SAAO Observing Rota for February 2026
	Month	Day	Date	Moon%	1.9-m	1.0-m	Lesedi	IRSF	SALT
	Feb	Wed	4	89
	Feb	Thu	5	82	Tampo		Queue
	Feb	Fri	6	74			Schedule
	Feb	Sat	7	65		Sickafoose
	Feb	Sun	8	55		SHOC
	Feb	Mon	9	46	SpUpNIC		Mookodi
	Feb	Tue	10	37
	Feb	Wed	11	28
	Feb	Thu	12	20	Rawat	Kilkenny	Queue
	Feb	Fri	13	13			Schedule
	Feb	Sat	14	7
	Feb	Sun	15	3
	Feb	Mon	16	0	HIPPO	SHOC	Mookodi
	Feb	Tue	17	0
	Feb	Wed	18	2
	Feb	Thu	19	7	Winkler		Queue
	Feb	Fri	20	13			Schedule
	Feb	Sat	21	22
	Feb	Sun	22	32
	Feb	Mon	23	43	SpUpNIC		Mookodi
	Feb	Tue	24	54
	Feb	Wed	25	65
	Feb	Thu	26	76	Groot	Engineering	Queue
	Feb	Fri	27	85			Schedule
	Feb	Sat	28	92
	Mar	Sun	1	97
	Mar	Mon	2	100	SpUpNIC	SHOC	Mookodi
	Mar	Tue	3	100
	The percentage of Moon illuminated at local midnight is shown in column 4. Names in square brackets are visitor support astronomers. Dates of Public Holidays are highlighted and marked in Bold.