----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Feb 1 17:19:10 GMT 1998 Year: 98 Doy: 032 Observer: koon Sun Feb 1 17:19:49 GMT 1998 CHIP Startup--Initializing new tape WEATHER COMMENT: Sun Feb 1 17:19:57 GMT 1998 Medium to thick cirrostratus, wind=10 mph from the SW, temp=43 F. PICS COMMENT: Sun Feb 1 17:21:11 GMT 1998 Cleaned tape drive as requested by a message on the monitor. Sun Feb 1 17:30:39 GMT 1998 PICS Start Patrol Sun Feb 1 17:30:39 GMT 1998 PICS Start Patrol COMMENT: Sun Feb 1 17:32:51 GMT 1998 Spar is having trouble tracking due to clouds. MKIII COMMENT: Sun Feb 1 17:33:09 GMT 1998 Will wait for clouds to clear before starting this. PSPT COMMENT: Sun Feb 1 17:33:28 GMT 1998 Will wait for clouds to clear before starting this. Sun Feb 1 18:01:02 GMT 1998 CHIP Bias Sun Feb 1 18:01:59 GMT 1998 CHIP End Bias Sun Feb 1 18:02:07 GMT 1998 CHIP Water Sun Feb 1 18:02:19 GMT 1998 PICS Flat Sun Feb 1 18:02:52 GMT 1998 CHIP End Water Sun Feb 1 18:03:44 GMT 1998 PICS End Flat MKIII COMMENT: Sun Feb 1 18:05:50 GMT 1998 Its still too cloudy to run this but I checked the occulting to see how it looks, it looks good even though the O1 guider is still disconnected since yesterday. The sensor meters show the Y axis is bouncing around within the range of the scale, the X axis isn't moving but is pointing to the center of the scale. Maybe we only need to plug in the O1 guiders a few times during the year while we adjust the Spar Guiders to get those O1 guiders centered, then unplug them and continue with smoother spar guiding and better PICS and MK3 occulting. This would also greatly reduce the wear and tear on those overly hyper O1 guiders. Sun Feb 1 19:01:09 GMT 1998 CHIP Bias Sun Feb 1 19:02:16 GMT 1998 PICS Flat Sun Feb 1 19:02:19 GMT 1998 CHIP End Bias Sun Feb 1 19:02:28 GMT 1998 CHIP Water Sun Feb 1 19:03:08 GMT 1998 CHIP End Water Sun Feb 1 19:03:45 GMT 1998 PICS End Flat Sun Feb 1 20:01:03 GMT 1998 CHIP Gain Sun Feb 1 20:02:12 GMT 1998 PICS Flat Sun Feb 1 20:03:36 GMT 1998 PICS End Flat Sun Feb 1 20:07:04 GMT 1998 CHIP End Gain Sun Feb 1 20:07:12 GMT 1998 CHIP Bias Sun Feb 1 20:08:04 GMT 1998 CHIP End Bias Sun Feb 1 20:08:11 GMT 1998 CHIP Water Sun Feb 1 20:08:49 GMT 1998 CHIP End Water MKIII COMMENT: Sun Feb 1 20:36:33 GMT 1998 The X and Y axes meters are both working now, both around -5 region. The X axis started moving around an hour or more ago. The O1 guiders are still disconnected (since yesterday). Sun Feb 1 21:02:16 GMT 1998 PICS Flat Sun Feb 1 21:03:02 GMT 1998 CHIP Bias Sun Feb 1 21:03:41 GMT 1998 PICS End Flat Sun Feb 1 21:04:00 GMT 1998 CHIP End Bias Sun Feb 1 21:04:07 GMT 1998 CHIP Water Sun Feb 1 21:04:47 GMT 1998 CHIP End Water WEATHER COMMENT: Sun Feb 1 21:38:39 GMT 1998 The cirrostratus has gradually been getting worse throughout the day. COMMENT: Sun Feb 1 21:42:08 GMT 1998 Did a Scintillometer data dump to disk, will mail to Jim Mason. Sun Feb 1 22:02:02 GMT 1998 CHIP Bias Sun Feb 1 22:02:09 GMT 1998 PICS Flat Sun Feb 1 22:03:00 GMT 1998 CHIP End Bias Sun Feb 1 22:03:07 GMT 1998 CHIP Water Sun Feb 1 22:03:33 GMT 1998 PICS End Flat Sun Feb 1 22:03:52 GMT 1998 CHIP End Water Sun Feb 1 22:14:16 GMT 1998 PICS End Patrol Sun Feb 1 22:16:38 GMT 1998 CHIP CHIP End Patrol Sun Feb 1 22:17:02 GMT 1998 CHIP ending tape COMMENT: Sun Feb 1 22:17:49 GMT 1998 TAPES: ****** MKIII: Too cloudy for data PICS: P01101 CHIP: C00489 LOWL: L00494 in drive #1 Sun Feb 1 22:18:59 GMT 1998 MkIII