----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Sep 18 17:21:16 GMT 2011 Year: 11 Doy: 261 Observer: koon WEATHER COMMENT: Sun Sep 18 17:21:44 GMT 2011 Clear sky, wind=20 mph from the SSE, temp=50F. ___end___ Sun Sep 18 17:30:51 GMT 2011 MKIV Start Patrol Sun Sep 18 17:31:00 GMT 2011 H-ALPHA Start Patrol Sun Sep 18 17:31:25 GMT 2011 CHIP Start Patrol Sun Sep 18 17:43:24 GMT 2011: PSPT Start Patrol Sun Sep 18 17:52:19 GMT 2011 COMP Start Patrol **CoMP PROBLEM COMMENT BY DARRYL**: Sun Sep 18 17:37:17 GMT 2011 The focus curve since Friday today doesn't show a nice bell curve, the curve is high at the left and then turns into the right half of the normal focus curve around 81,000 (normal value). tried cycling power to Newport Motion Controller w/o any change, multiple focus runs don't change anything. Will run it for a while then stop and test focus again. ___end___ Sun Sep 18 17:59:27 GMT 2011 COMP End Patrol Sun Sep 18 18:01:44 GMT 2011 CHIP LSD Sun Sep 18 18:03:13 GMT 2011 CHIP End LSD Sun Sep 18 18:03:26 GMT 2011 CHIP BiasLSD Sun Sep 18 18:04:23 GMT 2011 CHIP End BiasLSD Sun Sep 18 18:04:32 GMT 2011 CHIP Bias Sun Sep 18 18:05:17 GMT 2011 CHIP End Bias Sun Sep 18 18:05:30 GMT 2011 CHIP ReStart Patrol Sun Sep 18 18:06:31 GMT 2011 MKIV End Patrol Sun Sep 18 18:06:36 GMT 2011 MKIV Start Cal Sun Sep 18 18:22:21 GMT 2011 COMP Start Patrol **CoMP PROBLEM COMMENT BY DARRYL**: Sun Sep 18 18:22:12 GMT 2011 Stopped cookbook tried focus, still weird looking, stopped program, closed CoMP observing program and brought it up again, still only have high plateau on left side of curve and right side looks good. Will run cookbook I set the focus at 81000 which looks normal, will keep investigating after one Cookbook cycle. ___end___ Sun Sep 18 18:25:56 GMT 2011 MKIV End Cal Sun Sep 18 18:26:06 GMT 2011 MKIV Start Patrol Sun Sep 18 21:13:34 GMT 2011 COMP End Patrol Sun Sep 18 21:13:37 GMT 2011 COMP Start Patrol Sun Sep 18 21:19:49 GMT 2011 COMP End Patrol **CoMP PROBLEM COMMENT BY DARRYL**: Sun Sep 18 22:28:55 GMT 2011 Paused obs while I fixed the focus problem. I watched the focus mechanism run while doing a Focus routine, I could see the micrometer drive rod leave the reference stop during part of the routine. I set the Focus position at the lower end of the normal graph (~75000) using the Occulting routine input field, then I went back to CoMP upstairs to see the gap I wanted to eliminate. The focusing mechanism wasn't springing all the way up to the fixed push point reference because it was bumping into the filter. The filter stage has 2 set screws that seemed too loose, so I think the filter slipped a little over time. The back end of the filter stage was aligned with the 80 cm mark on the optical rail, but I could see a pencil mark around the 79.85 mark so I moved the filter forward to that position (about 1.5 mm toward O1) and tightened those 2 setscrews on the optical rail. That gave a little more travel than I needed so I think it is set very well for normal focus range. I tested the focus routine and the curve looks great, back to obs. ___end___ Sun Sep 18 22:45:17 GMT 2011 COMP Start Patrol Sun Sep 18 23:02:44 GMT 2011 CHIP LSD Sun Sep 18 23:04:14 GMT 2011 CHIP End LSD Sun Sep 18 23:04:23 GMT 2011 CHIP BiasLSD Sun Sep 18 23:05:11 GMT 2011 CHIP End BiasLSD Sun Sep 18 23:05:24 GMT 2011 CHIP Bias Sun Sep 18 23:06:07 GMT 2011 CHIP End Bias Sun Sep 18 23:06:19 GMT 2011 CHIP ReStart Patrol NOTE BY DARRYL: Sun Sep 18 23:08:34 GMT 2011 Lost dome tracking, repointed dome. ___end___ Mon Sep 19 01:33:34 GMT 2011 COMP End Patrol Mon Sep 19 01:33:37 GMT 2011 COMP Start Patrol Mon Sep 19 01:58:46 GMT 2011: PSPT Abort Patrol Mon Sep 19 01:59:37 GMT 2011 CHIP End Patrol Mon Sep 19 02:00:21 GMT 2011 COMP End Patrol Mon Sep 19 02:00:50 GMT 2011 MKIV End Patrol Mon Sep 19 02:00:52 GMT 2011 H-ALPHA End Patrol Mon Sep 19 02:20:06 GMT 2011 MkIV 00_02.rawmk4 01_45.rawmk4 19_11.rawmk4 20_50.rawmk4 22_30.rawmk4 00_04.rawmk4 01_48.rawmk4 19_14.rawmk4 20_53.rawmk4 22_33.rawmk4 00_07.rawmk4 01_51.rawmk4 19_16.rawmk4 20_56.rawmk4 22_36.rawmk4 00_10.rawmk4 01_54.rawmk4 19_19.rawmk4 20_59.rawmk4 22_39.rawmk4 00_13.rawmk4 01_57.rawmk4 19_22.rawmk4 21_02.rawmk4 22_42.rawmk4 00_16.rawmk4 17_30.rawmk4 19_25.rawmk4 21_05.rawmk4 22_45.rawmk4 00_19.rawmk4 17_33.rawmk4 19_28.rawmk4 21_08.rawmk4 22_48.rawmk4 00_22.rawmk4 17_36.rawmk4 19_31.rawmk4 21_11.rawmk4 22_51.rawmk4 00_25.rawmk4 17_39.rawmk4 19_34.rawmk4 21_14.rawmk4 22_54.rawmk4 00_28.rawmk4 17_42.rawmk4 19_37.rawmk4 21_17.rawmk4 22_57.rawmk4 00_31.rawmk4 17_45.rawmk4 19_40.rawmk4 21_20.rawmk4 23_00.rawmk4 00_34.rawmk4 17_48.rawmk4 19_43.rawmk4 21_23.rawmk4 23_03.rawmk4 00_37.rawmk4 17_51.rawmk4 19_46.rawmk4 21_26.rawmk4 23_06.rawmk4 00_40.rawmk4 17_54.rawmk4 19_49.rawmk4 21_29.rawmk4 23_09.rawmk4 00_43.rawmk4 17_57.rawmk4 19_52.rawmk4 21_32.rawmk4 23_12.rawmk4 00_46.rawmk4 18_00.rawmk4 19_55.rawmk4 21_35.rawmk4 23_15.rawmk4 00_49.rawmk4 18_03.rawmk4 19_58.rawmk4 21_38.rawmk4 23_17.rawmk4 00_51.rawmk4 18_09.rawmk4 20_01.rawmk4 21_40.rawmk4 23_20.rawmk4 00_54.rawmk4 18_15.rawmk4 20_04.rawmk4 21_43.rawmk4 23_23.rawmk4 00_57.rawmk4 18_21.rawmk4 20_06.rawmk4 21_46.rawmk4 23_26.rawmk4 01_00.rawmk4 18_26.rawmk4 20_09.rawmk4 21_49.rawmk4 23_29.rawmk4 01_03.rawmk4 18_29.rawmk4 20_12.rawmk4 21_52.rawmk4 23_32.rawmk4 01_06.rawmk4 18_32.rawmk4 20_15.rawmk4 21_55.rawmk4 23_35.rawmk4 01_09.rawmk4 18_35.rawmk4 20_18.rawmk4 21_58.rawmk4 23_38.rawmk4 01_12.rawmk4 18_37.rawmk4 20_21.rawmk4 22_01.rawmk4 23_41.rawmk4 01_15.rawmk4 18_40.rawmk4 20_24.rawmk4 22_04.rawmk4 23_44.rawmk4 01_18.rawmk4 18_43.rawmk4 20_27.rawmk4 22_07.rawmk4 23_47.rawmk4 01_21.rawmk4 18_46.rawmk4 20_30.rawmk4 22_10.rawmk4 23_50.rawmk4 01_24.rawmk4 18_49.rawmk4 20_33.rawmk4 22_13.rawmk4 23_53.rawmk4 01_27.rawmk4 18_52.rawmk4 20_36.rawmk4 22_16.rawmk4 23_56.rawmk4 01_33.rawmk4 18_58.rawmk4 20_39.rawmk4 22_19.rawmk4 23_59.rawmk4 01_36.rawmk4 19_02.rawmk4 20_42.rawmk4 22_22.rawmk4 c18_06.rawmk4 01_39.rawmk4 19_05.rawmk4 20_45.rawmk4 22_25.rawmk4 c18_12.rawmk4 01_42.rawmk4 19_08.rawmk4 20_48.rawmk4 22_27.rawmk4 c18_18.rawmk4