----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri Mar 20 17:32:48 GMT 2009 Year: 09 Doy: 079 Observer: koon WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Mar 20 17:32:50 GMT 2009 Clear and sunny sky, several inches of snow on the ground, slippery road and boardwalk, wind=5mph from the South, temp=30F. ___end___ COMMENT: Fri Mar 20 17:34:18 GMT 2009 I need to let the snow on the domes melt and fall off before opening domes and starting obs. ___end___ PSPT COMMENT: Fri Mar 20 19:11:00 GMT 2009 obs. ___end___ Fri Mar 20 19:31:38 GMT 2009 CHIP Start Patrol Fri Mar 20 19:32:17 GMT 2009 PICS Start Special High-Cadence DISK PICS COMMENT: Fri Mar 20 19:33:39 GMT 2009 Running Special for a while at Leonard's request. ___end___ WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Mar 20 19:43:16 GMT 2009 Low clouds coming up from the North. ___end___ WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Mar 20 19:45:04 GMT 2009 Pausing instruments due to clouds. ___end___ Fri Mar 20 19:45:08 GMT 2009 PICS End Special High-Cadence DISK Fri Mar 20 19:47:26 GMT 2009 CHIP End Patrol Fri Mar 20 20:04:52 GMT 2009 CHIP Start Patrol Fri Mar 20 20:05:23 GMT 2009 PICS Start Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Mar 20 20:05:40 GMT 2009 Clouds cleared, resuming obs. and mk4 camera alignment. ___end___ WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Mar 20 20:28:11 GMT 2009 Clouds are back, pausing obs and mk4 work. ___end___ **MKIV PROBLEM**: Fri Mar 20 20:28:27 GMT 2009 It's frustrating with the clouds coming and going but I got a few glimpses of the "double hump", the alignment appears far off from the old settings, but that's not surprising. Much work in clear weather to do to get the alignment done but we're getting there. ___end___ Fri Mar 20 21:38:39 GMT 2009 CHIP End Patrol Fri Mar 20 21:39:26 GMT 2009 PICS End Patrol PICS COMMENT: Fri Mar 20 22:00:48 GMT 2009 I accidentally left obs running after closing dome. ___end___ CHIP COMMENT: Fri Mar 20 22:01:29 GMT 2009 I accidentally left obs running after closing dome. ___end___ Fri Mar 20 22:54:32 GMT 2009 MkIV