----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri Jun 13 16:41:21 GMT 1997 Year: 97 Doy: 164 Observer: koon WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Jun 13 16:41:26 GMT 1997 Medium to thick cirrostratus over half the sky, will start up observations anyway since it might clear away, wind=10 mph from the South, temp=50 F. Fri Jun 13 16:42:40 GMT 1997 CHIP Startup--Initializing new tape Fri Jun 13 16:49:03 GMT 1997 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol Fri Jun 13 16:49:14 GMT 1997 dPMon Start Patrol Fri Jun 13 17:02:03 GMT 1997 dPMon Flat Fri Jun 13 17:02:29 GMT 1997 CHIP Bias Fri Jun 13 17:03:00 GMT 1997 dPMon End Flat Fri Jun 13 17:03:15 GMT 1997 CHIP End Bias Fri Jun 13 17:03:25 GMT 1997 CHIP Water Fri Jun 13 17:03:57 GMT 1997 CHIP End Water Fri Jun 13 18:01:52 GMT 1997 dPMon Flat Fri Jun 13 18:02:03 GMT 1997 CHIP Bias Fri Jun 13 18:02:45 GMT 1997 dPMon End Flat Fri Jun 13 18:02:49 GMT 1997 CHIP End Bias Fri Jun 13 18:02:58 GMT 1997 CHIP Water Fri Jun 13 18:03:31 GMT 1997 CHIP End Water MKIII COMMENT: Fri Jun 13 18:05:07 GMT 1997 Clouds have cleared, starting observations. LOW-L COMMENT: Fri Jun 13 18:17:41 GMT 1997 Number of files should be 51 but screen shows it as 4. This is drive #0. Will continue to let it run and eject it tomorrow. Fri Jun 13 19:01:08 GMT 1997 CHIP Bias Fri Jun 13 19:01:54 GMT 1997 CHIP End Bias WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Jun 13 19:01:41 GMT 1997 Thin cirrostratus has been back for about 30 minutes. Fri Jun 13 19:02:10 GMT 1997 dPMon Flat Fri Jun 13 19:02:06 GMT 1997 CHIP Water Fri Jun 13 19:02:41 GMT 1997 CHIP End Water Fri Jun 13 19:03:07 GMT 1997 dPMon End Flat MKIII COMMENT: Fri Jun 13 19:02:08 GMT 1997 I've been waiting for the cirrostratus to clear, but it has only thinned with no total clearing likely anytime soon. So I will continue with the calibration that I started about 30 minutes ago, it will most likely be bad but I need to do some O1 tracking tests and can't with the cal program started. MKIII COMMENT: Fri Jun 13 19:20:01 GMT 1997 Cal looks bad. MKIII COMMENT: Fri Jun 13 19:32:49 GMT 1997 Not observing with this due to clouds. Fri Jun 13 20:02:00 GMT 1997 dPMon Flat Fri Jun 13 20:02:56 GMT 1997 dPMon End Flat Fri Jun 13 20:03:04 GMT 1997 CHIP Gain Fri Jun 13 20:07:43 GMT 1997 CHIP End Gain Fri Jun 13 20:07:53 GMT 1997 CHIP Bias Fri Jun 13 20:08:35 GMT 1997 CHIP End Bias Fri Jun 13 20:08:44 GMT 1997 CHIP Water Fri Jun 13 20:09:17 GMT 1997 CHIP End Water COMMENT: Fri Jun 13 20:46:31 GMT 1997 Extended the dome slot. I've also been testing the way the Spar and MKIII O1 are guiding. I got the O1 to stay withing limits but it is moving back and forth quite a bit because the Spar itself is constantly oscillating in declination. Maybe this is accentuated by the time of day or time of year, but it would be much better to get the Spar to dampen those declination oscillations. I'll keep checking the progress today and tomorrow. The constant light to medium cirrostratus overcast might have something to do with it. WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Jun 13 20:55:37 GMT 1997 Clouds cleared for a while. MKIII COMMENT: Fri Jun 13 20:55:53 GMT 1997 Restarting observations. Fri Jun 13 21:01:03 GMT 1997 CHIP Bias Fri Jun 13 21:02:01 GMT 1997 dPMon Flat Fri Jun 13 21:01:56 GMT 1997 CHIP End Bias Fri Jun 13 21:02:06 GMT 1997 CHIP Water Fri Jun 13 21:02:41 GMT 1997 CHIP End Water Fri Jun 13 21:02:58 GMT 1997 dPMon End Flat COMMENT: Fri Jun 13 21:26:19 GMT 1997 Spar appears to have a lower oscillation amplitude in dec, still same level of cloudiness. Fri Jun 13 22:01:57 GMT 1997 dPMon Flat Fri Jun 13 22:02:49 GMT 1997 dPMon End Flat Fri Jun 13 22:03:05 GMT 1997 CHIP Bias Fri Jun 13 22:03:53 GMT 1997 CHIP End Bias Fri Jun 13 22:04:02 GMT 1997 CHIP Water Fri Jun 13 22:04:39 GMT 1997 CHIP End Water Fri Jun 13 22:10:04 GMT 1997 dPMon End Patrol Fri Jun 13 22:10:39 GMT 1997 CHIP CHIP End Patrol Fri Jun 13 22:39:37 GMT 1997 CHIP ending tape COMMENT: Fri Jun 13 22:39:57 GMT 1997 Activity report: QP: 75-90; 118; 221; 270-290. No coronal activity TAPES: ****** MKIII: H01578 DPMON: P00909 CHIP: C00330 LOWL: L00459 in drive #0 SCAN-LOG SCAN-LOG 16:49:33. 6/13/97 DOY 164 18:08:54 18:12:07 18:15:21 18:18:33 1902 0 CL 19:05:36 1913 15CL 19:19:50 20:56:48 21:00:01 21:03:12 21:06:31 21:09:44 21:13:02 21:16:13 21:19:25 21:22:37 21:25:49 21:29:02 21:32:17 21:35:28 0 ERRORS OK