----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed Mar 30 17:04:27 GMT 2011 Year: 11 Doy: 089 Observer: koon WEATHER COMMENT: Wed Mar 30 17:04:28 GMT 2011 Clear sky, wind=13mph from the SE, temp=38F. ___end___ Wed Mar 30 17:10:12 GMT 2011 MKIV Start Patrol Wed Mar 30 17:12:00 GMT 2011 H-ALPHA Start Patrol Wed Mar 30 17:12:04 GMT 2011: PSPT Start Patrol Wed Mar 30 17:15:01 GMT 2011 COMP Start Patrol Wed Mar 30 17:14:58 GMT 2011 CHIP Start Patrol Wed Mar 30 17:22:15 GMT 2011 H-ALPHA End Patrol **H-ALPHA PROBLEM COMMENT BY DARRYL**: Wed Mar 30 17:31:26 GMT 2011 This isn't pointed at sun, will repoint. ___end___ Wed Mar 30 17:50:47 GMT 2011 H-ALPHA Start Patrol Wed Mar 30 18:00:45 GMT 2011 CHIP LSD Wed Mar 30 18:02:13 GMT 2011 CHIP End LSD Wed Mar 30 18:02:22 GMT 2011 CHIP BiasLSD Wed Mar 30 18:02:59 GMT 2011 CHIP End BiasLSD Wed Mar 30 18:03:18 GMT 2011 CHIP Bias Wed Mar 30 18:03:29 GMT 2011 H-ALPHA Start Patrol Wed Mar 30 18:04:00 GMT 2011 CHIP End Bias Wed Mar 30 18:04:11 GMT 2011 CHIP ReStart Patrol Wed Mar 30 18:06:40 GMT 2011 H-ALPHA Start Patrol H-ALPHA COMMENT BY BEN: Wed Mar 30 18:13:55 GMT 2011 Repointed H-alpha telescope at the sun and realigned the interference filter ___end___ Wed Mar 30 18:24:30 GMT 2011: PSPT Start Patrol H-ALPHA COMMENT BY BEN: Wed Mar 30 18:43:52 GMT 2011 Disk images look to saturate and get tagged at limb images starting at 18:38 changed disk integration time to 150, instead of 180microsecs ___end___ H-ALPHA COMMENT BY BEN: Wed Mar 30 18:45:05 GMT 2011 Before integration time change realtime processing was making disk images pure white, no orange/black disk and no blue background. After integration time channge images look GREAT! ___end___ NOTE BY BEN: Wed Mar 30 18:53:32 GMT 2011 H-alpha going done to 130 becasue a few white images snuck through ___end___ H-ALPHA COMMENT BY BEN: Wed Mar 30 19:05:03 GMT 2011 Back to 150 integration time ___end___ Wed Mar 30 19:08:18 GMT 2011 MKIV End Patrol Wed Mar 30 19:08:29 GMT 2011 MKIV Start Cal Wed Mar 30 19:18:34 GMT 2011: PSPT Start Patrol Wed Mar 30 19:27:23 GMT 2011 MKIV End Cal Wed Mar 30 19:27:39 GMT 2011 MKIV Start Patrol Wed Mar 30 20:02:02 GMT 2011 COMP End Patrol Wed Mar 30 20:02:32 GMT 2011 COMP Start Patrol NOTE BY DARRYL: Wed Mar 30 20:50:53 GMT 2011 Adjusted dome slot opening. ___end___ Wed Mar 30 21:10:17 GMT 2011 COMP End Patrol Wed Mar 30 21:13:43 GMT 2011 COMP Start Patrol Wed Mar 30 21:47:12 GMT 2011: PSPT Start Patrol Wed Mar 30 22:07:48 GMT 2011 COMP End Patrol Wed Mar 30 22:07:34 GMT 2011 CHIP End Patrol NOTE BY BEN: Wed Mar 30 22:07:18 GMT 2011 Clouds starting to move in, idleing everying to check Chip optics before the clouds get too close ___end___ Wed Mar 30 22:08:45 GMT 2011 H-ALPHA End Patrol Wed Mar 30 22:12:49 GMT 2011 MKIV End Patrol Wed Mar 30 22:32:46 GMT 2011 CHIP Start Patrol Wed Mar 30 22:39:45 GMT 2011 CHIP End Patrol Thu Mar 31 01:52:35 GMT 2011 CHIP Start Patrol Thu Mar 31 01:53:30 GMT 2011 H-ALPHA Start Patrol Thu Mar 31 01:55:14 GMT 2011: PSPT Abort Patrol Thu Mar 31 01:55:58 GMT 2011 CHIP Start Patrol **CHIP PROBLEM COMMENT BY BEN**: Thu Mar 31 01:58:29 GMT 2011 After 1:40UT Chip images are running with tilted lyot filter ___end___ Thu Mar 31 02:03:54 GMT 2011 CHIP End Patrol Thu Mar 31 02:19:15 GMT 2011 H-ALPHA End Patrol **CHIP PROBLEM COMMENT BY DARRYL**: Thu Mar 31 02:11:49 GMT 2011 We checked out the CHIP today. Tilting the O1 and prefilter had no effect on the bad artifacts, translating the O1 and moving the Lyot filter to touch the camera and taping around the filter to camera interface didn't change anything. Tilting the Lyot filter towards the East moving the artifacts about 1/6 solar diameter to the East, that had the best results. It appears that the camera aperture doesn't match the height from the plate of the Lyot filter aperture. The camera (and now the Lyot filter) are tilted slightly to the East. The O1 is at least 0.25" North of center to get the image centered in the camera. We left the Lyot filter tilted, you can see the change in artifact position. Moving the Lyot filter away from the camera moved the artifacts back towards the West and enlarged them and made them slightly fainter. Enough for today, we'll think about it and try more things later. ___end___ Thu Mar 31 02:25:51 GMT 2011 MkIV 17_10.rawmk4 18_12.rawmk4 19_23.rawmk4 20_26.rawmk4 21_28.rawmk4 17_13.rawmk4 18_15.rawmk4 19_27.rawmk4 20_29.rawmk4 21_31.rawmk4 17_16.rawmk4 18_17.rawmk4 19_30.rawmk4 20_32.rawmk4 21_34.rawmk4 17_19.rawmk4 18_20.rawmk4 19_33.rawmk4 20_35.rawmk4 21_37.rawmk4 17_22.rawmk4 18_23.rawmk4 19_36.rawmk4 20_38.rawmk4 21_40.rawmk4 17_25.rawmk4 18_26.rawmk4 19_39.rawmk4 20_41.rawmk4 21_43.rawmk4 17_27.rawmk4 18_29.rawmk4 19_42.rawmk4 20_44.rawmk4 21_45.rawmk4 17_30.rawmk4 18_32.rawmk4 19_45.rawmk4 20_47.rawmk4 21_48.rawmk4 17_33.rawmk4 18_35.rawmk4 19_48.rawmk4 20_49.rawmk4 21_51.rawmk4 17_36.rawmk4 18_38.rawmk4 19_51.rawmk4 20_52.rawmk4 21_54.rawmk4 17_39.rawmk4 18_41.rawmk4 19_54.rawmk4 20_55.rawmk4 21_57.rawmk4 17_42.rawmk4 18_44.rawmk4 19_57.rawmk4 20_58.rawmk4 22_00.rawmk4 17_45.rawmk4 18_47.rawmk4 19_59.rawmk4 21_01.rawmk4 22_03.rawmk4 17_48.rawmk4 18_50.rawmk4 20_02.rawmk4 21_04.rawmk4 22_06.rawmk4 17_51.rawmk4 18_53.rawmk4 20_05.rawmk4 21_07.rawmk4 22_09.rawmk4 17_54.rawmk4 18_56.rawmk4 20_08.rawmk4 21_10.rawmk4 c19_08.rawmk4 17_57.rawmk4 18_59.rawmk4 20_11.rawmk4 21_13.rawmk4 c19_14.rawmk4 18_00.rawmk4 19_02.rawmk4 20_14.rawmk4 21_16.rawmk4 c19_20.rawmk4 18_03.rawmk4 19_05.rawmk4 20_17.rawmk4 21_19.rawmk4 18_06.rawmk4 19_11.rawmk4 20_20.rawmk4 21_22.rawmk4 18_09.rawmk4 19_17.rawmk4 20_23.rawmk4 21_25.rawmk4