----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri Dec 19 17:08:00 GMT 2008 Year: 08 Doy: 354 Observer: yasukawa WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Dec 19 17:11:18 GMT 2008 Broken cirrostratus to east, thick, extensive cirrostratus to west. S wind 12 mph, temp 40 F. ___end___ Fri Dec 19 17:22:28 GMT 2008 CHIP Start Patrol PSPT COMMENT: Fri Dec 19 17:22:40 GMT 2008 Starting up. ___end___ Fri Dec 19 17:22:43 GMT 2008 PICS Start Patrol Fri Dec 19 17:38:34 GMT 2008 PICS End Patrol **PSPT PROBLEM**: Fri Dec 19 17:44:16 GMT 2008 Start up mispointed. Manually pointed spar and running Center image. ___end___ Fri Dec 19 17:45:35 GMT 2008 PICS Start Special XLR PICS COMMENT: Fri Dec 19 17:45:21 GMT 2008 Changed occulting disk from #2 (2001) to #1 (2012). Running Special, hole in cirrostratus is approaching. ___end___ **PSPT PROBLEM**: Fri Dec 19 17:58:33 GMT 2008 Still had problems centering image. It was due to a loose RA clutch and a lost filter wheel. Fixed both and started an obs routine. Once I was sure an image was captured and within the frame, I aborted and ran another Center Image routine. ___end___ PSPT COMMENT: Fri Dec 19 18:01:17 GMT 2008 Observing. ___end___ Fri Dec 19 18:01:24 GMT 2008 PICS Flat Fri Dec 19 18:01:53 GMT 2008 CHIP LSD Fri Dec 19 18:03:40 GMT 2008 PICS End Flat Fri Dec 19 18:03:44 GMT 2008 CHIP End LSD Fri Dec 19 18:03:45 GMT 2008 PICS ReStart Special XLR Fri Dec 19 18:03:51 GMT 2008 CHIP BiasLSD Fri Dec 19 18:04:43 GMT 2008 CHIP End BiasLSD Fri Dec 19 18:04:49 GMT 2008 CHIP Bias Fri Dec 19 18:05:40 GMT 2008 CHIP End Bias Fri Dec 19 18:05:45 GMT 2008 CHIP ReStart Patrol PICS COMMENT: Fri Dec 19 18:26:02 GMT 2008 Thick, extensive cirrostratus deck arrived over station. Special XLR series aborted. Sky was never totally clear throughout test. Requested one-hour test will probably need to be run again. ___end___ Fri Dec 19 18:28:54 GMT 2008 PICS Start Patrol NICE PICSLIMB IMAGE: 1801 NICE PICSDISC IMAGE: 1804 NICE CHIP IMAGE: 1801 Sat Dec 20 00:37:14 GMT 2008 CHIP End Patrol Sat Dec 20 00:37:44 GMT 2008 PICS End Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Sat Dec 20 00:39:43 GMT 2008 Cirrostratus overcast very thick and extensive. Stopping for the day. ___end___ Sat Dec 20 00:50:00 GMT 2008 MkIV