----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat Dec 7 17:31:52 GMT 2013 Year: 13 Doy: 341 Observer: stueben WEATHER COMMENT: stueben: Sat Dec 7 17:32:01 GMT 2013 Denser clouds east, scattered cirrus elsewhere, wind south 5 mph, temp 40F. Waiting for the sun to clear the eastern clouds before starting instruments. ___end___ Sat Dec 7 18:35:52 GMT 2013: PSPT Start Patrol Sat Dec 07 18:52:48 GMT 2013 COMP Start Patrol Sat Dec 07 19:03:20 GMT 2013 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: stueben: Sat Dec 7 19:06:38 GMT 2013 Clouds largely cleared except for a few scattered cirrus. Comp and kcor started. ___end___ Sat Dec 07 19:36:36 GMT 2013 KCOR End Patrol Sat Dec 07 19:54:19 GMT 2013 COMP End Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: stueben: Sat Dec 7 20:51:38 GMT 2013 In cirrus, comp and kcor idled. ___end___ Sat Dec 7 22:17:40 GMT 2013: PSPT Abort Patrol Sat Dec 7 22:51:09 GMT 2013: PSPT Start Patrol Sat Dec 7 22:58:00 GMT 2013: PSPT Abort Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: stueben: Sat Dec 7 23:02:37 GMT 2013 In orographic clouds, instruments idled. ___end___ **PSPT PROBLEM COMMENT BY stueben** : Sat Dec 7 23:03:51 GMT 2013 Dome shutter stopped moving but shutter motor was still running. The key had slipped upward out of the top coupling. I pushed the key back down into the coupling and retightened the set screw. Greg also saw this problem a while back. ___end___