----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri May 1 16:34:25 GMT 2020 Year: 20 Doy: 122 Observer: berkey WEATHER COMMENT: berkey: Fri May 01 16:36:26 GMT 2020 Temp: 51.7f, Humidity: 11%, Pressure: 28.617in, Wind: 10mph from 152degs, Skies: clear ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Fri May 01 17:05:24 GMT 2020 PM Blew off Kcor O1. Found a dead bee tucked inside the aperture stop of the o1 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Fri May 01 17:05:35 GMT 2020 opened windows upstairs ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Fri May 01 17:08:50 GMT 2020 Added a small balance rod to the north side of the spar to allow a location to hang extra (mostly) DEC balance weight on the spar. Currently has a next 10pound. This seems to give a north bias (w.r.t the dec arm) of the spar position. We will see if this is enough to address the dec dead band issues seen around zenith over the last couple weeks. ___end___ Fri May 01 17:11:29 GMT 2020 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited KCOR COMMENT BY berkey: Fri May 01 17:31:29 GMT 2020 Lots of structure/artifacts in the nrgf images, looks like the bee left some residue. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Fri May 01 18:54:09 GMT 2020 PM Washed Kcor O1 with soap and water. ___end___ Fri May 01 18:57:12 GMT 2020 SGS Alignment complete KCOR COMMENT BY berkey: Fri May 01 19:06:26 GMT 2020 Lens cleaning got rid of the big N/S structure/artifacts seen in the nrgf data. ___end___ Fri May 01 19:08:16 GMT 2020 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Fri May 01 19:55:07 GMT 2020 KCOR End Patrol Fri May 01 19:55:08 GMT 2020 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20171025.ini Fri May 01 20:10:22 GMT 2020 KCOR End Calibration Script Fri May 01 20:10:39 GMT 2020 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Fri May 01 20:10:39 GMT 2020 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Fri May 01 20:10:46 GMT 2020 KCOR End Patrol Fri May 01 20:15:36 GMT 2020 SGS Alignment complete Fri May 01 20:15:37 GMT 2020 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Fri May 01 20:26:50 GMT 2020 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Fri May 01 21:13:27 GMT 2020 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Fri May 01 21:25:56 GMT 2020 PM Blew off Kcor Field Lens ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Fri May 01 21:44:00 GMT 2020 PM Blew off Kcor O1 ___end___ Fri May 01 21:28:19 GMT 2020 SGS Alignment complete Fri May 01 21:28:22 GMT 2020 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited GPS COMMENT by MLSO: Fri May 01 21:45:06 GMT 2020 Successfully logged in to system Good disk mount GPS software running Last 5 GPS data files are: /mnt/usb/dataoutiq_2020_117_2146.bin 2147483647 /mnt/usb/dataoutiq_2020_118_2146.bin 2147483647 /mnt/usb/dataoutiq_2020_119_2146.bin 2147483647 /mnt/usb/dataoutiq_2020_120_2146.bin 2147483647 /mnt/usb/dataoutiq_2020_121_2146.bin 2147483647 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Fri May 01 21:47:22 GMT 2020 PM Blew off Kcor O1 Looks like a smallish piece of fabric came off my shirt during the last o1 blow off. This material ended up in the SW "corner" of the lens and lead to the artifacts we we just saw in the lens. Blowing this fabric off the lens looks to have cleared it up. ___end___ Sat May 02 00:31:53 GMT 2020 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Sat May 02 00:56:21 GMT 2020 SGS Alignment complete ONSITE STAFF: berkey