----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tue Oct 27 16:32:18 GMT 1998 Year: 98 Doy: 300 Observer: yasukawa Tue Oct 27 16:34:25 GMT 1998 CHIP Startup--Initializing new tape WEATHER COMMENT: Tue Oct 27 16:34:35 GMT 1998 Cool, clear, brisk southeast wind. Tue Oct 27 16:49:46 GMT 1998 PICS Start Patrol Tue Oct 27 16:49:54 GMT 1998 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol Tue Oct 27 17:02:38 GMT 1998 PICS Flat Tue Oct 27 17:02:51 GMT 1998 CHIP Bias Tue Oct 27 17:03:41 GMT 1998 CHIP End Bias Tue Oct 27 17:03:49 GMT 1998 CHIP Water Tue Oct 27 17:04:08 GMT 1998 PICS End Flat Tue Oct 27 17:04:26 GMT 1998 CHIP End Water Tue Oct 27 17:07:39 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Patrol Tue Oct 27 17:18:05 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Correct Tue Oct 27 17:19:19 GMT 1998 MKIII End Correct Tue Oct 27 17:20:31 GMT 1998 MKIII End Correct Tue Oct 27 17:22:32 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Patrol MKIII COMMENT: Tue Oct 27 17:23:59 GMT 1998 Attempt to run MkIII and MkIV up until calibration without touching anything. MkIV correct is poor for elevated heights and a ring almost that high. Gains will be valid for today only on MkIV Tue Oct 27 17:31:24 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Patrol **PSPT PROBLEM**: Tue Oct 27 17:42:22 GMT 1998 PSPT still pointing to wrong place, looks like it is pointing an hour ahead. Haosheng emailed that he'd call sometime today to work on the problem. Tue Oct 27 17:58:10 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Patrol Tue Oct 27 18:01:50 GMT 1998 CHIP Bias Tue Oct 27 18:02:36 GMT 1998 PICS Flat Tue Oct 27 18:02:42 GMT 1998 CHIP End Bias Tue Oct 27 18:02:53 GMT 1998 CHIP Water Tue Oct 27 18:03:30 GMT 1998 CHIP End Water Tue Oct 27 18:04:05 GMT 1998 PICS End Flat MKIII COMMENT: Tue Oct 27 18:09:54 GMT 1998 MkIII loss of pixel sync 18_01 and 18_04 MKIII COMMENT: Tue Oct 27 18:10:28 GMT 1998 between 17_50 and 17_58 full scans were restored. previously the first azimuths were missing from the data set Tue Oct 27 18:24:37 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Cal Tue Oct 27 18:45:12 GMT 1998 MKIII End Cal Tue Oct 27 18:49:11 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Correct Tue Oct 27 18:50:23 GMT 1998 MKIII End Correct Tue Oct 27 18:51:14 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Correct Tue Oct 27 18:52:22 GMT 1998 MKIII End Correct Tue Oct 27 18:53:19 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Correct Tue Oct 27 18:58:59 GMT 1998 MKIII End Correct Tue Oct 27 19:00:13 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Correct Tue Oct 27 19:00:56 GMT 1998 CHIP Bias Tue Oct 27 19:01:45 GMT 1998 MKIII End Correct Tue Oct 27 19:01:51 GMT 1998 CHIP End Bias Tue Oct 27 19:02:04 GMT 1998 CHIP Water Tue Oct 27 19:02:35 GMT 1998 PICS Flat Tue Oct 27 19:02:45 GMT 1998 CHIP End Water Tue Oct 27 19:03:52 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Correct Tue Oct 27 19:04:04 GMT 1998 PICS End Flat Tue Oct 27 19:09:40 GMT 1998 MKIII End Correct Tue Oct 27 19:09:56 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Patrol MKIII COMMENT: Tue Oct 27 19:10:10 GMT 1998 Did correct on MkIV and MkIII. Calibration no longer applies. Tue Oct 27 19:23:03 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Correct Tue Oct 27 19:28:49 GMT 1998 MKIII End Correct Tue Oct 27 19:32:24 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Correct Tue Oct 27 19:38:05 GMT 1998 MKIII End Correct Tue Oct 27 19:38:19 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Correct Tue Oct 27 19:39:54 GMT 1998 MKIII End Correct Tue Oct 27 20:02:41 GMT 1998 PICS Flat Tue Oct 27 20:02:58 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Correct Tue Oct 27 20:02:55 GMT 1998 CHIP Gain Tue Oct 27 20:04:07 GMT 1998 PICS End Flat Tue Oct 27 20:07:35 GMT 1998 CHIP End Gain Tue Oct 27 20:07:45 GMT 1998 CHIP Bias Tue Oct 27 20:08:37 GMT 1998 CHIP End Bias Tue Oct 27 20:08:47 GMT 1998 CHIP Water Tue Oct 27 20:09:22 GMT 1998 CHIP End Water CHIP COMMENT: Tue Oct 27 20:10:09 GMT 1998 Stopping CHIP to run some focus tests. Tue Oct 27 20:10:58 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Correct Tue Oct 27 20:12:27 GMT 1998 CHIP CHIP End Patrol Tue Oct 27 20:19:07 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Correct Tue Oct 27 20:32:09 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Correct Tue Oct 27 20:37:51 GMT 1998 MKIII End Correct Tue Oct 27 20:42:36 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Correct Tue Oct 27 20:49:15 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Correct Tue Oct 27 20:55:55 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Correct Tue Oct 27 21:01:10 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Correct Tue Oct 27 21:02:34 GMT 1998 PICS Flat Tue Oct 27 21:03:59 GMT 1998 PICS End Flat Tue Oct 27 21:05:01 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Correct Tue Oct 27 21:07:41 GMT 1998 MKIII End Correct Tue Oct 27 21:08:49 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Patrol Tue Oct 27 21:09:51 GMT 1998 MKIII End Patrol CHIP COMMENT: Tue Oct 27 21:24:13 GMT 1998 Ran CHIP focus. Focus micrometer was at 21500. The test indicated a better position of 20750. Today resolution was 11 - 13 arc-sec now 9 arc-sec Tue Oct 27 21:25:32 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Correct Tue Oct 27 21:26:16 GMT 1998 MKIII End Correct Tue Oct 27 21:26:25 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Correct Tue Oct 27 21:29:04 GMT 1998 MKIII End Correct Tue Oct 27 21:34:46 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Correct Tue Oct 27 21:37:32 GMT 1998 MKIII End Correct Tue Oct 27 21:40:14 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Correct Tue Oct 27 21:42:54 GMT 1998 MKIII End Correct Tue Oct 27 21:56:43 GMT 1998 CHIP CHIP Start Patrol Tue Oct 27 21:59:09 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Correct Tue Oct 27 22:01:34 GMT 1998 MKIII End Correct Tue Oct 27 22:02:41 GMT 1998 PICS Flat Tue Oct 27 22:02:59 GMT 1998 CHIP Bias Tue Oct 27 22:03:50 GMT 1998 CHIP End Bias Tue Oct 27 22:04:01 GMT 1998 CHIP Water Tue Oct 27 22:04:15 GMT 1998 PICS End Flat Tue Oct 27 22:04:35 GMT 1998 CHIP End Water Tue Oct 27 22:08:58 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Correct Tue Oct 27 22:14:40 GMT 1998 MKIII End Correct Tue Oct 27 22:14:44 GMT 1998 PICS End Patrol PICS COMMENT: Tue Oct 27 22:16:30 GMT 1998 PICS stopped to do spectrum test. Tue Oct 27 22:22:46 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Correct Tue Oct 27 22:28:30 GMT 1998 MKIII End Correct Tue Oct 27 22:31:09 GMT 1998 PICS Start Patrol PICS COMMENT: Tue Oct 27 22:35:25 GMT 1998 Current spectral position Tue Oct 27 22:35:35 GMT 1998 PICS End Patrol PICS COMMENT: Tue Oct 27 22:45:20 GMT 1998 Halle set at .25 rotated all the way clockwise. Tue Oct 27 22:49:57 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Correct **PICS PROBLEM**: Tue Oct 27 22:53:00 GMT 1998 Crashed, I am ending the tape P01327 and loading another (P01238) then will do a Kill/Run cycle to recover. Then we will resume the spectrum test. Tue Oct 27 22:57:21 GMT 1998 MKIII End Correct Tue Oct 27 23:01:52 GMT 1998 CHIP Bias PICS COMMENT: Tue Oct 27 23:02:30 GMT 1998 Running the .25 loop. Tue Oct 27 23:02:42 GMT 1998 CHIP End Bias Tue Oct 27 23:02:42 GMT 1998 CHIP End Bias Tue Oct 27 23:02:52 GMT 1998 CHIP Water Tue Oct 27 23:03:27 GMT 1998 CHIP End Water Tue Oct 27 23:04:44 GMT 1998 PICS End Patrol PICS COMMENT: Tue Oct 27 23:05:25 GMT 1998 Moving filter from .25 to .20 CCW and taking Patrol loop. Tue Oct 27 23:06:23 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Correct Tue Oct 27 23:06:28 GMT 1998 PICS Start Patrol Tue Oct 27 23:07:46 GMT 1998 PICS End Patrol PICS COMMENT: Tue Oct 27 23:08:15 GMT 1998 Moving filter from .20 to .15 CCW and taking a Patrol loop. Tue Oct 27 23:09:02 GMT 1998 PICS Start Patrol Tue Oct 27 23:10:19 GMT 1998 PICS End Patrol PICS COMMENT: Tue Oct 27 23:10:42 GMT 1998 Moving filter from .15 to .10 CCW and taking a Patrol loop. Tue Oct 27 23:11:36 GMT 1998 PICS Start Patrol Tue Oct 27 23:12:06 GMT 1998 MKIII End Correct Tue Oct 27 23:12:52 GMT 1998 PICS End Patrol PICS COMMENT: Tue Oct 27 23:13:12 GMT 1998 Movinf filter from .10 to .05 CCW and taking a Patrol loop. Tue Oct 27 23:14:00 GMT 1998 PICS Start Patrol Tue Oct 27 23:15:15 GMT 1998 PICS End Patrol PICS COMMENT: Tue Oct 27 23:15:37 GMT 1998 Miving filter from .05 to.00 CCW and taking a Patrol loop. Tue Oct 27 23:16:34 GMT 1998 PICS Start Patrol PICS COMMENT: Tue Oct 27 23:17:02 GMT 1998 Moving the filter from .00 to .05 (red, I think) and taking a Patrol loop. Tue Oct 27 23:19:50 GMT 1998 PICS Start Patrol PICS COMMENT: Tue Oct 27 23:20:26 GMT 1998 We've been changing the filter from .25 blue (we think) thru 00 and then continuing CCW to red past 00. ol PICS COMMENT: Tue Oct 27 23:21:49 GMT 1998 Moving filter from .05 to .10 CCW and taking a Patrol loop. Tue Oct 27 23:22:37 GMT 1998 PICS Start Patrol Tue Oct 27 23:23:54 GMT 1998 PICS End Patrol PICS COMMENT: Tue Oct 27 23:24:21 GMT 1998 Moving filter from .10 to .15 CCW and taking a Patrol loop. Tue Oct 27 23:25:04 GMT 1998 PICS Start Patrol Tue Oct 27 23:26:21 GMT 1998 PICS End Patrol PICS COMMENT: Tue Oct 27 23:26:48 GMT 1998 Moving filter from .15 to .20 CCW and taking a Patrol loop. Tue Oct 27 23:27:36 GMT 1998 PICS Start Patrol Tue Oct 27 23:28:52 GMT 1998 PICS End Patrol PICS COMMENT: Tue Oct 27 23:29:15 GMT 1998 Moving the filter from .20 to .25 CCW and taking a Patrol loop. Tue Oct 27 23:29:58 GMT 1998 PICS Start Patrol Tue Oct 27 23:31:14 GMT 1998 PICS End Patrol PICS COMMENT: Tue Oct 27 23:33:16 GMT 1998 Repeating .10 red, CW from last position (.25 red). Tue Oct 27 23:36:56 GMT 1998 PICS Start Patrol Tue Oct 27 23:38:15 GMT 1998 PICS End Patrol Tue Oct 27 23:55:09 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Correct PICS COMMENT: Tue Oct 27 23:56:18 GMT 1998 Leaving filter at .10 red. It was previously set at 00 until tests. New setting is CCW from original setting. PICS COMMENT: Tue Oct 27 23:59:08 GMT 1998 Continuing observations, spectrum test pau. Wed Oct 28 00:00:48 GMT 1998 CHIP Bias Wed Oct 28 00:01:42 GMT 1998 CHIP End Bias Wed Oct 28 00:01:50 GMT 1998 CHIP Water Wed Oct 28 00:02:26 GMT 1998 CHIP End Water Wed Oct 28 00:05:54 GMT 1998 MKIII Start Patrol **PICS PROBLEM**: Wed Oct 28 00:30:23 GMT 1998 PICS crashed initializing. Never started Patrol. Shutting it down. Wed Oct 28 00:32:46 GMT 1998 PICS Start Patrol MKIII COMMENT: Wed Oct 28 00:51:46 GMT 1998 We looked at MKIII and MKIV in the afternoon when the sky was fairly noisy and there was a remarkable difference in the quality of the corona and sky. The MKIV images had very quiet background and none of the barber-pole/radial streaks present where the MKIII image was quite mottled and several streaks were present. **LOW-L PROBLEM**: Wed Oct 28 00:57:02 GMT 1998 LOWL crashed at 2246. Unloading L00551 from drive 0, moving L00552 from drive 1 to drive 0, loading L00553 into drive 1, and restarting LOWL. COMMENT: Wed Oct 28 00:59:56 GMT 1998 Tapes: PICS: P01327 (data) and P01328 (Spectrum test) CHIP: C00713 LOWL: L00551 in drive 0, L00552 in drive 0 MKIII COMMENT: Wed Oct 28 01:06:30 GMT 1998 David will continue working on MKIV after we shut down and close out the log. Wed Oct 28 01:11:28 GMT 1998 MKIII End Patrol Wed Oct 28 01:12:27 GMT 1998 MkIII 00_05.rawmk3 00_38.rawmk3 17_07.rawmk3 17_58.rawmk3 18_41.rawmk3 00_09.rawmk3 00_42.rawmk3 17_10.rawmk3 18_01.rawmk3 19_39.rawmk3 00_12.rawmk3 00_45.rawmk3 17_22.rawmk3 18_04.rawmk3 19_43.rawmk3 00_15.rawmk3 00_48.rawmk3 17_31.rawmk3 18_08.rawmk3 19_46.rawmk3 00_19.rawmk3 00_51.rawmk3 17_34.rawmk3 18_11.rawmk3 19_49.rawmk3 00_22.rawmk3 00_55.rawmk3 17_37.rawmk3 18_14.rawmk3 19_53.rawmk3 00_25.rawmk3 00_58.rawmk3 17_40.rawmk3 18_18.rawmk3 23_56.rawmk3 00_28.rawmk3 01_01.rawmk3 17_44.rawmk3 18_21.rawmk3 c18_24.rawmk3 00_32.rawmk3 01_04.rawmk3 17_47.rawmk3 18_28.rawmk3 c18_31.rawmk3 00_35.rawmk3 01_08.rawmk3 17_50.rawmk3 18_34.rawmk3 c18_38.rawmk3