD60435 Medupe	IR photometry of very important stars Whitelock	Multi-site Photometric Campaign on HD60435 Medupe
8-14/2	CCD Photometry of pulsating B stars in the LMC Engelbrecht	Multi-site Photometric Campaign on HD60435 Medupe	N/A	Multi-site Photometric Campaign on HD60435 Medupe
15-21/2	ISYA 2012	ISYA 2012	ISYA 2012	ISYA 2012
22-28/2	Polarimetry observations of blazars from the HESS and Fermi catalogues Pekeur	High-Speed Photometry of Cataclysmic Variable Stars Woudt	Mode Identi-fication of Beta Cep stars Medupe	van Wyk

January 2012

Week	1.9-m	1.0-m	0.75-m	0.5-m
28/12-3/1	Follow-up of the CoRoT target HD 45975: establishing the existence of pulsations in HgMn stars Morel	An exploration of SHOC capabilities Coppejans	Study of structure and kinematics of the halo of our Galaxy Berdnikov	Multi-site Photometric Campaign on HD60435 Medupe
4-10/1	SpCCD/ Engineering	Beta Cephei stars in open clusters Engelbrecht	Study of structure and kinematics of the halo of our Galaxy Berdnikov	Multi-site Photometric Campaign on HD60435 Medupe
11-17/1	Search for new EC variables Kilkenny	Search for variability in hot subdwarf stars Koen	Study of structure and kinematics of the halo of our Galaxy Berdnikov	Multi-site Photometric Campaign on HD60435 Medupe
18-24/1	High-Speed Photometry of Cataclysmic Variable Stars Woudt	Search for rotation periods of members of young stellar associations Messina	Study of structure and kinematics of the halo of our Galaxy Berdnikov	Multi-site Photometric Campaign on HD60435 Medupe
25-31/1	CCD Photometry of pulsating B stars in the LMC Engelbrecht	Search for rotation periods of members of young stellar associations Messina	Multi-site Photometric Campaign on HD60435 Medupe	Multi-site Photometric Campaign on HD60435 Medupe