----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thu Aug 26 16:26:53 GMT 2004 Year: 04 Doy: 239 Observer: stueben WEATHER COMMENT: Thu Aug 26 16:30:06 GMT 2004 Clear sky, wind=5 mph from the SE, temp=50F. Thu Aug 26 16:36:44 GMT 2004 CHIP Start Patrol Thu Aug 26 16:37:14 GMT 2004 PICS Start Patrol ECHO COMMENT: Thu Aug 26 16:40:38 GMT 2004 Time OK. Thu Aug 26 18:00:53 GMT 2004 CHIP LSD Thu Aug 26 18:02:26 GMT 2004 PICS Flat Thu Aug 26 18:02:42 GMT 2004 CHIP End LSD Thu Aug 26 18:02:51 GMT 2004 CHIP BiasLSD Thu Aug 26 18:03:52 GMT 2004 CHIP End BiasLSD Thu Aug 26 18:04:02 GMT 2004 CHIP Bias Thu Aug 26 18:04:54 GMT 2004 CHIP End Bias Thu Aug 26 18:04:57 GMT 2004 PICS End Flat Thu Aug 26 18:05:05 GMT 2004 CHIP ReStart Patrol Thu Aug 26 18:05:07 GMT 2004 PICS ReStart Patrol MKIV COMMENT: Thu Aug 26 18:18:48 GMT 2004 Centered 01 guider. Thu Aug 26 18:22:06 GMT 2004 MKIV End Patrol Thu Aug 26 18:22:13 GMT 2004 MKIV Start Cal Thu Aug 26 18:40:56 GMT 2004 MKIV End Cal Thu Aug 26 18:41:02 GMT 2004 MKIV Start Patrol MKIV COMMENT: Thu Aug 26 19:39:47 GMT 2004 Centered 01 guider. Thu Aug 26 19:56:41 GMT 2004 CHIP End Patrol Thu Aug 26 19:57:43 GMT 2004 PICS End Patrol Thu Aug 26 20:04:10 GMT 2004 CHIP Start Patrol Thu Aug 26 20:04:25 GMT 2004 PICS Start Patrol Thu Aug 26 20:04:41 GMT 2004 MKIV Start Patrol COMMENT: Thu Aug 26 20:04:53 GMT 2004 Reconfigured dome shutter. MKIV COMMENT: Thu Aug 26 22:02:18 GMT 2004 Centered 01 guider. MKIV COMMENT: Fri Aug 27 00:05:32 GMT 2004 Centered 01 guider. NICE CHIP IMAGE: 2110 NICE PICSDISC IMAGE: 2110 NICE PICSLIMB IMAGE: 2111 NICE MK4 IMAGE: 2109 MKIV COMMENT: Fri Aug 27 01:04:11 GMT 2004 Centered 01 guider. **PSPT PROBLEM**: Fri Aug 27 01:13:26 GMT 2004 I fixed the dome slippage problem. First I more evenly distributed the weight of the dome onto the roller that touched the unbent parts of the track - epecially while pointed to areas where the dome aimuth drive would slip. That reduced the slippage way down to only one cog if started near the Home Position and moved toward South. I wanted to totally eliminate the slippage because I think it could get worse with time so I moved the Dome Home position by a couple of feet, now if the dome doesn't go beyond the Home Position toward North then it shouldn't slip coming back the other direction. I did a gdr ephmcal for telescope pointing and a dome cal to get the pointing right, the new DomeHomeOffset is -4707.258 and the old was -2705.86 - but that may not have been real accurate due to dome problems. Now PSPT is taking data, all is well I think. -Darryl **ECHO PROBLEM**: Fri Aug 27 02:12:19 GMT 2004 Steve replied to my question about the MOF2 temp field being red and the lower image being dim. He said they recently changed the MOF2 setpoint to 145, and asked me to set it back to 140.0, I think I changed it OK using the menus on the PC. The MOF2 field is Green and shows 140.0 now, but the image is still dim, it takes a while for the MOF to change and stabilize. 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