----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thu Oct 24 17:02:39 GMT 2002 Year: 02 Doy: 297 Observer: yasukawa WEATHER COMMENT: Thu Oct 24 17:02:42 GMT 2002 Cool, in moderate to thick cirrostratus overcast, southeast wind. COMMENT: Thu Oct 24 17:03:16 GMT 2002 Read HELCO meters on the way up here this morning. Thu Oct 24 17:09:13 GMT 2002 CHIP Start Patrol Thu Oct 24 17:09:29 GMT 2002 PICS Start Patrol A NEW TAPE HAS BEEN PUT INTO KAIEE DLT DRIVE, Thu Oct 24 17:24:20 GMT 2002 PSPT COMMENT: Thu Oct 24 17:29:28 GMT 2002 Starting daily obs in cirrostratus. **PSPT PROBLEM**: Thu Oct 24 17:33:54 GMT 2002 Shutter failure. Getting partial images, I do not see the shutter open LED turning on during exposure sequences. Checking things out. Thu Oct 24 18:00:43 GMT 2002 CHIP LSD Thu Oct 24 18:02:21 GMT 2002 CHIP End LSD Thu Oct 24 18:02:28 GMT 2002 CHIP BiasLSD Thu Oct 24 18:02:54 GMT 2002 PICS Flat Thu Oct 24 18:03:18 GMT 2002 CHIP End BiasLSD Thu Oct 24 18:03:24 GMT 2002 CHIP Bias Thu Oct 24 18:04:14 GMT 2002 CHIP End Bias Thu Oct 24 18:05:12 GMT 2002 PICS End Flat **PSPT PROBLEM**: Thu Oct 24 18:10:57 GMT 2002 Uniblitz shutter failed with one blade stuck in the out position. Removed faulty unit, s/n 1374 and replaced with spare unit s/n 1376. PSPT working OK now. **GONG PROBLEM**: Thu Oct 24 18:55:26 GMT 2002 Going down to GONG to reset instrument and data computers. Imaging is red on GUI, Waveplate is not sync'ing. GONG COMMENT: Thu Oct 24 19:14:43 GMT 2002 Back from GONG. **** EVENT COMMENT ****: Thu Oct 24 20:56:01 GMT 2002 **** EVENT COMMENT ****: Thu Oct 24 20:56:13 GMT 2002 There was a fast moving flare event on the northwest quadrant of the solar disk between 1757-1847 UT. Thu Oct 24 22:03:25 GMT 2002 PICS End Patrol Thu Oct 24 22:05:08 GMT 2002 CHIP End Patrol PSPT COMMENT: Thu Oct 24 22:05:59 GMT 2002 Stopping PSPT. Thu Oct 24 22:12:15 GMT 2002 MkIV