----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed Oct 29 16:46:13 GMT 2003 Year: 03 Doy: 302 Observer: yasukawa WEATHER COMMENT: Wed Oct 29 16:46:34 GMT 2003 Cool, clear light south wind. Wed Oct 29 16:51:35 GMT 2003 CHIP Start Patrol Wed Oct 29 16:51:45 GMT 2003 PICS Start Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Wed Oct 29 16:52:47 GMT 2003 Scattered cirrus near sun. ECHO COMMENT: Wed Oct 29 16:54:32 GMT 2003 ECHO time OK. PSPT COMMENT: Wed Oct 29 16:59:51 GMT 2003 Starting up. PSPT COMMENT: Wed Oct 29 17:09:56 GMT 2003 Observing. MKIV COMMENT: Wed Oct 29 17:14:08 GMT 2003 Sun cleared cirrus patch, just clearing dome cylinder. Centering O1. Wed Oct 29 17:14:44 GMT 2003 MKIV Start Patrol MKIV COMMENT: Wed Oct 29 17:59:52 GMT 2003 Centered O1. Wed Oct 29 18:01:05 GMT 2003 CHIP LSD Wed Oct 29 18:03:04 GMT 2003 CHIP End LSD Wed Oct 29 18:03:08 GMT 2003 PICS Flat Wed Oct 29 18:03:20 GMT 2003 CHIP BiasLSD Wed Oct 29 18:03:53 GMT 2003 MKIV Start Cal Wed Oct 29 18:04:18 GMT 2003 CHIP End BiasLSD Wed Oct 29 18:04:32 GMT 2003 CHIP Bias Wed Oct 29 18:05:33 GMT 2003 CHIP End Bias Wed Oct 29 18:05:42 GMT 2003 PICS End Flat **** EVENT COMMENT ****: Wed Oct 29 18:10:42 GMT 2003 Limbflare at PA 270. **** EVENT COMMENT ****: Wed Oct 29 18:20:53 GMT 2003 Surge at active region just north of equator, west of CMP. **** EVENT COMMENT ****: Wed Oct 29 18:22:08 GMT 2003 Flaring at active region south of equator, west of CMP. Wed Oct 29 18:22:37 GMT 2003 MKIV End Cal WEATHER COMMENT: Wed Oct 29 18:35:31 GMT 2003 In large patch of cirrostratus. MK4 idled after cal. WEATHER COMMENT: Wed Oct 29 19:38:39 GMT 2003 Clear again, resuming mk4 observations. Wed Oct 29 19:39:10 GMT 2003 MKIV Start Patrol MKIV COMMENT: Wed Oct 29 19:39:13 GMT 2003 Centered O1. MKIV COMMENT: Wed Oct 29 20:37:52 GMT 2003 Centered O1. **** EVENT COMMENT ****: Wed Oct 29 20:51:29 GMT 2003 Large flare going off at active region in southern hemisphere just west of CMP. Flaring began at 2041 UT. **** EVENT COMMENT ****: Wed Oct 29 20:57:02 GMT 2003 Material can be seen in animation images concentrically blasting away from the origin in the PICS disk images. **** EVENT COMMENT ****: Wed Oct 29 21:01:11 GMT 2003 Faint, large, fast moving CME observed expanding around PA 180 from 2043 UT. **** EVENT COMMENT ****: Wed Oct 29 21:26:41 GMT 2003 Large surge at PA 275 from 2057 UT ongoing. Associated brightening in corona observed at same PA at this time. **** EVENT COMMENT ****: Wed Oct 29 21:38:11 GMT 2003 Active region near equator, west of CMP also flaring at 2047 and again at 2120 UT. MKIV COMMENT: Wed Oct 29 21:43:30 GMT 2003 Centered O1. WEATHER COMMENT: Wed Oct 29 22:03:27 GMT 2003 Broken cirrus patches approaching. MKIV COMMENT: Wed Oct 29 22:37:10 GMT 2003 Centered O1. WEATHER COMMENT: Wed Oct 29 23:01:32 GMT 2003 In orographic clouds and extensive cirrostratus overcast. MKIV COMMENT: Wed Oct 29 23:17:31 GMT 2003 Pausing mk4. Wed Oct 29 23:21:27 GMT 2003 MKIV End Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Wed Oct 29 23:37:06 GMT 2003 Orographic clouds stacking up fairly thick now, guiding is very iffy. PSPT COMMENT: Wed Oct 29 23:41:59 GMT 2003 Paused PSPT. WEATHER COMMENT: Thu Oct 30 01:08:39 GMT 2003 Orographic clouds are receding, sky is very white so mk4 images are probably not good at this time. PSPT COMMENT: Thu Oct 30 01:09:38 GMT 2003 Restarting observations. COMMENT: Thu Oct 30 01:09:56 GMT 2003 Spar pointing was a bit off, repointed. Thu Oct 30 01:10:25 GMT 2003 MKIV Start Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Thu Oct 30 01:46:00 GMT 2003 Back in orographic clouds again. PSPT COMMENT: Thu Oct 30 01:46:18 GMT 2003 Pausing observations. MKIV COMMENT: Thu Oct 30 01:46:31 GMT 2003 Pausing observations. Thu Oct 30 01:51:55 GMT 2003 MKIV End Patrol Thu Oct 30 02:15:04 GMT 2003 CHIP End Patrol **CHIP PROBLEM**: Thu Oct 30 02:15:09 GMT 2003 CHIP image low due to lazy guiding earlier. Stopping to recenter image. Thu Oct 30 02:17:38 GMT 2003 CHIP Start Patrol Thu Oct 30 02:23:57 GMT 2003 CHIP End Patrol Thu Oct 30 02:24:41 GMT 2003 PICS End Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Thu Oct 30 02:25:52 GMT 2003 In clouds, shutting down for the day. Thu Oct 30 02:26:15 GMT 2003 MkIV 01_10.rawmk4 17_42.rawmk4 20_14.rawmk4 21_19.rawmk4 22_28.rawmk4 01_13.rawmk4 17_45.rawmk4 20_17.rawmk4 21_22.rawmk4 22_31.rawmk4 01_16.rawmk4 17_48.rawmk4 20_20.rawmk4 21_25.rawmk4 22_34.rawmk4 01_19.rawmk4 17_50.rawmk4 20_23.rawmk4 21_28.rawmk4 22_37.rawmk4 01_22.rawmk4 17_53.rawmk4 20_26.rawmk4 21_31.rawmk4 22_40.rawmk4 01_25.rawmk4 17_56.rawmk4 20_29.rawmk4 21_34.rawmk4 22_43.rawmk4 01_28.rawmk4 17_59.rawmk4 20_32.rawmk4 21_37.rawmk4 22_45.rawmk4 01_31.rawmk4 18_06.rawmk4 20_35.rawmk4 21_40.rawmk4 22_48.rawmk4 01_33.rawmk4 18_13.rawmk4 20_38.rawmk4 21_43.rawmk4 22_51.rawmk4 01_36.rawmk4 18_19.rawmk4 20_40.rawmk4 21_46.rawmk4 22_54.rawmk4 01_39.rawmk4 19_39.rawmk4 20_43.rawmk4 21_49.rawmk4 22_57.rawmk4 01_42.rawmk4 19_42.rawmk4 20_46.rawmk4 21_52.rawmk4 23_00.rawmk4 01_45.rawmk4 19_45.rawmk4 20_49.rawmk4 21_55.rawmk4 23_03.rawmk4 01_48.rawmk4 19_47.rawmk4 20_52.rawmk4 21_58.rawmk4 23_06.rawmk4 17_14.rawmk4 19_50.rawmk4 20_55.rawmk4 22_01.rawmk4 23_09.rawmk4 17_17.rawmk4 19_53.rawmk4 21_01.rawmk4 22_04.rawmk4 23_12.rawmk4 17_20.rawmk4 19_56.rawmk4 21_05.rawmk4 22_06.rawmk4 23_15.rawmk4 17_23.rawmk4 19_59.rawmk4 21_08.rawmk4 22_09.rawmk4 23_18.rawmk4 17_26.rawmk4 20_02.rawmk4 21_11.rawmk4 22_12.rawmk4 c18_03.rawmk4 17_32.rawmk4 20_05.rawmk4 21_14.rawmk4 22_15.rawmk4 c18_09.rawmk4 17_36.rawmk4 20_08.rawmk4 21_16.rawmk4 22_21.rawmk4 c18_16.rawmk4 17_39.rawmk4 20_11.rawmk4 21_18.rawmk4 22_25.rawmk4