----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thu Sep 5 16:43:04 GMT 1996 Year: 96 Doy: 249 Observer: yasukawa WEATHER COMMENT: Thu Sep 5 16:43:10 GMT 1996 Cool, clear, light west breeze. Thu Sep 5 16:43:25 GMT 1996 CHIP Startup--Initializing new tape Thu Sep 5 16:49:18 GMT 1996 dPMon Start Patrol Thu Sep 5 16:49:37 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol CHIP COMMENT: Thu Sep 5 16:55:34 GMT 1996 CHIP drove off center. Manually centered M1. COMMENT: Thu Sep 5 16:57:26 GMT 1996 Corrected time on nene -3 sec and kii +1 sec. Thu Sep 5 17:01:59 GMT 1996 dPMon Flat Thu Sep 5 17:02:54 GMT 1996 dPMon End Flat Thu Sep 5 17:03:19 GMT 1996 CHIP Bias Thu Sep 5 17:04:19 GMT 1996 CHIP End Bias Thu Sep 5 17:04:27 GMT 1996 CHIP Water Thu Sep 5 17:05:03 GMT 1996 CHIP End Water CHIP COMMENT: Thu Sep 5 17:26:29 GMT 1996 Doing a Kill/Run cycle as requested by David Elmore to pickup program changes. Thu Sep 5 17:29:51 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol Thu Sep 5 18:01:58 GMT 1996 dPMon Flat Thu Sep 5 18:02:50 GMT 1996 dPMon End Flat Thu Sep 5 18:04:30 GMT 1996 CHIP Bias Thu Sep 5 18:05:42 GMT 1996 CHIP End Bias Thu Sep 5 18:05:52 GMT 1996 CHIP Water Thu Sep 5 18:06:37 GMT 1996 CHIP End Water Thu Sep 5 19:01:58 GMT 1996 dPMon Flat Thu Sep 5 19:02:16 GMT 1996 CHIP Bias Thu Sep 5 19:02:52 GMT 1996 dPMon End Flat Thu Sep 5 19:03:29 GMT 1996 CHIP End Bias Thu Sep 5 19:03:39 GMT 1996 CHIP Water Thu Sep 5 19:04:25 GMT 1996 CHIP End Water Thu Sep 5 19:50:52 GMT 1996 dPMon End Patrol COMMENT: Thu Sep 5 19:50:55 GMT 1996 Stopping to reconfigure dome shutter. Thu Sep 5 19:52:57 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP End Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Thu Sep 5 20:00:24 GMT 1996 There is some beautifully structured altostratus to south. Thu Sep 5 20:01:14 GMT 1996 dPMon Start Patrol Thu Sep 5 20:01:24 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol COMMENT: Thu Sep 5 20:03:13 GMT 1996 I may have missed the 2000 UT cals and uploads, phone call from CJG came in and delayed me enough to start back up right at 2000 UT. MKIII COMMENT: Thu Sep 5 20:13:26 GMT 1996 Testing NOAA's new Gateway computer for noise. Thu Sep 5 20:19:35 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP End Patrol Thu Sep 5 20:22:50 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Thu Sep 5 20:30:27 GMT 1996 In altostratus. MKIII COMMENT: Thu Sep 5 20:31:13 GMT 1996 Putting opal in to do noaa test, sky was too noisy to get a definitive conclusion. MKIII COMMENT: Thu Sep 5 20:38:44 GMT 1996 Will turn Gateway computer off mid-scan to get a on/off comparison with an on scan with opal in. MKIII COMMENT: Thu Sep 5 20:45:36 GMT 1996 Taking opal out. MKIII COMMENT: Thu Sep 5 20:47:24 GMT 1996 will need to get a scan with opal in and Gateway off for a good test. Putting opal in at end of scan. MKIII COMMENT: Thu Sep 5 20:56:19 GMT 1996 Opal out, Gateway off, test pau.... hopefully. Thu Sep 5 21:01:50 GMT 1996 dPMon Flat Thu Sep 5 21:02:43 GMT 1996 dPMon End Flat Thu Sep 5 21:03:42 GMT 1996 CHIP Bias Thu Sep 5 21:04:49 GMT 1996 CHIP End Bias Thu Sep 5 21:04:57 GMT 1996 CHIP Water Thu Sep 5 21:05:40 GMT 1996 CHIP End Water MKIII COMMENT: Thu Sep 5 21:08:06 GMT 1996 Noise overall in comparison. results not conclusive. MKIII COMMENT: Thu Sep 5 21:10:10 GMT 1996 Trying opal in, gateway off again. MKIII COMMENT: Thu Sep 5 21:14:54 GMT 1996 Opal out. MKIII COMMENT: Thu Sep 5 21:29:40 GMT 1996 I want to try a coronal vdiff in good sky so I will turn Gateway on overnight for NOAA after shutdown and ask DAK to do a VDIFF with early scans, Gateway on/off tomorrow morning. COMMENT: Thu Sep 5 21:31:40 GMT 1996 Going down to GONG to do monthly PM. WEATHER COMMENT: Thu Sep 5 21:32:46 GMT 1996 Orographic clouds approaching, may get wiped out while down there, Fog or rain unlikely. Thu Sep 5 21:36:38 GMT 1996 dPMon End Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Thu Sep 5 21:36:40 GMT 1996 In orographic clouds. Stopping and closing dome to be safe. Thu Sep 5 21:38:51 GMT 1996 CHIP CHIP End Patrol COMMENT: Thu Sep 5 22:44:50 GMT 1996 Activity report: QP: 75; 225-235; 252-270; 315; No coronal activity TAPES: MKIII: H01379 DPMON: P00701 CHIP: C00117 LOWL: L00412 SCAN-LOG SCAN-LOG 16:48:34. 9/5/96 DOY 249 17:05:00 17:08:18 17:11:33 17:14:50 17:18:03 17:21:18 17:24:31 17:27:44 17:30:57 17:34:13 17:37:27 17:40:41 17:43:54 17:47:07 17:50:19 17:53:33 17:56:46 18:00:00 18:03:12 1807 0 CL 18:10:16 1815 15CL 18:18:51 18:22:44 18:25:57 18:29:11 18:32:24 18:35:38 18:38:51 18:42:08 18:45:20 18:48:33 18:51:44 18:54:56 18:58:07 19:01:19 19:04:30 19:07:44 19:10:56 19:14:13 19:17:24 19:20:36 19:23:47 19:26:59 19:30:10 19:33:23 19:36:34 19:39:48 19:42:59 19:46:11 19:49:24 20:05:08 20:08:20 20:11:34 20:14:45 20:18:00 20:21:12 20:24:32 20:27:44 20:32:16 20:35:28 20:38:42 20:41:54 20:45:55 20:49:08 20:52:21 20:55:32 20:58:50 21:02:03 21:05:17 21:08:30 21:11:43 21:14:55 21:18:12 21:21:24 21:24:36 21:27:48 21:31:00 21:34:12 0 ERRORS OK