----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri Mar 1 17:23:26 GMT 2002 Year: 02 Doy: 060 Observer: yasukawa WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Mar 1 17:23:34 GMT 2002 Cold, clear, light south breeze. Crusty snow on ground, road still slick the last couple of miles below observatory. **MKIV PROBLEM**: Fri Mar 1 17:25:01 GMT 2002 There were troubling messages on akamai during start-up, not sure how, if it is significant at all, it will affect mk4 observations. Messages follows: hello from t_barrel dqArmPipe(): Destination ProcRect has no area The source and destination data requirements do not overlap; therefore an empty transfer has been specified. dqArmPipe(): Fatal error A fatal error has been encountered, causing the program to terminate. value = 3835732 = 0x3a8754 taskDelay(100) value = 0 = 0x0 flcStart value = 0 = 0x0 vsync dqSetTimingSwitch( 0x0036d770(INVALID OBJECT), ??_?00005615?, 1 ) dqSetTimingSwitch(): Not an IP device handle dqSetTimingSwitch(): Fatal error Done executing startup script /opt/alakai/mech MKIV COMMENT: Fri Mar 1 17:27:13 GMT 2002 Started thermo printer in 1.00 minute cadence. No heating pad overnight, camera power left on. Starting temperature at turn-on was 14.3 C. Fri Mar 1 17:28:42 GMT 2002 CHIP Start Patrol Fri Mar 1 17:28:57 GMT 2002 PICS Start Patrol **MKIV PROBLEM**: Fri Mar 1 17:31:04 GMT 2002 akamai monitor is relatively dark, screen is offset to right, and there is tight wavy flickering occurring. Resetting KCC. **MKIV PROBLEM**: Fri Mar 1 17:36:12 GMT 2002 OK, reboot of KCC did not produce error messages and monitor looks better, albeit the screen is still shifted to right. Adjusted it with menu options. Fri Mar 1 17:38:45 GMT 2002 MKIV Start Patrol **MLSO PROBLEM**: Fri Mar 1 17:42:46 GMT 2002 Sky transmission low (634) for unknown reason. Spar is pointed OK according to PICS images, Sky tx aperture is not blocked or dirty. PSPT COMMENT: Fri Mar 1 17:45:53 GMT 2002 Started observations. **PSPT PROBLEM**: Fri Mar 1 17:57:50 GMT 2002 Poor centering at startup. Manually pointed spar during data loop. Instrument should center during next loop. Fri Mar 1 18:02:08 GMT 2002 PICS Flat Fri Mar 1 18:05:09 GMT 2002 PICS End Flat **MLSO PROBLEM**: Fri Mar 1 18:06:23 GMT 2002 RA was moderately hyper due to low sky tx values. I disabled the AGC to calm it down a bit. **PSPT PROBLEM**: Fri Mar 1 18:07:38 GMT 2002 Images still not centered well. I will stop PSPT after this loop and run a centering routine. **PSPT PROBLEM**: Fri Mar 1 18:12:56 GMT 2002 PSPT ran thru a centering routine after the current program. Sun did not center on window. Hmmm, I wonder if something happened during Tim Brown's trek thru the innards yesterday? A NEW TAPE HAS BEEN PUT INTO KAIEE DLT DRIVE, Fri Mar 1 18:14:44 GMT 2002 **MLSO PROBLEM**: Fri Mar 1 18:32:59 GMT 2002 Low sky tx could be from very clean, dark sky. I do not see that bright sky around the sun that has been the norm these days. PSPT COMMENT: Fri Mar 1 18:57:31 GMT 2002 Images centered OK now. Fri Mar 1 19:02:57 GMT 2002 CHIP LSD Fri Mar 1 19:05:17 GMT 2002 CHIP End LSD Fri Mar 1 19:05:32 GMT 2002 CHIP BiasLSD Fri Mar 1 19:06:32 GMT 2002 CHIP End BiasLSD Fri Mar 1 19:06:41 GMT 2002 CHIP Bias Fri Mar 1 19:07:35 GMT 2002 CHIP End Bias **PSPT PROBLEM**: Fri Mar 1 19:13:37 GMT 2002 Stalled doing clr blue in flatfield program at 1908 UT. Pressed Enter to resume. MKIV COMMENT: Fri Mar 1 19:26:09 GMT 2002 Was busy taking care of a lot of stuff, forgot to start calibration and to change thermoprinter cadence. Starting Cal as soon as I tend to printer. MKIV COMMENT: Fri Mar 1 19:32:01 GMT 2002 Reset thermoprinter to 30-minute cadence. Temp. was 19.5 C. Fri Mar 1 19:32:47 GMT 2002 MKIV Start Cal Fri Mar 1 20:11:43 GMT 2002 MKIV Start Patrol **MKIV PROBLEM**: Fri Mar 1 20:11:46 GMT 2002 Continued distraction, forgot to queue up Patrol after Calibrate. **PSPT PROBLEM**: Fri Mar 1 20:13:34 GMT 2002 Another stall doing clr blue, this time in Daily Obs, at 1949 UT. Pressed Enter on PC again to resume program. **MKIV PROBLEM**: Fri Mar 1 20:16:22 GMT 2002 Sky tx is now 744. AGC on guider still disabled. Data looks OK. **MLSO PROBLEM**: Fri Mar 1 21:54:33 GMT 2002 Sky tx at 761. Turning AGC back on, ran guider with it disabled today. Fri Mar 1 22:02:50 GMT 2002 CHIP End Patrol Fri Mar 1 22:03:30 GMT 2002 PICS End Patrol PSPT COMMENT: Fri Mar 1 22:04:54 GMT 2002 Stopped observations. **MKIV PROBLEM**: Fri Mar 1 22:05:31 GMT 2002 Leaving MK4 camera on overnight, installing heating pad over camera trough. Main MK4 power on, KCC off, nahenahe monitor dimmed, monitor oscilloscopes off, O1 guider off. **MKIV PROBLEM**: Fri Mar 1 22:13:34 GMT 2002 Stopped thermoprinter. last temperature was 26.9 C. Fri Mar 1 22:20:07 GMT 2002 MkIV 17_38.rawmk4 18_26.rawmk4 19_13.rawmk4 20_39.rawmk4 21_27.rawmk4 17_41.rawmk4 18_29.rawmk4 19_16.rawmk4 20_42.rawmk4 21_29.rawmk4 17_44.rawmk4 18_31.rawmk4 19_19.rawmk4 20_45.rawmk4 21_32.rawmk4 17_47.rawmk4 18_34.rawmk4 19_21.rawmk4 20_48.rawmk4 21_35.rawmk4 17_50.rawmk4 18_37.rawmk4 19_24.rawmk4 20_51.rawmk4 21_38.rawmk4 17_53.rawmk4 18_40.rawmk4 19_27.rawmk4 20_54.rawmk4 21_41.rawmk4 17_56.rawmk4 18_43.rawmk4 19_36.rawmk4 20_57.rawmk4 21_44.rawmk4 17_59.rawmk4 18_46.rawmk4 19_43.rawmk4 21_00.rawmk4 21_47.rawmk4 18_02.rawmk4 18_49.rawmk4 19_49.rawmk4 21_03.rawmk4 21_50.rawmk4 18_05.rawmk4 18_52.rawmk4 20_11.rawmk4 21_06.rawmk4 21_53.rawmk4 18_08.rawmk4 18_55.rawmk4 20_14.rawmk4 21_09.rawmk4 21_56.rawmk4 18_11.rawmk4 18_58.rawmk4 20_17.rawmk4 21_12.rawmk4 21_59.rawmk4 18_14.rawmk4 19_01.rawmk4 20_20.rawmk4 21_15.rawmk4 22_02.rawmk4 18_17.rawmk4 19_04.rawmk4 20_23.rawmk4 21_18.rawmk4 c19_32.rawmk4 18_20.rawmk4 19_07.rawmk4 20_29.rawmk4 21_21.rawmk4 c19_40.rawmk4 18_23.rawmk4 19_10.rawmk4 20_33.rawmk4 21_24.rawmk4 c19_46.rawmk4