----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri Jul 24 16:21:36 GMT 1998 Year: 98 Doy: 205 Observer: yasukawa WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Jul 24 16:24:15 GMT 1998 Cool, clear, light southeast wind. Heavy haze thru saddle. Fri Jul 24 16:25:06 GMT 1998 CHIP Startup--Initializing new tape Fri Jul 24 16:33:04 GMT 1998 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol **MKIII PROBLEM**: Fri Jul 24 16:33:25 GMT 1998 Looked down tube between O1 and occulter. Did not see any obstructions to cause 'smudge' signature. O1 did not have any discernable smudges on it. Looked up toward sun thru hatch behind O1 and found that O1 is quite dusty. Dust is relatively uniform, but may be causing some of that polarization that was speculated to be from the central american haze, but did not change as spar position relative to horizon changed. I will try rotating O1 later on this morning to see if that changes the smudge signature orientation. Fri Jul 24 16:38:32 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Patrol Fri Jul 24 17:00:49 GMT 1998 CHIP Bias Fri Jul 24 17:01:44 GMT 1998 PICS Flat Fri Jul 24 17:01:44 GMT 1998 PICS Flat Fri Jul 24 17:01:53 GMT 1998 CHIP Water Fri Jul 24 17:02:33 GMT 1998 CHIP End Water Fri Jul 24 17:03:15 GMT 1998 PICS End Flat **MKIII PROBLEM**: Fri Jul 24 17:43:06 GMT 1998 I was leaning on spar trying to connect O1 rotator connector. Realized that that circuit is no longer available. Leaned on spar while removing connector. **CHIP PROBLEM**: Fri Jul 24 17:52:50 GMT 1998 CHIP lost its center reference during that spar bashing. Stopping and attempting to center image manually. Fri Jul 24 17:55:20 GMT 1998 CHIP CHIP End Patrol Fri Jul 24 17:57:44 GMT 1998 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol Fri Jul 24 18:01:37 GMT 1998 PICS Flat Fri Jul 24 18:01:59 GMT 1998 CHIP Bias Fri Jul 24 18:03:07 GMT 1998 CHIP End Bias Fri Jul 24 18:03:07 GMT 1998 CHIP End Bias Fri Jul 24 18:03:20 GMT 1998 CHIP Water Fri Jul 24 18:04:03 GMT 1998 CHIP End Water **MKIII PROBLEM**: Fri Jul 24 18:24:30 GMT 1998 Stopping again to attempt to rotate O1. COMMENT: Fri Jul 24 18:32:00 GMT 1998 Stopping CHIP and PICS. I am moving spar around too much. Fri Jul 24 18:34:15 GMT 1998 CHIP CHIP End Patrol Fri Jul 24 18:50:15 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Patrol Fri Jul 24 18:50:50 GMT 1998 PICS Start Patrol **MKIII PROBLEM**: Fri Jul 24 18:52:26 GMT 1998 I could not rotate O1 manually. Gearing for stepper makes rotating nearly impossible. Cannot remove O1 and mount in rotated position due to locator pin. I did an in-situ washdown of the O1 in lieu of rotating it. Used Ethyl alcohol and 'lint-less' wipers. It'll probably need a good cleaning--Darryl-style, but the cleaning should improve imaging and if nothing else, change the smudge signature if the dirty O1 is the cause. **** EVENT COMMENT ****: Fri Jul 24 18:59:02 GMT 1998 David reported CME in SSW early this morning from around 1700-1800 UT. Fri Jul 24 19:00:46 GMT 1998 PICS Flat Fri Jul 24 19:01:56 GMT 1998 CHIP Bias Fri Jul 24 19:02:15 GMT 1998 PICS End Flat Fri Jul 24 19:02:56 GMT 1998 CHIP End Bias Fri Jul 24 19:03:06 GMT 1998 CHIP Water Fri Jul 24 19:03:49 GMT 1998 CHIP End Water Fri Jul 24 19:24:36 GMT 1998 PICS End Patrol Fri Jul 24 19:25:29 GMT 1998 CHIP CHIP End Patrol Fri Jul 24 19:32:21 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Patrol COMMENT: Fri Jul 24 19:32:43 GMT 1998 Stopped to reconfigure dome shutter. art Patrol Fri Jul 24 19:32:45 GMT 1998 PICS Start Patrol Fri Jul 24 20:00:45 GMT 1998 PICS Flat Fri Jul 24 20:02:12 GMT 1998 PICS End Flat Fri Jul 24 20:02:52 GMT 1998 CHIP Gain Fri Jul 24 20:07:27 GMT 1998 CHIP End Gain Fri Jul 24 20:07:42 GMT 1998 CHIP Bias Fri Jul 24 20:08:35 GMT 1998 CHIP End Bias Fri Jul 24 20:08:44 GMT 1998 CHIP Water Fri Jul 24 20:09:20 GMT 1998 CHIP End Water COMMENT: Fri Jul 24 20:40:00 GMT 1998 Hydraulic lift was dead this morning after overnight charge. Checked battery and it was showing 12V. After more checking, I found that the positive terminal connection was loose and oxidized. Removed connector and cleaned and sanded surfaces then reattached. Lift worked. Checked and filled battery cells with distilled water. I will put the charger back on overnight to fully charge the battery in case it didn't get charged efficiently due to the loose cable. **MKIII PROBLEM**: Fri Jul 24 20:45:33 GMT 1998 Alice indicated that the cleaning improved the image, smudge case closed for now. Good work Darryl, Alice and David! WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Jul 24 20:48:42 GMT 1998 Orographic clouds scattered about station. Fri Jul 24 21:00:40 GMT 1998 PICS Flat Fri Jul 24 21:00:49 GMT 1998 CHIP Bias Fri Jul 24 21:01:51 GMT 1998 CHIP End Bias Fri Jul 24 21:02:01 GMT 1998 CHIP Water Fri Jul 24 21:02:12 GMT 1998 PICS End Flat Fri Jul 24 21:02:44 GMT 1998 CHIP End Water Fri Jul 24 22:00:36 GMT 1998 PICS Flat Fri Jul 24 22:02:02 GMT 1998 PICS End Flat WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Jul 24 22:03:13 GMT 1998 In heavy orographic clouds. Fri Jul 24 22:03:17 GMT 1998 CHIP Bias Fri Jul 24 22:04:21 GMT 1998 CHIP End Bias Fri Jul 24 22:04:35 GMT 1998 CHIP Water Fri Jul 24 22:05:04 GMT 1998 PICS End Patrol Fri Jul 24 22:05:24 GMT 1998 CHIP End Water COMMENT: Fri Jul 24 22:06:12 GMT 1998 Tapes: CHIP: C00646 PICS: P01251 LOWL: L00534 Fri Jul 24 22:08:44 GMT 1998 CHIP CHIP End Patrol Fri Jul 24 22:09:14 GMT 1998 CHIP ending tape Fri Jul 24 22:10:04 GMT 1998 MkIII 16_38.rawmk3 17_37.rawmk3 19_10.rawmk3 20_16.rawmk3 21_14.rawmk3 16_41.rawmk3 17_40.rawmk3 19_13.rawmk3 20_19.rawmk3 21_17.rawmk3 16_44.rawmk3 17_43.rawmk3 19_16.rawmk3 20_22.rawmk3 21_20.rawmk3 16_47.rawmk3 17_45.rawmk3 19_19.rawmk3 20_25.rawmk3 21_23.rawmk3 16_50.rawmk3 17_48.rawmk3 19_22.rawmk3 20_27.rawmk3 21_26.rawmk3 16_53.rawmk3 17_51.rawmk3 19_32.rawmk3 20_30.rawmk3 21_29.rawmk3 16_56.rawmk3 17_54.rawmk3 19_35.rawmk3 20_33.rawmk3 21_32.rawmk3 16_59.rawmk3 17_57.rawmk3 19_38.rawmk3 20_36.rawmk3 21_35.rawmk3 17_02.rawmk3 18_00.rawmk3 19_41.rawmk3 20_39.rawmk3 21_38.rawmk3 17_05.rawmk3 18_03.rawmk3 19_44.rawmk3 20_42.rawmk3 21_41.rawmk3 17_07.rawmk3 18_09.rawmk3 19_47.rawmk3 20_45.rawmk3 21_43.rawmk3 17_10.rawmk3 18_15.rawmk3 19_49.rawmk3 20_48.rawmk3 21_46.rawmk3 17_13.rawmk3 18_21.rawmk3 19_52.rawmk3 20_51.rawmk3 21_49.rawmk3 17_16.rawmk3 18_50.rawmk3 19_55.rawmk3 20_54.rawmk3 21_52.rawmk3 17_19.rawmk3 18_53.rawmk3 19_58.rawmk3 20_57.rawmk3 21_55.rawmk3 17_22.rawmk3 18_56.rawmk3 20_01.rawmk3 21_00.rawmk3 21_58.rawmk3 17_25.rawmk3 18_59.rawmk3 20_04.rawmk3 21_03.rawmk3 22_01.rawmk3 17_28.rawmk3 19_02.rawmk3 20_07.rawmk3 21_05.rawmk3 c18_06.rawmk3 17_31.rawmk3 19_04.rawmk3 20_10.rawmk3 21_08.rawmk3 c18_12.rawmk3 17_34.rawmk3 19_07.rawmk3 20_13.rawmk3 21_11.rawmk3 c18_18.rawmk3