----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tue Oct 6 17:00:40 GMT 2020 Year: 20 Doy: 280 Observer: mlso WEATHER COMMENT: mcotter: Tue Oct 06 17:03:40 GMT 2020 Temp: 44.8f, Humidity: 17%, Pressure: 28.664in, Wind: 9mph from 169degs, Skies: Clear, but slightly hazy with an inversion layer the level of Haleakala. High altitude scattered Cirrus clouds present throughout the sky. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Tue Oct 06 17:03:48 GMT 2020 Opened windows upstairs ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Tue Oct 06 17:03:53 GMT 2020 PM Blew off Kcor O1 ___end___ Tue Oct 06 17:19:27 GMT 2020 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Tue Oct 06 17:22:31 GMT 2020 Sky a little bright on the horizon, but the focus routine was successfully run with a good parabola. ___end___ Tue Oct 06 19:43:56 GMT 2020 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20171025.ini Tue Oct 06 19:59:12 GMT 2020 KCOR End Calibration Script Tue Oct 06 21:44:42 GMT 2020 SGS Alignment complete GPS COMMENT by MLSO: Tue Oct 06 21:45:09 GMT 2020 Successfully logged in to system Good disk mount GPS software running Last 5 GPS data files are: /mnt/usb/dataoutiq_2020_275_2145.bin 2147483647 /mnt/usb/dataoutiq_2020_276_2145.bin 2147483647 /mnt/usb/dataoutiq_2020_277_2145.bin 2147483647 /mnt/usb/dataoutiq_2020_278_2145.bin 2147483647 /mnt/usb/dataoutiq_2020_279_2145.bin 2147483647 ___end___ Tue Oct 06 22:06:27 GMT 2020 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited KCOR COMMENT BY mcotter: Tue Oct 06 22:11:06 GMT 2020 Kcor distortion grid in beam. ___end___ KCOR COMMENT BY mcotter: Tue Oct 06 22:13:18 GMT 2020 Taking distortion data. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Tue Oct 06 22:17:40 GMT 2020 Done with distortion data. Test data 22:13:0-22:15:36 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Tue Oct 06 22:58:09 GMT 2020 Cirrus moved pausing observations. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Wed Oct 07 01:47:37 GMT 2020 PM Blew off Kcor Field Lens ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Wed Oct 07 01:50:22 GMT 2020 Ben swept and vacuumed dome floor and vestibule. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Wed Oct 07 01:53:28 GMT 2020 Good day with mostly clear skies from morning until approx 3:00pm. High altitude Cirrus present on and off most of the day but increased in the early afternoon. Orographic clouds began forming on Western slope of Maunaloa around 2:00pm. ___end___ ONSITE STAFF: berkey, mcotter