----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Dec 15 17:19:11 GMT 2013 Year: 13 Doy: 349 Observer: waters WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Sun Dec 15 17:19:18 GMT 2013 Temp 36F, windspeed 8mph from the South-Southeast. Cirrus in the North-Northwest. Thin layer of vog looks to be above 14,000ft. There is also a haze in the East-Southeast, but it's really hard to see. ___end___ CoMP COMMENT BY waters: Sun Dec 15 17:23:43 GMT 2013 Waiting for the camera to cool before turning it on. Doesn't look like I'll have to wait too long. ___end___ KCOR COMMENT BY waters: Sun Dec 15 17:24:30 GMT 2013 Temp for Kcor has stayed at 33.4C since I've got here. On the ILX, the TE Current Limit and the TE Open are glowing red. ___end___ Sun Dec 15 17:39:00 GMT 2013: PSPT Start Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Dec 15 17:44:40 GMT 2013 When starting to center the occulter on Comp, it was way off. THe HT was at 90500 and the VT was at 95500. Also, the dark image is washed out. I will recenter Comp once Kcor is up to temp, but will have it up and running once the dark image has some semblance to its former glory. ___end___ Sun Dec 15 18:08:24 GMT 2013 COMP Start Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Dec 15 18:45:50 GMT 2013 Temp has reached 35C on kcor and the red leds are gone. Getting it up and going. ___end___ Sun Dec 15 18:48:44 GMT 2013 COMP End Patrol KCOR COMMENT BY waters: Sun Dec 15 18:56:50 GMT 2013 Kcor has come light leaking on it. Current SGS values are -70, -60. Values set to -51,-36. Will no doubt have to recenter in a couple of hours. ___end___ CoMP COMMENT BY waters: Sun Dec 15 19:04:40 GMT 2013 HT set to 93000 and VT set to 96000. ___end___ Sun Dec 15 19:05:33 GMT 2013 COMP Start Patrol Sun Dec 15 19:11:02 GMT 2013 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Dec 15 19:30:07 GMT 2013 KCOR End Patrol Sun Dec 15 19:30:30 GMT 2013 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg.ini Sun Dec 15 19:46:16 GMT 2013 KCOR End Calibration Script Sun Dec 15 19:46:41 GMT 2013 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Dec 15 20:21:09 GMT 2013 KCOR End Patrol Sun Dec 15 20:21:01 GMT 2013 COMP End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Dec 15 20:20:37 GMT 2013 Cirrus coming in from the West and South. Kcor and Comp idled. ___end___ Sun Dec 15 20:40:19 GMT 2013: PSPT Start Patrol Sun Dec 15 21:27:58 GMT 2013: PSPT Start Patrol Sun Dec 15 22:39:41 GMT 2013: PSPT Abort Patrol Sun Dec 15 22:39:45 GMT 2013: PSPT Abort Patrol Sun Dec 15 22:39:51 GMT 2013: PSPT Start Patrol Sun Dec 15 22:40:29 GMT 2013: PSPT Abort Patrol Sun Dec 15 22:41:50 GMT 2013: PSPT Start Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Dec 15 22:42:58 GMT 2013 Pspt lost the Sun for a bit. Took a couple of tries but got it back and working. ___end___ Sun Dec 15 22:55:54 GMT 2013: PSPT Abort Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Dec 15 22:57:07 GMT 2013 Some nasty clouds have found their way up. Pspt idled with domes ready to close if necessary. ___end___ Mon Dec 16 00:35:04 GMT 2013: PSPT Start Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Mon Dec 16 00:36:15 GMT 2013 Some thin cirrus sitll hanging about but should be able to start Pspt. ___end___ Mon Dec 16 01:00:40 GMT 2013: PSPT Abort Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Mon Dec 16 01:02:36 GMT 2013 Domes closed due to fog. ___end___