Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri Dec 29 17:53:54 GMT 1995 Year: 95 Doy: 363 Observer: koon console Dec 29 17:45 Content-Length: 4154 X-Lines: 110 Status: RO WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Dec 29 17:53:59 GMT 1995 Clear sky, wind=5 mph from the South, temp=38 F. DPMON COMMENT: Fri Dec 29 17:54:23 GMT 1995 Login took a very long time, network is down. Fri Dec 29 18:02:01 GMT 1995: Calibration MKIII COMMENT: Fri Dec 29 18:50:32 GMT 1995 When I tried to do a channel 1 calibration I noticed that there is no signal getting through (no "loaf of bread"). I am checking this out. MKIII COMMENT: Fri Dec 29 18:54:46 GMT 1995 Signal came back when I cycled the Analog power. MKIII COMMENT: Fri Dec 29 19:00:50 GMT 1995 The first channel 1 calibration is no good, I didn't finish it either. The second attempt appears to be working. Fri Dec 29 19:01:55 GMT 1995: Calibration DPMON COMMENT: Fri Dec 29 19:28:15 GMT 1995 In recent weeks we have had trouble trying to correct occulting by moving the telescope to the North, today I am having trouble moving it to the West as well as the North. I will run some tests on the occulting now so it is going to look even worse for a while. Fri Dec 29 20:00:59 GMT 1995: Calibration COMMENT: Fri Dec 29 20:18:30 GMT 1995 I recentered the guiding telescope. MKIII COMMENT: Fri Dec 29 20:19:48 GMT 1995 Data should be back to normal now that the guiding is normal. DPMON COMMENT: Fri Dec 29 20:20:17 GMT 1995 Will try to recenter occulting and see if recentering the guider telescope helped. DPMON COMMENT: Fri Dec 29 20:21:46 GMT 1995 Pausing Patrol to recenter occulter more easily. Fri Dec 29 20:22:06 GMT 1995: Patrol End Fri Dec 29 21:39:42 GMT 1995: Patrol Start MKIII COMMENT: Fri Dec 29 21:39:54 GMT 1995 Scans were bad from around 2100 to 2130 because the spar wasn't pointed at the sun while I worked on the dPMon. DPMON COMMENT: Fri Dec 29 21:40:43 GMT 1995 I had to tighten the clutches for the telescope pointing mechanisms. This is used to adjust occulting and the clutches were loose for both E-W and N-S geartrains. The E-W clutch slips before the limit switches are activated but that shouldn't cause any problems unless we let them slip for a long time but that shouldn't happen unless we get totally lost as to the direction to use to adjust occulting. The N-S clutch slips if you go about 2/3 of the way towards the South limit switch (even after tightening it to a reasonable setting) but that won't happen unless we position the solar image about 1/3 of the way off the screen (unlikely), the North limit switch is activated if you point too far North (cuts power). Occulting should be a lot better now. Fri Dec 29 22:01:01 GMT 1995: Calibration WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Dec 29 22:33:35 GMT 1995 Orographic clouds starting to move in from the West. Fri Dec 29 23:00:57 GMT 1995: Calibration Fri Dec 29 23:06:56 GMT 1995: Patrol End COMMENT: Fri Dec 29 23:23:25 GMT 1995 Activity report: QP: 135; 252; 277. No coronal activity. TAPES: ****** MKIII: H01201 DPMON: P00526 LOW-L: L00364 in drive #1 Fri Dec 29 23:25:21 GMT 1995: Filemark SCAN-LOG SCAN-LOG 17:54:30. 12/29/95 DOY 363 18:00:29 18:03:42 18:06:58 18:10:12 18:13:29 18:16:44 18:19:59 18:19:59 18:19:59 18:19:59 18:19:59 18:19:59 18:53:18 18:56:30 1901 0 CL 19:04:42 1914 15CL 19:20:35 1929 0 CL 19:33:12 1943 15CL 19:50:14 19:54:44 19:57:56 20:01:07 20:04:17 20:07:28 20:10:38 20:13:50 20:16:59 20:20:11 20:23:22 20:26:33 20:29:45 20:29:45 20:29:45 20:29:45 20:29:45 20:29:45 20:29:45 20:29:45 20:29:45 20:29:45 20:29:45 20:29:45 20:29:45 20:29:45 20:29:45 20:29:45 20:29:45 21:32:56 21:36:06 21:39:19 21:42:30 21:45:41 21:48:52 21:52:03 21:55:14 21:58:29 22:01:41 22:04:53 22:08:03 22:11:15 22:14:25 22:17:36 22:20:46 22:23:58 22:27:08 22:30:25 22:33:38 22:36:50 22:40:01 22:43:13 22:46:23 22:49:36 22:52:46 22:55:59 22:59:10 23:02:24 23:05:36 0 ERRORS OK