Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Aug 7 16:29:23 GMT 1994 Year: 94 Doy: 219 Observer: chu WEATHER COMMENT: Sun Aug 7 16:29:33 GMT 1994 Scattered light cirrostratus in all directions, temp 55F, light wind from North, Humidity 49%. Sun Aug 7 16:32:13 GMT 1994: Patrol Start COMMENT: Sun Aug 7 16:32:28 GMT 1994 Beginning observations. MKIII and skytx have not cleared the dome. Will do so shortly. DPMON COMMENT: Sun Aug 7 16:36:41 GMT 1994 Camera was stuck on busy. Used DE's procedure (Camera >> /dev/null & then SendCameraCommand 1 1) to solve the problem. MKIII COMMENT: Sun Aug 7 16:49:36 GMT 1994 MKIII and skytx now clearing the dome. WEATHER COMMENT: Sun Aug 7 16:50:54 GMT 1994 Have been in a fair region of cirrostratus since start up. Am unsure when it will pass. Will continue data taking in hopes that it will pass soon. Sun Aug 7 17:00:40 GMT 1994: Calibration WEATHER COMMENT: Sun Aug 7 17:28:43 GMT 1994 Sky finally clearing up. Cirrus seems to have past for now. There does seem to be some light haze present though. Sun Aug 7 17:40:16 GMT 1994: Patrol End Sun Aug 7 17:58:22 GMT 1994: Patrol Start Sun Aug 7 18:02:21 GMT 1994: Calibration DPMON COMMENT: Sun Aug 7 18:06:59 GMT 1994 Filter run away. Recycled the Plessy power to correct. Recycling Plessey power caused diffuser to run away. Forced to stop patrol, go into manual mode, reset objective, reset occulting, reset filter, and reset camera. Restarted patrol. Problem seems to have been resolved. WEATHER COMMENT: Sun Aug 7 18:07:17 GMT 1994 In large patch of cirrus again. Have been advised by EAY to continue running even in patches of cirrus, to attempt to retrieve a good scan in between clouds. Data processing personnel should see logs to find windows of clear sky. WEATHER COMMENT: Sun Aug 7 18:16:43 GMT 1994 Clear of cirrus. WEATHER COMMENT: Sun Aug 7 18:34:16 GMT 1994 In another thick patch of cirrus. Sun Aug 7 19:02:19 GMT 1994: Calibration COMMENT: Sun Aug 7 19:57:49 GMT 1994 Reconfigured the dome slot. Sun Aug 7 20:02:20 GMT 1994: Calibration DPMON COMMENT: Sun Aug 7 20:11:58 GMT 1994 Configured the Dpmon to Disk preferred mode. Sun Aug 7 20:16:04 GMT 1994: Patrol End Sun Aug 7 20:21:53 GMT 1994: Patrol Start Sun Aug 7 20:24:05 GMT 1994: Patrol End Sun Aug 7 20:37:09 GMT 1994: Patrol Start DPMON COMMENT: Sun Aug 7 20:39:44 GMT 1994 Went to manual mode to make sure that current wash out of limb and reference images not due to filter runaway. DPMON COMMENT: Sun Aug 7 20:56:39 GMT 1994 Reconfigured Dpmon back to limb preferred mode. Sun Aug 7 21:02:16 GMT 1994: Calibration Sun Aug 7 22:02:11 GMT 1994: Calibration Sun Aug 7 22:11:17 GMT 1994: Patrol End WEATHER COMMENT: Sun Aug 7 22:12:58 GMT 1994 Have been in varying levels of cirrus since 18:30 UT. Cirrus doesn't seem to be decreasing to the western horizon. Likelyhood of get any decent scans for the remainder of the day is poor. Will end observing. COMMENT: Sun Aug 7 22:15:37 GMT 1994 Activity Report: QP: 52; 88; 117-121; 136-141, 226-232; 253; 277-281; 305. No Coronal Activity. Tapes: MKIII: H00816 DPMON: P00128 LOW-L: L00089 Sun Aug 7 22:16:17 GMT 1994: Filemark SCAN-LOG SCAN-LOG 16:42:11. 8/7/94 DOY 219 16:48:25 16:51:39 16:54:51 16:58:04 17:01:15 17:04:28 17:07:39 17:10:52 17:14:03 17:17:17 17:20:28 17:23:42 17:26:54 17:30:06 17:33:16 17:36:28 17:39:39 17:42:50 17:46:01 17:49:12 17:52:23 17:55:35 17:58:45 18:01:56 18:05:06 18:08:15 18:11:24 18:14:34 18:17:43 18:20:51 18:24:00 18:27:10 18:30:18 18:33:32 18:36:40 18:39:49 18:42:57 18:46:05 18:49:12 18:52:21 18:55:28 18:58:37 19:01:45 19:04:54 19:08:03 19:11:12 19:14:19 19:17:28 19:20:36 19:23:45 19:26:53 19:30:02 19:33:10 19:36:22 19:39:30 19:42:40 19:45:48 19:48:57 19:52:05 19:55:19 19:58:27 20:01:37 20:04:45 20:07:54 20:11:03 20:14:12 20:17:21 20:20:30 20:23:39 20:26:48 20:29:57 20:33:06 20:36:15 20:39:25 20:42:33 20:45:43 20:48:52 20:52:02 20:55:10 20:58:20 21:01:29 21:04:39 21:07:48 21:10:57 21:14:06 21:17:15 21:20:24 21:23:33 21:26:41 21:29:52 21:33:00 21:36:10 21:39:18 21:42:27 21:45:35 21:48:45 21:51:53 21:55:02 21:58:10 22:01:19 22:04:27 22:07:37 0 ERRORS OK