----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri Apr 7 16:43:42 GMT 2006 Year: 06 Doy: 097 Observer: yasukawa WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Apr 7 16:44:07 GMT 2006 Clear, S wind 10 mph, temp 37 F. ___end___ Fri Apr 7 16:48:55 GMT 2006 CHIP Start Patrol Fri Apr 7 16:49:05 GMT 2006 PICS Start Patrol PSPT COMMENT: Fri Apr 7 16:53:35 GMT 2006 Starting up. ___end___ PSPT COMMENT: Fri Apr 7 17:01:46 GMT 2006 Observing. ___end___ Fri Apr 7 17:06:21 GMT 2006 MKIV Start Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Apr 7 17:15:53 GMT 2006 Sky a bit bright and variable. May have some haze or very thin cirrostratus overhead. ___end___ WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Apr 7 17:53:25 GMT 2006 Sky brightness and variability looking better, may be due to less angular extinction. ___end___ Fri Apr 7 17:59:37 GMT 2006 MKIV End Patrol Fri Apr 7 17:59:42 GMT 2006 MKIV Start Cal Fri Apr 7 18:01:55 GMT 2006 CHIP LSD Fri Apr 7 18:02:13 GMT 2006 PICS Flat Fri Apr 7 18:03:45 GMT 2006 CHIP End LSD Fri Apr 7 18:03:53 GMT 2006 CHIP BiasLSD Fri Apr 7 18:04:33 GMT 2006 PICS End Flat Fri Apr 7 18:04:35 GMT 2006 CHIP End BiasLSD Fri Apr 7 18:04:48 GMT 2006 PICS ReStart Patrol Fri Apr 7 18:04:55 GMT 2006 CHIP Bias Fri Apr 7 18:05:39 GMT 2006 CHIP End Bias Fri Apr 7 18:05:50 GMT 2006 CHIP ReStart Patrol Fri Apr 7 18:19:17 GMT 2006 MKIV End Cal Fri Apr 7 18:19:24 GMT 2006 MKIV Start Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Apr 7 19:55:05 GMT 2006 In thin, broken cirrus. ___end___ **PSPT PROBLEM**: Fri Apr 7 20:26:15 GMT 2006 Wind causing spar to oscillate, loosened RA clutch just a hair to reduce oscillation. ___end___ WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Apr 7 20:26:57 GMT 2006 Cirrostratus moderately thick and more extensive. Idling MK4 for now. ___end___ Fri Apr 7 20:27:46 GMT 2006 PICS End Patrol Fri Apr 7 20:27:47 GMT 2006 CHIP End Patrol COMMENT: Fri Apr 7 20:27:48 GMT 2006 Stopping and reconfiguring dome shutter. ___end___ Fri Apr 7 20:28:52 GMT 2006 MKIV End Patrol Fri Apr 7 20:34:08 GMT 2006 CHIP Start Patrol Fri Apr 7 20:34:13 GMT 2006 PICS Start Patrol COMMENT: Fri Apr 7 20:40:17 GMT 2006 Declination reset itself. Repointed spar and reset guider. ___end___ NICE MK4 IMAGE: 1802 NICE CHIP IMAGE: 1801 NICE PICSDISC IMAGE: 1801 NICE PICSLIMB IMAGE: 1801 **PSPT PROBLEM**: Fri Apr 7 21:16:32 GMT 2006 RA clutch loosened a bit too much, spar slipped off sun. Pointed manually and tightened clutch just a hair. ___end___ **PSPT PROBLEM**: Fri Apr 7 22:38:24 GMT 2006 No image, guider was not pointing correctly. Pointed spar to sun manually. There appeared to be enough tension that the spar was not exceptionally loose. Did not adjust RA clutch. ___end___ Fri Apr 7 22:40:11 GMT 2006 MKIV Start Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Apr 7 22:40:16 GMT 2006 Clear hole, restarting MK4. ___end___ WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Apr 7 22:46:31 GMT 2006 Back in scattered cirrostratus. ___end___ WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Apr 7 22:56:43 GMT 2006 Back in extensive cirrostratus, idling MK4. ___end___ Fri Apr 7 22:58:14 GMT 2006 MKIV End Patrol Sat Apr 8 00:12:27 GMT 2006 CHIP End Patrol Sat Apr 8 00:12:40 GMT 2006 PICS End Patrol COMMENT: Sat Apr 8 00:12:39 GMT 2006 Stopping to reconfigure dome shutter. ___end___ COMMENT: Sat Apr 8 00:20:11 GMT 2006 Reconfigured shutter a bit too early, sky tx is shaded yet. Guider gain may be higher but Allen's adjustment may moderate the AGC contribution. ___end___ Sat Apr 8 00:22:11 GMT 2006 CHIP Start Patrol Sat Apr 8 00:22:22 GMT 2006 PICS Start Patrol COMMENT: Sat Apr 8 00:22:45 GMT 2006 Spar guider gain appears quite stable at the meters. ___end___ COMMENT: Sat Apr 8 00:24:14 GMT 2006 Sky tx is back in sunlight again. ___end___ Sat Apr 8 02:30:07 GMT 2006 CHIP End Patrol Sat Apr 8 02:30:10 GMT 2006 PICS End Patrol COMMENT: Sat Apr 8 02:36:47 GMT 2006 10 man-hours on site. ___end___ Sat Apr 8 02:37:22 GMT 2006 MkIV 17_06.rawmk4 17_50.rawmk4 18_48.rawmk4 19_32.rawmk4 20_16.rawmk4 17_09.rawmk4 17_53.rawmk4 18_51.rawmk4 19_35.rawmk4 20_19.rawmk4 17_12.rawmk4 17_56.rawmk4 18_54.rawmk4 19_38.rawmk4 20_22.rawmk4 17_15.rawmk4 18_02.rawmk4 18_57.rawmk4 19_41.rawmk4 20_25.rawmk4 17_18.rawmk4 18_15.rawmk4 19_00.rawmk4 19_44.rawmk4 22_40.rawmk4 17_21.rawmk4 18_19.rawmk4 19_03.rawmk4 19_47.rawmk4 22_43.rawmk4 17_24.rawmk4 18_22.rawmk4 19_06.rawmk4 19_50.rawmk4 22_46.rawmk4 17_27.rawmk4 18_25.rawmk4 19_09.rawmk4 19_53.rawmk4 22_49.rawmk4 17_30.rawmk4 18_28.rawmk4 19_12.rawmk4 19_56.rawmk4 22_51.rawmk4 17_32.rawmk4 18_31.rawmk4 19_15.rawmk4 19_59.rawmk4 22_54.rawmk4 17_35.rawmk4 18_34.rawmk4 19_18.rawmk4 20_02.rawmk4 c17_59.rawmk4 17_38.rawmk4 18_37.rawmk4 19_21.rawmk4 20_05.rawmk4 c18_05.rawmk4 17_41.rawmk4 18_39.rawmk4 19_24.rawmk4 20_08.rawmk4 c18_12.rawmk4 17_44.rawmk4 18_42.rawmk4 19_26.rawmk4 20_10.rawmk4 17_47.rawmk4 18_45.rawmk4 19_29.rawmk4 20_13.rawmk4