----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thu Jul 28 16:25:31 GMT 2005 Year: 05 Doy: 209 Observer: stueben WEATHER COMMENT: Thu Jul 28 16:27:22 GMT 2005 ___end___ WEATHER COMMENT: Thu Jul 28 16:27:32 GMT 2005 Thin to moderate cirrostratus cover most of the sky, wind south 5-10 mph, temp 42F. ___end___ Thu Jul 28 16:34:07 GMT 2005 CHIP Start Patrol Thu Jul 28 16:34:29 GMT 2005 PICS Start Patrol ECHO COMMENT: Thu Jul 28 16:36:12 GMT 2005 Time OK. ___end___ WEATHER COMMENT: Thu Jul 28 16:50:36 GMT 2005 Delaying start of observation for Mk4 and PSPT due to cirrus cloud density. ___end___ A NEW PSPT EXABYTE IS LOADED ON KENOBI Thu Jul 28 17:35:51 GMT 2005 PSPT COMMENT: Thu Jul 28 17:50:43 GMT 2005 Cirrus has thinned, observation started. ___end___ Thu Jul 28 18:01:54 GMT 2005 CHIP LSD Thu Jul 28 18:02:24 GMT 2005 PICS Flat Thu Jul 28 18:03:35 GMT 2005 CHIP End LSD Thu Jul 28 18:03:41 GMT 2005 CHIP BiasLSD Thu Jul 28 18:04:34 GMT 2005 CHIP End BiasLSD Thu Jul 28 18:04:40 GMT 2005 CHIP Bias Thu Jul 28 18:04:41 GMT 2005 PICS End Flat Thu Jul 28 18:04:48 GMT 2005 PICS ReStart Patrol Thu Jul 28 18:05:34 GMT 2005 CHIP End Bias Thu Jul 28 18:05:39 GMT 2005 CHIP ReStart Patrol GONG COMMENT: Thu Jul 28 19:15:31 GMT 2005 System was hung. Went down to the shelter and cycled power to data and instrument computers to recover. ___end___ Thu Jul 28 19:35:56 GMT 2005 CHIP End Patrol Thu Jul 28 19:36:00 GMT 2005 PICS End Patrol Thu Jul 28 19:42:22 GMT 2005 CHIP Start Patrol Thu Jul 28 19:42:35 GMT 2005 PICS Start Patrol COMMENT: Thu Jul 28 19:44:02 GMT 2005 Reconfigured dome shutter. ___end___ **PSPT PROBLEM**: Thu Jul 28 20:35:44 GMT 2005 Crashed just after 1900UT, killed and restarted. ___end___ Thu Jul 28 21:23:23 GMT 2005 CHIP End Patrol Thu Jul 28 21:23:34 GMT 2005 PICS End Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Thu Jul 28 21:41:10 GMT 2005 In orographic clouds, instruments idled. ___end___ COMMENT: Fri Jul 29 00:47:37 GMT 2005 I received a call from NOAA warning us about possible dust from the construction of a new observatory building. From the gong shelter I could here some noise and saw a small plume of dust roughly a mile down the road. The wind was carrying the dust away to the northwest of us - at least for today. ___end___ NICE CHIP IMAGE: 2000 NICE PICSDISC IMAGE: 2000 NICE PICSLIMB IMAGE: 2001 Fri Jul 29 01:10:07 GMT 2005 MkIV