Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon Sep 12 16:43:30 GMT 1994 Year: 94 Doy: 255 Observer: yasukawa WEATHER COMMENT: Mon Sep 12 16:43:58 GMT 1994 Cool, clear, light south wind. Temp = 45F. A few scattered patches of cirrus around. Mon Sep 12 16:50:02 GMT 1994: Patrol Start MKIII COMMENT: Mon Sep 12 16:57:16 GMT 1994 MKIII domed out yet. Standing by. LOW-L COMMENT: Mon Sep 12 16:57:56 GMT 1994 L00104 popped out of unit 1, L00105 taking data in unit 0. Loading L00106 in unit 1. Mon Sep 12 17:00:02 GMT 1994: Calibration DPMON COMMENT: Mon Sep 12 17:40:29 GMT 1994 Daystar runaway. Reset Plessey. Mon Sep 12 18:03:03 GMT 1994: Calibration DPMON COMMENT: Mon Sep 12 18:28:59 GMT 1994 Surge at PA 255, RV 1.1. WEATHER COMMENT: Mon Sep 12 18:31:14 GMT 1994 In cirrus. DPMON COMMENT: Mon Sep 12 19:09:46 GMT 1994 Stuck in Camera BUSY. trying CLEARBUSY. DPMON COMMENT: Mon Sep 12 19:11:46 GMT 1994 It worked great. Daystar ran away, so reset Plessey. WEATHER COMMENT: Mon Sep 12 19:12:20 GMT 1994 In clear sky again, may get hit by another patch of cirrus. Mon Sep 12 19:13:04 GMT 1994: Calibration DPMON COMMENT: Mon Sep 12 19:13:40 GMT 1994 Still doing funny stuff. Reset Plessey again. WEATHER COMMENT: Mon Sep 12 19:24:36 GMT 1994 In thin cirrus, heavier cirrus patch approaching. Reconfiguring dome durinng this time. DPMON COMMENT: Mon Sep 12 19:25:23 GMT 1994 Will set up disc preferred mode. Mon Sep 12 19:26:05 GMT 1994: Patrol End Mon Sep 12 19:34:37 GMT 1994: Patrol Start DPMON COMMENT: Mon Sep 12 19:45:00 GMT 1994 Cardboard mask had fallen out. Replaced it, renewed piece of duct tape. Sky was relatively clear. Mon Sep 12 20:01:56 GMT 1994: Calibration WEATHER COMMENT: Mon Sep 12 20:15:41 GMT 1994 Back in cirrus. DPMON COMMENT: Mon Sep 12 20:15:58 GMT 1994 Reconfigured to limb-preferred mode. Mon Sep 12 20:32:03 GMT 1994: Patrol End WEATHER COMMENT: Mon Sep 12 20:32:25 GMT 1994 Waiting out this cirrus patch. Mon Sep 12 20:57:53 GMT 1994: Patrol Start WEATHER COMMENT: Mon Sep 12 20:59:54 GMT 1994 Clear. Mon Sep 12 21:00:56 GMT 1994: Calibration WEATHER COMMENT: Mon Sep 12 21:02:48 GMT 1994 Clear was short-lived. Stopping again. Mon Sep 12 21:04:12 GMT 1994: Patrol End Mon Sep 12 21:08:11 GMT 1994: Patrol Start WEATHER COMMENT: Mon Sep 12 21:08:28 GMT 1994 Cirrus patchy, starting up. WEATHER COMMENT: Mon Sep 12 21:28:32 GMT 1994 In orographic cloud. Mon Sep 12 21:38:01 GMT 1994: Patrol End COMMENT: Mon Sep 12 22:32:39 GMT 1994 ************************************************************* Koon taking over for Yasukawa ************************************************************* WEATHER COMMENT: Tue Sep 13 00:27:49 GMT 1994 Getting some rain and hail, shut down the dome earlier. WEATHER COMMENT: Tue Sep 13 03:59:53 GMT 1994 The weather never cleared up totally, we have a heavy overcast of orographic clouds but the rain has let up. The thunderstorm has moved off to the east. I worked on various programs that will lighten our load a bit. COMMENT: Tue Sep 13 04:02:31 GMT 1994 Activity report: QP: 104; 247; 255; 185, 270. No coronal activity, however a surge was noted at PA=255 with RV=1.1 (1828 UT). TAPES: MKIII: H00838 DPMON: P00158 LOW-L: L00105 in drive #0, L00104 was removed and replaced by L00106 in #1. Tue Sep 13 04:08:18 GMT 1994: Filemark SCAN-LOG SCAN-LOG 16:49:51. 9/12/94 DOY 255 17:01:41 17:04:53 17:08:07 17:11:20 17:14:36 17:17:48 17:21:02 17:24:14 17:27:26 17:30:38 17:33:50 17:37:02 17:40:15 17:43:26 17:46:39 17:49:50 17:53:04 17:56:14 17:59:26 18:02:39 18:05:52 18:09:02 1814 0 CL 18:17:34 1821 15CL 18:26:31 18:30:44 18:33:52 18:37:01 18:40:09 18:43:18 18:46:26 18:49:35 18:52:42 18:55:51 18:58:58 19:02:10 19:05:17 19:08:28 19:11:35 19:14:45 19:17:55 19:21:08 19:24:15 19:27:24 19:36:37 19:39:46 19:42:53 19:46:02 19:49:10 19:52:20 19:55:29 19:58:37 20:01:45 20:04:53 20:08:01 20:11:10 20:14:17 20:17:26 20:20:33 20:23:42 20:26:50 20:29:59 21:00:39 21:09:55 21:13:06 21:16:13 21:19:22 21:22:31 21:25:40 21:28:48 21:31:58 21:35:07 0 ERRORS OK