----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thu Mar 5 17:26:08 GMT 1998 Year: 98 Doy: 064 Observer: koon WEATHER COMMENT: Thu Mar 5 17:26:11 GMT 1998 Clear sky, wind=5 mph from the South, temp=44 F. Thu Mar 5 17:29:40 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Patrol Thu Mar 5 17:29:46 GMT 1998 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol Thu Mar 5 17:29:46 GMT 1998 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Thu Mar 5 17:36:12 GMT 1998 Thin cirrostratus is moving over. PICS COMMENT: Thu Mar 5 17:39:39 GMT 1998 Nice, big, EPL going off at PA=215 to 250, out to RV=1.3 currently. Filament visible near footpoint at 215, and flare visible in progress at PA=250. :01:15 GMT 1998 PICS Flat MKIII COMMENT: Thu Mar 5 18:02:02 GMT 1998 Possible CME in progress at sight of EPL and flare. Cirrostratus is thinning and scans are looking better. Will keep an eye on it for a while longer before possibly sending out a CME Alert message. Thu Mar 5 18:04:08 GMT 1998 CHIP End Bias Thu Mar 5 18:04:17 GMT 1998 CHIP Water Thu Mar 5 18:05:02 GMT 1998 CHIP End Water COMMENT: Thu Mar 5 18:26:52 GMT 1998 I sent out a CME Alert since the classic CME structure is progressing, as seen in the MKIII scans. This is a big CME, and very well defined. Currently there are no cirrostratus clouds causing problems. PICS COMMENT: Thu Mar 5 18:44:25 GMT 1998 EPL is almost completely faded from view, RV=1.5 Thu Mar 5 19:01:15 GMT 1998 PICS Flat Thu Mar 5 19:02:47 GMT 1998 PICS End Flat Thu Mar 5 19:40:29 GMT 1998 CHIP Bias CHIP COMMENT: Thu Mar 5 19:41:15 GMT 1998 Program crashed with Optics:Busy, fixed with Kill/Run. Thu Mar 5 19:42:19 GMT 1998 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol Thu Mar 5 20:01:04 GMT 1998 CHIP Gain Thu Mar 5 20:01:24 GMT 1998 PICS Flat Thu Mar 5 20:02:51 GMT 1998 PICS End Flat Thu Mar 5 20:06:54 GMT 1998 CHIP End Gain Thu Mar 5 20:07:04 GMT 1998 CHIP Bias Thu Mar 5 20:08:00 GMT 1998 CHIP End Bias Thu Mar 5 20:08:14 GMT 1998 CHIP Water Thu Mar 5 20:08:59 GMT 1998 CHIP End Water Thu Mar 5 21:01:03 GMT 1998 CHIP Bias Thu Mar 5 21:01:12 GMT 1998 PICS Flat Thu Mar 5 21:02:21 GMT 1998 CHIP End Bias Thu Mar 5 21:02:30 GMT 1998 CHIP Water Thu Mar 5 21:02:46 GMT 1998 PICS End Flat Thu Mar 5 21:03:18 GMT 1998 CHIP End Water MKIII COMMENT: Thu Mar 5 21:14:54 GMT 1998 As far as I can tell , there isn't any trace of the CME left in the scans. So I will finally do the calibration now. The sky is starting to get noisy too, but the cirrostratus only affected the start of the CME data. COMMENT: Thu Mar 5 21:25:35 GMT 1998 Extended the dome slot. Thu Mar 5 21:27:21 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Cal Thu Mar 5 22:01:04 GMT 1998 CHIP Bias Thu Mar 5 22:01:10 GMT 1998 PICS Flat Thu Mar 5 22:02:09 GMT 1998 CHIP End Bias Thu Mar 5 22:02:19 GMT 1998 CHIP Water Thu Mar 5 22:02:42 GMT 1998 PICS End Flat Thu Mar 5 22:03:06 GMT 1998 CHIP End Water Thu Mar 5 22:10:33 GMT 1998 PICS End Patrol Thu Mar 5 22:12:39 GMT 1998 CHIP CHIP End Patrol Thu Mar 5 22:13:30 GMT 1998 CHIP ending tape COMMENT: Thu Mar 5 22:14:36 GMT 1998 TAPES: ****** MKIII: H01760 PICS: P01132 CHIP: C00521 LOWL: L00499 in drive #1 Thu Mar 5 22:17:03 GMT 1998 MkIII 17_29.rawmk3 18_25.rawmk3 19_21.rawmk3 20_16.rawmk3 21_12.rawmk3 17_32.rawmk3 18_28.rawmk3 19_23.rawmk3 20_19.rawmk3 21_15.rawmk3 17_35.rawmk3 18_31.rawmk3 19_26.rawmk3 20_22.rawmk3 21_30.rawmk3 17_38.rawmk3 18_34.rawmk3 19_29.rawmk3 20_25.rawmk3 21_36.rawmk3 17_41.rawmk3 18_37.rawmk3 19_32.rawmk3 20_28.rawmk3 21_42.rawmk3 17_44.rawmk3 18_40.rawmk3 19_35.rawmk3 20_31.rawmk3 21_45.rawmk3 17_47.rawmk3 18_43.rawmk3 19_38.rawmk3 20_34.rawmk3 21_48.rawmk3 17_50.rawmk3 18_45.rawmk3 19_41.rawmk3 20_37.rawmk3 21_51.rawmk3 17_53.rawmk3 18_48.rawmk3 19_44.rawmk3 20_40.rawmk3 21_54.rawmk3 17_56.rawmk3 18_51.rawmk3 19_47.rawmk3 20_42.rawmk3 21_57.rawmk3 17_59.rawmk3 18_54.rawmk3 19_50.rawmk3 20_45.rawmk3 22_00.rawmk3 18_02.rawmk3 18_57.rawmk3 19_53.rawmk3 20_48.rawmk3 22_03.rawmk3 18_05.rawmk3 19_00.rawmk3 19_56.rawmk3 20_51.rawmk3 22_06.rawmk3 18_07.rawmk3 19_03.rawmk3 19_59.rawmk3 20_54.rawmk3 c21_27.rawmk3 18_10.rawmk3 19_06.rawmk3 20_01.rawmk3 20_57.rawmk3 c21_33.rawmk3 18_13.rawmk3 19_09.rawmk3 20_04.rawmk3 21_00.rawmk3 c21_39.rawmk3 18_16.rawmk3 19_12.rawmk3 20_07.rawmk3 21_03.rawmk3 18_19.rawmk3 19_15.rawmk3 20_10.rawmk3 21_06.rawmk3 18_22.rawmk3 19_18.rawmk3 20_13.rawmk3 21_09.rawmk3