----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri Mar 5 17:52:41 GMT 2010 Year: 10 Doy: 064 Observer: berkey WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Mar 5 18:03:27 GMT 2010 temp 45F, wind 5mph from the south, clear skies ___end___ Fri Mar 5 18:04:50 GMT 2010 CHIP Start Patrol Fri Mar 5 18:05:17 GMT 2010 MKIV Start Patrol PICS COMMENT: Fri Mar 5 18:12:06 GMT 2010 Dome rotation is disabled for part of this moring while the drive motor is remounted. Unfortuantly there is no light on h-alpha in this position. H-Alpha will be restarted once dome rotation is restored. ___end___ COMMENT: Fri Mar 5 18:45:12 GMT 2010 Darryl and Ben at MLSO today. ___end___ Fri Mar 5 18:58:41 GMT 2010 MKIV End Patrol Fri Mar 5 18:59:59 GMT 2010 MKIV Start Patrol COMMENT: Fri Mar 5 19:00:30 GMT 2010 Az dome drive repaired, instruments are back on the sun. ___end___ COMMENT: Fri Mar 5 19:05:31 GMT 2010 Darryl replaced a lag bolt holding down the main dome azimuth drive motor mount with a larger bolt he bought yesterday, and will change more later. This is to fix that mount better, it keeps loosening. ___end___ Fri Mar 5 19:10:37 GMT 2010 CHIP Start Patrol Fri Mar 5 19:13:00 GMT 2010 MKIV End Patrol Fri Mar 5 19:13:08 GMT 2010 MKIV Start Cal COMMENT: Fri Mar 5 19:16:19 GMT 2010 Spar bounces in Dec more than it used to with the old less-perfect spar balance, maybe we need a little imbalance in Dec to keep the driving more smooth? This is noticed during a Mk4 Cal. ___end___ Fri Mar 5 19:31:52 GMT 2010 MKIV End Cal Fri Mar 5 21:12:40 GMT 2010 CHIP End Patrol COMMENT: Fri Mar 5 21:12:49 GMT 2010 Pausing instruments on spar to check the spar cable loops. ___end___ Fri Mar 5 21:13:43 GMT 2010 MKIV End Patrol Fri Mar 5 22:07:50 GMT 2010 MKIV Start Patrol Fri Mar 5 22:08:08 GMT 2010 CHIP Start Patrol COMMENT: Fri Mar 5 22:37:48 GMT 2010 Spar is bouncing less in Dec now, it is kind of a windy day, we'll keep an eye on the Dec bouncing and make adjustments if needed. ___end___ CHIP COMMENT: Fri Mar 5 22:38:39 GMT 2010 Images looked kind of bad dues to spar bouncing in Dec this morning, the spar is tracking better now and images look better too. ___end___ WEATHER COMMENT: Fri Mar 5 22:58:19 GMT 2010 Low clouds are passing over. ___end___ Fri Mar 5 23:00:58 GMT 2010 MKIV End Patrol Fri Mar 5 23:02:41 GMT 2010 CHIP LSD Fri Mar 5 23:04:45 GMT 2010 CHIP End LSD Fri Mar 5 23:04:53 GMT 2010 CHIP BiasLSD Fri Mar 5 23:05:33 GMT 2010 CHIP End BiasLSD Fri Mar 5 23:05:41 GMT 2010 CHIP Bias Fri Mar 5 23:06:15 GMT 2010 CHIP End Bias Fri Mar 5 23:06:22 GMT 2010 CHIP ReStart Patrol COMMENT: Fri Mar 5 23:16:24 GMT 2010 Ben connected our new Wireless Access Point. We loaded his truck with things that he will take down, and loaded some containers into the GSA truck for me to take down. ___end___ Fri Mar 5 23:18:45 GMT 2010 CHIP End Patrol COMMENT: Fri Mar 5 23:42:31 GMT 2010 Starting tomorrow we'll go back to our normal observing schedule. ___end___ WEATHER COMMENT: Sat Mar 6 00:00:16 GMT 2010 Cloudy. ___end___ COMMENT: Sat Mar 6 00:00:25 GMT 2010 We improved the spar cable loops quite nicely, it looks like we can track the sun w/o anything snagging or binding too much. ___end___ Sat Mar 6 00:49:59 GMT 2010 MkIV 18_05.rawmk4 18_52.rawmk4 19_56.rawmk4 20_43.rawmk4 22_28.rawmk4 18_08.rawmk4 18_55.rawmk4 19_59.rawmk4 20_46.rawmk4 22_31.rawmk4 18_11.rawmk4 18_59.rawmk4 20_02.rawmk4 20_49.rawmk4 22_34.rawmk4 18_14.rawmk4 19_05.rawmk4 20_05.rawmk4 20_52.rawmk4 22_37.rawmk4 18_17.rawmk4 19_09.rawmk4 20_08.rawmk4 20_55.rawmk4 22_40.rawmk4 18_20.rawmk4 19_16.rawmk4 20_11.rawmk4 20_58.rawmk4 22_43.rawmk4 18_22.rawmk4 19_22.rawmk4 20_14.rawmk4 21_01.rawmk4 22_46.rawmk4 18_25.rawmk4 19_28.rawmk4 20_16.rawmk4 21_04.rawmk4 22_48.rawmk4 18_28.rawmk4 19_31.rawmk4 20_19.rawmk4 21_07.rawmk4 22_51.rawmk4 18_31.rawmk4 19_35.rawmk4 20_22.rawmk4 22_07.rawmk4 22_54.rawmk4 18_34.rawmk4 19_38.rawmk4 20_25.rawmk4 22_10.rawmk4 22_57.rawmk4 18_37.rawmk4 19_41.rawmk4 20_28.rawmk4 22_13.rawmk4 c19_13.rawmk4 18_40.rawmk4 19_44.rawmk4 20_31.rawmk4 22_16.rawmk4 c19_19.rawmk4 18_43.rawmk4 19_47.rawmk4 20_34.rawmk4 22_19.rawmk4 c19_25.rawmk4 18_46.rawmk4 19_50.rawmk4 20_37.rawmk4 22_22.rawmk4 18_49.rawmk4 19_53.rawmk4 20_40.rawmk4 22_25.rawmk4