----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun May 15 16:46:18 GMT 2011 Year: 11 Doy: 135 Observer: koon Sun May 15 16:57:14 GMT 2011 H-ALPHA Start Patrol Sun May 15 16:57:02 GMT 2011 CHIP Start Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Sun May 15 16:46:20 GMT 2011 Medium cirrostratus overcast, wind=5mph from the SE, temp=44F. ___end___ NOTE BY DARRYL: Sun May 15 17:04:40 GMT 2011 On the way up I stopped for 2 guys that were walking down, they came up yesterday and couldn't start their pickup truck to leave, nobody came up after them so they spent the cold night in the truck. I jump-started their truck and gave them a tour of MLSO to try to turn their bad experience into a good one. They just left. ___end___ CoMP COMMENT BY DARRYL: Sun May 15 17:12:00 GMT 2011 Brought up and installed another USB cable for HDD. ___end___ WEATHER COMMENT: Sun May 15 17:15:18 GMT 2011 Will hold off on starting the coronal instruments until clouds thin out. ___end___ Sun May 15 17:36:00 GMT 2011: PSPT Start Patrol Sun May 15 17:43:37 GMT 2011 CHIP End Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Sun May 15 17:44:24 GMT 2011 Cloud cover has thickened, spar not tracking well, pausing instruments. ___end___ Sun May 15 17:45:26 GMT 2011 H-ALPHA End Patrol Sun May 15 17:45:47 GMT 2011: PSPT Abort Patrol GONG COMMENT BY DARRYL: Sun May 15 18:24:23 GMT 2011 Wiped instrument entrance window at Tim's request. ___end___ NOTE BY DARRYL: Sun May 15 23:14:54 GMT 2011 Got a set of spar deflection measurement pictures. ___end___ Mon May 16 00:21:48 GMT 2011 MkIV