----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tue May 23 15:46:29 GMT 2017 Year: 17 Doy: 143 Observer: waters WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Tue May 23 16:19:45 GMT 2017 Temp 46F with windspeed at about 15-20mph from the Southeast. Cirrus covering most of the sky at present. Will wait for the clouds to clear up before starting the instruments. ___end___ Tue May 23 19:43:12 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Tue May 23 19:43:50 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Tue May 23 20:08:20 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Tue May 23 20:10:36 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Tue May 23 20:12:09 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00010.cbk Tue May 23 20:40:52 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Tue May 23 20:40:53 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20150323.ini Tue May 23 20:56:13 GMT 2017 KCOR End Calibration Script Tue May 23 20:56:31 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Tue May 23 20:56:32 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Tue May 23 22:53:47 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol Tue May 23 22:53:48 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: waves-00001.cbk Wed May 24 00:26:08 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol Wed May 24 00:29:00 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Wed May 24 00:29:46 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Wed May 24 00:30:02 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00010.cbk Wed May 24 02:21:38 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol Wed May 24 02:22:00 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY stueben: Wed May 24 02:34:44 GMT 2017 Cirrus covered the sky at startup but gradually cleared until it was possible to start the instruments at 10AM.The sky remained clear for the remainder of the day. Aerosols increased and degraded images until about 12:30 when the wind shifted to the east and images improved substantially. ___end___