----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thu Oct 6 16:58:03 GMT 2011 Year: 11 Doy: 279 Observer: stueben WEATHER COMMENT: Thu Oct 6 16:58:49 GMT 2011 Thin to moderate density cirrus covers most of the sky at present, wind south 20-25 mph, temp 48F. ___end___ Thu Oct 06 17:16:17 GMT 2011 H-ALPHA Start Patrol Thu Oct 6 17:35:14 GMT 2011 CHIP Start Patrol Thu Oct 6 17:35:28 GMT 2011: PSPT Start Patrol **CHIP PROBLEM COMMENT BY ALLEN**: Thu Oct 6 17:55:58 GMT 2011 Upon powering up kii this morning it made a lot of noise and did not boot. After about 5 min I cycled power and it was quiet this time and booted correctly. Chip is now running. ___end___ ****EVENT COMMENT BY ALLEN****: Thu Oct 6 17:59:54 GMT 2011 Nice active prominence on the east limb. Good sized prominence on the northwest limb. ___end___ Thu Oct 6 18:02:42 GMT 2011 CHIP LSD Thu Oct 6 18:04:29 GMT 2011 CHIP End LSD Thu Oct 6 18:04:35 GMT 2011 CHIP BiasLSD Thu Oct 6 18:05:23 GMT 2011 CHIP End BiasLSD Thu Oct 6 18:05:30 GMT 2011 CHIP Bias Thu Oct 6 18:06:18 GMT 2011 CHIP End Bias Thu Oct 6 18:06:24 GMT 2011 CHIP ReStart Patrol Thu Oct 6 19:36:41 GMT 2011 CHIP End Patrol Thu Oct 06 19:37:39 GMT 2011 H-ALPHA End Patrol NOTE BY ALLEN: Thu Oct 6 19:56:37 GMT 2011 Reconfigured dome shutter. Cleaned off spot on mk4 01 which Ben noted yesterday as requested by Joan. ___end___ Thu Oct 06 19:58:25 GMT 2011 H-ALPHA Start Patrol Thu Oct 6 19:58:48 GMT 2011 CHIP Start Patrol Thu Oct 6 20:51:01 GMT 2011: PSPT Abort Patrol Thu Oct 6 20:52:39 GMT 2011 CHIP End Patrol Thu Oct 06 20:52:39 GMT 2011 H-ALPHA End Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Thu Oct 6 20:53:07 GMT 2011 Clouds are dense, instruments idled. ___end___ Thu Oct 06 22:25:04 GMT 2011 H-ALPHA Start Patrol Thu Oct 6 22:25:22 GMT 2011 CHIP Start Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Thu Oct 6 22:25:35 GMT 2011 Clouds have thinned some, restarted pics and halpha. ___end___ WEATHER COMMENT: Thu Oct 6 22:26:36 GMT 2011 Ooops meant chip and halpha. ___end___ Thu Oct 6 22:42:29 GMT 2011 CHIP End Patrol Thu Oct 06 22:45:09 GMT 2011 H-ALPHA End Patrol Thu Oct 06 23:00:39 GMT 2011 H-ALPHA Start Patrol Thu Oct 6 23:01:03 GMT 2011 CHIP Start Patrol Thu Oct 6 23:31:42 GMT 2011 CHIP End Patrol Thu Oct 06 23:33:09 GMT 2011 H-ALPHA End Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: Thu Oct 6 23:37:14 GMT 2011 In clouds again, instruments idled. ___end___ Fri Oct 7 01:36:37 GMT 2011 MkIV