----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tue May 18 16:19:25 GMT 1999 Year: 99 Doy: 138 Observer: yasukawa WEATHER COMMENT: Tue May 18 16:20:51 GMT 1999 Cool, in thin cirrus, light south breeze. Tue May 18 16:25:59 GMT 1999 PICS Start Patrol Tue May 18 16:26:08 GMT 1999 MKIII Start Patrol Tue May 18 17:00:32 GMT 1999 PICS Flat Tue May 18 17:01:36 GMT 1999 PICS End Flat **PSPT PROBLEM**: Tue May 18 17:34:37 GMT 1999 PSPT would not point this morning. It started out at the wrong dec limit. Restarted with the spar parked at the other limit and pointing was successful. Program would not run as fine pointing would not acquire sun. Spar looked well pointed based on shadows. Might be that cirrus is too thick. MKIV COMMENT: Tue May 18 18:00:02 GMT 1999 Observations very marginal due o very white sky. Calibrating thru that stuff. Tue May 18 18:01:32 GMT 1999 PICS End Flat Tue May 18 18:03:25 GMT 1999 MKIII Start Cal GONG COMMENT: Tue May 18 18:16:21 GMT 1999 Going down to GONG to do weekly PM. GONG COMMENT: Tue May 18 18:50:20 GMT 1999 Back from GONG. Tue May 18 19:00:33 GMT 1999 PICS Flat Tue May 18 19:01:43 GMT 1999 PICS End Flat Tue May 18 19:34:33 GMT 1999 PICS End Patrol COMMENT: Tue May 18 19:34:53 GMT 1999 Stopping to reconfigure dome shutter. Tue May 18 19:41:46 GMT 1999 MKIII End Patrol Tue May 18 19:45:28 GMT 1999 MKIII Start Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Tue May 18 19:45:42 GMT 1999 Orographic clouds are forming nearby. Tue May 18 19:45:48 GMT 1999 PICS Start Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Tue May 18 20:00:19 GMT 1999 In orographic clouds. Tue May 18 20:01:32 GMT 1999 PICS Flat Tue May 18 20:02:37 GMT 1999 PICS End Flat Tue May 18 20:08:31 GMT 1999 PICS End Patrol COMMENT: Tue May 18 20:13:14 GMT 1999 Tapes: MKIV: 99-138 PICS: P01443 CHIP: No observations LOWL: L00599 Tue May 18 20:14:39 GMT 1999 MkIII 16_26.rawmk3 17_11.rawmk3 17_56.rawmk3 18_53.rawmk3 19_38.rawmk3 16_29.rawmk3 17_14.rawmk3 17_59.rawmk3 18_56.rawmk3 19_45.rawmk3 16_33.rawmk3 17_18.rawmk3 18_07.rawmk3 19_00.rawmk3 19_49.rawmk3 16_37.rawmk3 17_22.rawmk3 18_15.rawmk3 19_04.rawmk3 19_53.rawmk3 16_41.rawmk3 17_26.rawmk3 18_22.rawmk3 19_08.rawmk3 19_56.rawmk3 16_44.rawmk3 17_29.rawmk3 18_26.rawmk3 19_11.rawmk3 20_00.rawmk3 16_48.rawmk3 17_33.rawmk3 18_30.rawmk3 19_15.rawmk3 20_04.rawmk3 16_52.rawmk3 17_37.rawmk3 18_34.rawmk3 19_19.rawmk3 c18_03.rawmk3 16_56.rawmk3 17_41.rawmk3 18_38.rawmk3 19_23.rawmk3 c18_11.rawmk3 16_59.rawmk3 17_44.rawmk3 18_41.rawmk3 19_26.rawmk3 c18_18.rawmk3 17_03.rawmk3 17_48.rawmk3 18_45.rawmk3 19_30.rawmk3 17_07.rawmk3 17_52.rawmk3 18_49.rawmk3 19_34.rawmk3