----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri Aug 9 16:56:01 GMT 1996 Year: 96 Doy: 222 Observer: koon WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Aug 9 16:56:05 GMT 1996 Medium to thick cirrostratus overcast to the East, thinner to thw West, wind=20 mph from the South, temp=47 F. Fri Aug 9 16:57:16 GMT 1996 CHIP Startup--Initializing new tape Fri Aug 9 17:00:52 GMT 1996 dPMon Start Patrol Fri Aug 9 17:01:07 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol CHIP COMMENT: Fri Aug 9 17:07:28 GMT 1996 The cirrostratus is not thick enough to prevent Spar tracking but is thick enough to prevent obtaining usable dPMon and MKIII data, there is CHIP data but is it good enough to justify saving data when the weather is like this ?? WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Aug 9 17:20:21 GMT 1996 Just starting to be able to see prominence detail on dPMon images. WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Aug 9 17:24:34 GMT 1996 Clouds have passed except possibly for some very thin cirrus. DPMON COMMENT: Fri Aug 9 17:28:37 GMT 1996 WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Aug 9 17:28:44 GMT 1996 Another wave of medium to thick cirrostratus is passing over. WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Aug 9 17:41:09 GMT 1996 Spar having trouble tracking, sky transmission =700, CHIP image blotchy but still centered. Fri Aug 9 18:01:00 GMT 1996 dPMon Flat Fri Aug 9 18:01:56 GMT 1996 dPMon End Flat Fri Aug 9 18:05:58 GMT 1996 CHIP Bias Fri Aug 9 18:07:12 GMT 1996 CHIP End Bias Fri Aug 9 18:07:22 GMT 1996 CHIP Water Fri Aug 9 18:07:59 GMT 1996 CHIP End Water CHIP COMMENT: Fri Aug 9 18:15:09 GMT 1996 Image was off in x direction, repointed manually. But didn't get it pointed fast enough, it stalled with Program:Fixcenter and Optics:Busy. Did a Kill/Run to fix it. Fri Aug 9 18:29:16 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol Fri Aug 9 19:00:50 GMT 1996 dPMon Flat Fri Aug 9 19:01:42 GMT 1996 dPMon End Flat WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Aug 9 19:03:23 GMT 1996 Cirrostratus is changinh from Thick to medium, CHIP image is hazy but evenly illuminated, dPMon limb images are still not showing prominences. Fri Aug 9 19:05:05 GMT 1996 CHIP Bias Fri Aug 9 19:06:18 GMT 1996 CHIP End Bias Fri Aug 9 19:06:25 GMT 1996 CHIP Water Fri Aug 9 19:06:59 GMT 1996 CHIP End Water WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Aug 9 19:26:17 GMT 1996 Medium cirrostratus, guiding unsteady, sky trans=1100, dPMon limb images totally washed out, CHIP image illumination blotchy with all limb features washed out. WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Aug 9 19:58:22 GMT 1996 Thick cirrostratus, even CHIP image looks terrible. Fri Aug 9 20:00:59 GMT 1996 dPMon Flat Fri Aug 9 20:01:54 GMT 1996 dPMon End Flat Fri Aug 9 20:03:55 GMT 1996 CHIP Gain Fri Aug 9 20:08:26 GMT 1996 CHIP End Gain Fri Aug 9 20:08:36 GMT 1996 CHIP Bias Fri Aug 9 20:09:17 GMT 1996 CHIP End Bias Fri Aug 9 20:09:26 GMT 1996 CHIP Water Fri Aug 9 20:09:52 GMT 1996 CHIP End Water COMMENT: Fri Aug 9 20:42:27 GMT 1996 Extended dome slot. WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Aug 9 20:42:36 GMT 1996 Cirrostratus down to light to medium thickness, CHIP image blotchy, dPMon limb image washed out. Fri Aug 9 21:00:53 GMT 1996 dPMon Flat WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Aug 9 21:01:00 GMT 1996 Cirrostratus has totally cleared for the time being, all images look decent. Fri Aug 9 21:03:20 GMT 1996 CHIP Bias Fri Aug 9 21:04:27 GMT 1996 CHIP End Bias Fri Aug 9 21:04:38 GMT 1996 CHIP Water Fri Aug 9 21:05:18 GMT 1996 CHIP End Water CHIP COMMENT: Fri Aug 9 21:39:26 GMT 1996 Stalled with Program:Fixcenter, Optics:Busy. Restarted with Kill/Run. Fri Aug 9 21:42:01 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol Fri Aug 9 22:00:55 GMT 1996 dPMon Flat Fri Aug 9 22:01:48 GMT 1996 dPMon End Flat WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Aug 9 22:13:28 GMT 1996 Sky is still clear, there may be some very thin cirrus though. Fri Aug 9 22:25:32 GMT 1996 dPMon End Patrol CHIP COMMENT: Fri Aug 9 22:25:51 GMT 1996 Stalled again on Program:Fixcenter and Optics:Busy, will do Kill/Run to restart to the point where I can end observations for today. Fri Aug 9 22:27:11 GMT 1996 CHIP Bias Fri Aug 9 22:55:28 GMT 1996 CHIP ending tape COMMENT: Fri Aug 9 22:55:48 GMT 1996 Activity report: QP: 103; 124; 260-270; 308; 312-322. No coronal activity. TAPES: ****** MKIII: H01358 DPMON: P00679 CHIP: C00096 LOWL: L00407 in drive #1 SCAN-LOG SCAN-LOG 17:01:20. 8/9/96 DOY 222 17:07:03 17:10:17 17:13:34 17:16:49 17:20:05 17:23:18 17:26:31 17:29:44 17:32:57 17:36:09 17:39:22 17:42:34 17:45:47 17:48:59 17:52:11 17:55:23 17:58:35 18:01:46 18:04:58 18:08:09 18:11:21 18:14:32 18:17:45 18:20:55 18:24:07 18:27:18 18:30:30 18:33:41 18:36:53 18:40:05 18:43:17 18:46:28 18:49:41 18:52:52 18:56:05 18:59:16 19:02:29 19:05:40 19:08:52 19:12:04 19:15:16 19:18:28 19:21:41 19:24:53 19:28:06 19:31:18 19:34:31 19:37:43 19:40:57 19:44:09 19:47:22 19:50:34 19:53:48 19:57:00 20:00:13 20:03:24 20:06:37 20:09:49 20:13:01 20:16:12 20:19:24 20:22:36 20:25:48 20:28:59 20:32:11 20:35:22 20:38:35 20:41:45 20:44:58 20:48:09 20:51:21 20:54:32 20:57:44 21:00:57 21:04:10 21:07:23 21:10:36 21:13:47 21:17:00 21:20:11 21:23:23 21:26:34 21:29:46 21:32:56 21:36:13 21:39:23 21:42:36 21:45:46 21:48:58 21:52:08 21:55:20 21:58:30 22:01:42 22:04:53 22:08:06 22:11:17 22:14:29 22:17:40 22:20:51 22:24:02 22:27:14 22:30:24 22:33:41 22:36:51 22:40:03 22:43:14 22:46:26 0 ERRORS OK