Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat Sep 3 17:00:48 GMT 1994 Year: 94 Doy: 246 Observer: koon WEATHER COMMENT: Sat Sep 3 17:00:55 GMT 1994 Medium to thin cirrus, wind ~10 mph from the SSE, temp ~50 F. Sat Sep 3 17:11:13 GMT 1994: Patrol Start Sat Sep 3 18:00:05 GMT 1994: Calibration Sat Sep 3 19:00:00 GMT 1994: Calibration WEATHER COMMENT: Sat Sep 3 19:35:48 GMT 1994 Still in thin cirrus. Sat Sep 3 20:00:02 GMT 1994: Calibration COMMENT: Sat Sep 3 20:26:10 GMT 1994 Extended dome slot. pl DPMON COMMENT: Sat Sep 3 20:26:24 GMT 1994 Adjusted encoder for the bench. MKIII COMMENT: Sat Sep 3 20:27:26 GMT 1994 So far I haven't got a good scan due to the cirrus. Sat Sep 3 21:00:09 GMT 1994: Calibration Sat Sep 3 22:00:00 GMT 1994: Calibration COMMENT: Sat Sep 3 22:06:15 GMT 1994 ##################################################### Observer: koon replaced by chu ##################################################### Have been in thick orographic clouds. Looks like it will remain so for a while. Will continue to run in hopes that the clouds will recede. Sat Sep 3 22:38:58 GMT 1994: Patrol End WEATHER COMMENT: Sat Sep 3 22:39:12 GMT 1994 Closing dome immediately. Felt a few drops of rain falling from low lying orographic cloud. WEATHER COMMENT: Sat Sep 3 23:51:00 GMT 1994 Lucky that the dome is closed. Rain fell in a sudden downpour. Quite heavy now. WEATHER COMMENT: Sun Sep 4 02:26:20 GMT 1994 Brief hole formed in orographic cloud. Revealed thin layer of cirrus present above cloud. Hole quickly closed up again. Chances of getting more data for the day is poor. COMMENT: Sun Sep 4 02:48:55 GMT 1994 No good coronal scans will recycle tape. Possibly a few decent Dpmon images very early in the day. Will send tape back for inspection. Activity Report: QP: None noted. No Coronal Observations. Tapes: MKIII: recycled DPMON: P00150 LOW-L: LOO101 running in unit 0 Sun Sep 4 02:50:50 GMT 1994: Filemark