----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thu Nov 12 16:58:30 GMT 2009 Year: 09 Doy: 316 Observer: stueben WEATHER COMMENT: Thu Nov 12 16:58:40 GMT 2009 Altostratus to the east and scattered cirrus elsewhere, wind south 5 mph, temp 37F. ___end___ Thu Nov 12 17:12:26 GMT 2009 CHIP Start Patrol Thu Nov 12 17:12:44 GMT 2009 PICS Start Patrol PSPT COMMENT: Thu Nov 12 17:49:37 GMT 2009 Observing. ___end___ Thu Nov 12 18:00:41 GMT 2009 CHIP LSD Thu Nov 12 18:01:08 GMT 2009 PICS Flat Thu Nov 12 18:02:15 GMT 2009 CHIP End LSD Thu Nov 12 18:02:21 GMT 2009 CHIP BiasLSD Thu Nov 12 18:03:08 GMT 2009 CHIP End BiasLSD Thu Nov 12 18:03:14 GMT 2009 CHIP Bias Thu Nov 12 18:03:31 GMT 2009 PICS End Flat Thu Nov 12 18:03:36 GMT 2009 PICS ReStart Patrol Thu Nov 12 18:03:58 GMT 2009 CHIP End Bias Thu Nov 12 18:04:05 GMT 2009 CHIP ReStart Patrol Thu Nov 12 18:20:53 GMT 2009 CHIP End Patrol Thu Nov 12 18:21:01 GMT 2009 PICS End Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Thu Nov 12 18:21:34 GMT 2009 Clouds are dense, instruments idled. ___end___ Thu Nov 12 18:35:29 GMT 2009 CHIP Start Patrol Thu Nov 12 18:35:40 GMT 2009 PICS Start Patrol Thu Nov 12 19:04:16 GMT 2009 PICS End Patrol Thu Nov 12 19:04:17 GMT 2009 CHIP End Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Thu Nov 12 19:05:52 GMT 2009 Back in denser clouds, instruments idled. ___end___ Thu Nov 12 19:29:25 GMT 2009 CHIP Start Patrol Thu Nov 12 19:29:30 GMT 2009 PICS Start Patrol Thu Nov 12 20:24:17 GMT 2009 CHIP End Patrol Thu Nov 12 20:24:36 GMT 2009 PICS End Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Nov 13 00:22:48 GMT 2009 Blowing fog, domes closed. ___end___ **PSPT PROBLEM**: Fri Nov 13 00:44:29 GMT 2009 I took advantage of the cloudy afternoon to install a new temperature controller module in the Lytron chiller. The temperature display has been out for a while and Lytron no longer had a replacement controller available. The controller was a standard size so I found another unit that would fit and ordered one. It seems to be working OK but I may need to tweek the programable parameters a bit after observing its operation over time. ___end___ NICE CHIP IMAGE: 1724 NICE PICSDISC IMAGE: 1730 NICE PICSLIMB IMAGE: 1730 WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Nov 13 01:09:57 GMT 2009 Rain. ___end___ Fri Nov 13 01:10:27 GMT 2009 MkIV