----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri Jun 21 15:49:28 GMT 2002 Year: 02 Doy: 172 Observer: yasukawa WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Jun 21 15:49:27 GMT 2002 Cool, scattered altostratus clouds, strong southeast wind. WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Jun 21 15:55:03 GMT 2002 Wind forming lenticular cloud formations to west of station. COMMENT: Fri Jun 21 15:55:38 GMT 2002 Spar guider still below dome cylinder. Standing by. COMMENT: Fri Jun 21 15:56:36 GMT 2002 I will disable ACG (sky tx's influence on gain) until sky tx clears dome wall. Fri Jun 21 16:00:32 GMT 2002 CHIP Start Patrol A NEW TAPE HAS BEEN PUT INTO KAIEE DLT DRIVE, Fri Jun 21 16:00:41 GMT 2002 Fri Jun 21 16:00:42 GMT 2002 PICS Start Patrol COMMENT: Fri Jun 21 16:12:43 GMT 2002 sky tx still shaded. COMMENT: Fri Jun 21 16:15:57 GMT 2002 Sky tx rising above the dome wall, enabled AGC. **MLSO PROBLEM**: Fri Jun 21 16:16:41 GMT 2002 Hoike is not updating. It is still displaying yesterday's animations. no images from today. Fri Jun 21 16:18:00 GMT 2002 MKIV Start Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Jun 21 16:20:23 GMT 2002 Extensive stratus cloud formed overhead. Sun still between stratus deck on horizon and overhead deck. PSPT COMMENT: Fri Jun 21 16:21:42 GMT 2002 Starting observations. COMMENT: Fri Jun 21 16:27:21 GMT 2002 Early start to get observations in conjunction with Cassini observations from 1500 UT this morning. **MLSO PROBLEM**: Fri Jun 21 16:36:31 GMT 2002 Hoike updating, thanks to swift intervention by Alice. **PSPT PROBLEM**: Fri Jun 21 16:42:39 GMT 2002 Waiting to see if guiding self corrects mispointing at startup. Yesterday, I manually corrected pointing, PSPT self-corrected by overshooting in the opposite direction, and I manually corrected. MKIV COMMENT: Fri Jun 21 16:47:06 GMT 2002 MK4 cleared the dome at 1641 for first good image. **PSPT PROBLEM**: Fri Jun 21 16:51:59 GMT 2002 Guider did not self correct. Aborted observations. Pointed spar manually, did mir off gdr servo off gdr ephmcal Startup WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Jun 21 16:55:48 GMT 2002 Sun climbed into overhead altostratus deck. WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Jun 21 17:11:56 GMT 2002 Overhead altostratus deck is advancing and receding near sun. We will probably be in and out of clouds throughout. Wind is still howling downslope from southeast at around 35-45 mph. GONG COMMENT: Fri Jun 21 17:34:54 GMT 2002 Going down to GONG to take care of a workstation problem. Fri Jun 21 18:02:54 GMT 2002 PICS Flat Fri Jun 21 18:05:48 GMT 2002 PICS End Flat GONG COMMENT: Fri Jun 21 18:47:02 GMT 2002 Back from GONG. Chirag and I didn't get the workstation / gongStat problem resolved. WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Jun 21 18:48:11 GMT 2002 In altostratus patch that has been following sun across sky. **MLSO PROBLEM**: Fri Jun 21 18:50:31 GMT 2002 Hoike problem was just due to a too early start. Scrubber was set to start at 1630 UT. Alice reset it to 1610 UT. PSPT COMMENT: Fri Jun 21 18:56:58 GMT 2002 Stopping observations with pspt due to clouds. WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Jun 21 18:58:32 GMT 2002 Altostratus quite thick, no shadows, spar hardly guiding. Fri Jun 21 19:00:51 GMT 2002 CHIP LSD Fri Jun 21 19:03:12 GMT 2002 CHIP End LSD Fri Jun 21 19:03:26 GMT 2002 CHIP BiasLSD Fri Jun 21 19:04:31 GMT 2002 CHIP End BiasLSD Fri Jun 21 19:04:44 GMT 2002 CHIP Bias Fri Jun 21 19:05:41 GMT 2002 CHIP End Bias COMMENT: Fri Jun 21 19:08:51 GMT 2002 reconfigured dome shutter while unable to guide. Could not find sun to adjust pointing which usually moves off during reconfigure operation. I will have to adjust pointing as soon as I notice shadows again. Fri Jun 21 19:32:33 GMT 2002 MKIV End Patrol Fri Jun 21 19:32:25 GMT 2002 PICS End Patrol Fri Jun 21 19:32:47 GMT 2002 CHIP End Patrol COMMENT: Fri Jun 21 19:32:19 GMT 2002 Stopping data acquisition until weather situation gets better. Fri Jun 21 20:31:54 GMT 2002 CHIP Start Patrol Fri Jun 21 20:31:57 GMT 2002 PICS Start Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Jun 21 20:28:03 GMT 2002 very faint shadows present, re-established pointing of the spar. Starting up PICS and CHIP if video mode shows any image at all. WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Jun 21 21:01:39 GMT 2002 sun now hovering near fringe of altostratus deck. Starting up MK4. Fri Jun 21 21:02:20 GMT 2002 MKIV Start Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Jun 21 22:01:08 GMT 2002 marginally clear. **PICS PROBLEM**: Fri Jun 21 22:23:11 GMT 2002 PICS was domed out, moved dome slot to optimum azimuth as sun passes overhead to north. **PICS PROBLEM**: Fri Jun 21 22:35:51 GMT 2002 moved dome slot again to get PICS out from the slot edge. COMMENT: Fri Jun 21 22:36:35 GMT 2002 Well, folks, this is about as long as I can extend the day for Cassini coverage. The medication has worn off and I don't want to take another before I finish driving down the mountain--don't want to fall asleep at the wheel. I will begin shutting down shortly as soon as we finish up the GONG fiber optic patch cable tests for the day. 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