----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri Jun 2 16:22:51 GMT 2000 Year: 00 Doy: 154 Observer: yasukawa WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Jun 2 16:23:41 GMT 2000 cool, clear, light southeast wind. COMMENT: Fri Jun 2 16:24:05 GMT 2000 Cleaning MKIV, PICS and CHIP exabyte drives. Fri Jun 2 16:26:52 GMT 2000 CHIP Startup--Initializing new tape Fri Jun 2 16:31:42 GMT 2000 CHIP CHIP Start 7 Passband Patrol Fri Jun 2 16:31:52 GMT 2000 PICS Start Patrol Fri Jun 2 16:32:17 GMT 2000 MKIV Start Patrol LOW-L COMMENT: Fri Jun 2 16:37:17 GMT 2000 L00718 at 69 files. Unloading and loading L00720 in drive #0 after cleaning drive. Data now writing to L00719 in drive #1. Fri Jun 2 18:04:21 GMT 2000 PICS Flat Fri Jun 2 18:07:22 GMT 2000 PICS End Flat WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Jun 2 18:17:18 GMT 2000 In thin cirrus Fri Jun 2 19:36:19 GMT 2000 PICS End Patrol COMMENT: Fri Jun 2 19:36:41 GMT 2000 Stopping to reconfigure dome shutter. Fri Jun 2 19:39:01 GMT 2000 CHIP CHIP End Patrol Fri Jun 2 19:49:13 GMT 2000 MKIV Start Patrol Fri Jun 2 19:49:37 GMT 2000 PICS Start Patrol Fri Jun 2 19:49:37 GMT 2000 PICS Start Patrol Fri Jun 2 20:00:42 GMT 2000 CHIP Gain7 Fri Jun 2 20:09:20 GMT 2000 CHIP End Gain Fri Jun 2 20:09:31 GMT 2000 CHIP Bias Fri Jun 2 20:10:28 GMT 2000 CHIP End Bias **** EVENT COMMENT ****: Fri Jun 2 20:28:23 GMT 2000 Possible ongoing CME between PA 60-100. **** EVENT COMMENT ****: Fri Jun 2 20:34:47 GMT 2000 Now expansion is very noticeable and rapid. Very large and spectacular! **** EVENT COMMENT ****: Fri Jun 2 21:56:01 GMT 2000 There has been a second, also quite spectacular CME burst ongoing at the same PA 60-130 region. **LOW-L PROBLEM**: Fri Jun 2 22:06:06 GMT 2000 Rats! LOWL crashed at 1731 UT with 1 file on L00719 in drive 1. Drive 1 crashed system with a header error again. Reloaded L00719 and reset PC to restart program since there was not much data on the tape compared to data lost. If this tape header error crash recurs, we will need to go to single drive mode, changing tape and restarting with drive #0 each time drive 0 approaches 70 files, keeping drive #1 only as backup to catch any overflow due to staff absence, inattention, or drive 0 crashes. **** EVENT COMMENT ****: Fri Jun 2 22:27:34 GMT 2000 Latest images at LASCO and SDAC websites show spectacular structure (1900 GMT) at the two large active regions near the east limb, probably the origin of the CMEs we are observing. WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Jun 2 22:42:34 GMT 2000 Orographic clouds are forming all around station, sky deteriorating. WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Jun 2 22:49:37 GMT 2000 In orographic clouds. Fri Jun 2 22:52:02 GMT 2000 CHIP CHIP End Patrol Fri Jun 2 22:53:24 GMT 2000 CHIP ending tape Fri Jun 2 22:53:47 GMT 2000 PICS End Patrol **** EVENT COMMENT ****: Fri Jun 2 22:59:25 GMT 2000 CME activity had subsided by the time the orographic clouds came in. LOW-L COMMENT: Fri Jun 2 23:00:02 GMT 2000 LOWL is still running at this time, writing to drive #1. It just finished the first file and started writing scans to the next file. No header crash yet. COMMENT: Fri Jun 2 23:02:10 GMT 2000 Tapes: MKIV: 00-154 PICS: P01764 CHIP: C01143 LOWL: L00719 in drive #1 Fri Jun 2 23:04:01 GMT 2000 MkIV 16_32.rawmk4 17_46.rawmk4 19_10.rawmk4 20_36.rawmk4 21_50.rawmk4 16_35.rawmk4 17_49.rawmk4 19_13.rawmk4 20_39.rawmk4 21_53.rawmk4 16_38.rawmk4 17_52.rawmk4 19_16.rawmk4 20_42.rawmk4 21_56.rawmk4 16_41.rawmk4 17_55.rawmk4 19_19.rawmk4 20_45.rawmk4 21_59.rawmk4 16_44.rawmk4 17_58.rawmk4 19_22.rawmk4 20_48.rawmk4 22_02.rawmk4 16_47.rawmk4 18_01.rawmk4 19_25.rawmk4 20_51.rawmk4 22_05.rawmk4 16_50.rawmk4 18_04.rawmk4 19_28.rawmk4 20_54.rawmk4 22_08.rawmk4 16_53.rawmk4 18_10.rawmk4 19_31.rawmk4 20_57.rawmk4 22_11.rawmk4 16_56.rawmk4 18_16.rawmk4 19_34.rawmk4 21_00.rawmk4 22_14.rawmk4 16_59.rawmk4 18_22.rawmk4 19_49.rawmk4 21_03.rawmk4 22_17.rawmk4 17_02.rawmk4 18_25.rawmk4 19_52.rawmk4 21_06.rawmk4 22_20.rawmk4 17_04.rawmk4 18_28.rawmk4 19_55.rawmk4 21_09.rawmk4 22_23.rawmk4 17_07.rawmk4 18_31.rawmk4 19_58.rawmk4 21_12.rawmk4 22_26.rawmk4 17_10.rawmk4 18_34.rawmk4 20_01.rawmk4 21_15.rawmk4 22_29.rawmk4 17_13.rawmk4 18_37.rawmk4 20_04.rawmk4 21_18.rawmk4 22_32.rawmk4 17_16.rawmk4 18_40.rawmk4 20_07.rawmk4 21_21.rawmk4 22_35.rawmk4 17_19.rawmk4 18_43.rawmk4 20_10.rawmk4 21_24.rawmk4 22_38.rawmk4 17_22.rawmk4 18_46.rawmk4 20_12.rawmk4 21_27.rawmk4 22_41.rawmk4 17_25.rawmk4 18_49.rawmk4 20_15.rawmk4 21_30.rawmk4 22_44.rawmk4 17_28.rawmk4 18_52.rawmk4 20_18.rawmk4 21_33.rawmk4 22_47.rawmk4 17_31.rawmk4 18_55.rawmk4 20_21.rawmk4 21_36.rawmk4 22_50.rawmk4 17_34.rawmk4 18_58.rawmk4 20_24.rawmk4 21_39.rawmk4 c18_07.rawmk4 17_37.rawmk4 19_01.rawmk4 20_27.rawmk4 21_41.rawmk4 c18_13.rawmk4 17_40.rawmk4 19_04.rawmk4 20_30.rawmk4 21_44.rawmk4 c18_19.rawmk4 17_43.rawmk4 19_07.rawmk4 20_33.rawmk4 21_47.rawmk4