----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon Dec 30 17:28:21 GMT 2013 Year: 13 Doy: 364 Observer: waters WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Mon Dec 30 17:28:30 GMT 2013 Temp 34F, windspeed 7mph from the South-Southwest. Besides the massive thundercloud that is hovering over the Eastern horizon, a little bit of cirrus in the West and the vog, it's actually quite clear up here. The road was a bit frosty and the board walk was a bit slick but otherwise, not too bad. Will wait for the Earth to rotate so that the Sun is above the thicker part of the clouds. ___end___ KCOR COMMENT BY waters: Mon Dec 30 17:57:13 GMT 2013 Temp is at 33.2C. ___end___ Mon Dec 30 18:37:43 GMT 2013: PSPT Start Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Mon Dec 30 18:42:21 GMT 2013 Clouds have cleared enought for Pspt. But there is a thin layer of cirrus now. Will wait to start up kcor and comp. ___end___ GONG COMMENT BY waters: Mon Dec 30 20:41:16 GMT 2013 Checked out Gong as per request of Bert/Ben. Took a little while but ended up doing a hard reset by unplugging the two giant plugs in the back, one at a time. This got the data collection back up and running. Yeah!!! It was fun! ___end___ Mon Dec 30 21:14:17 GMT 2013: PSPT Start Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Mon Dec 30 21:20:33 GMT 2013 Hole in the clouds, going to try and start up Comp and Kcor. ___end___ KCOR COMMENT BY waters: Mon Dec 30 21:30:54 GMT 2013 Current values for Guider 0 point offset are at -10,-10. Changed to -30,-30. ___end___ Mon Dec 30 21:41:17 GMT 2013 COMP Start Patrol Mon Dec 30 21:50:09 GMT 2013 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Mon Dec 30 21:59:59 GMT 2013 KCOR End Patrol Mon Dec 30 22:01:34 GMT 2013 COMP End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Mon Dec 30 22:01:13 GMT 2013 Thick clouds coming up from the West. Kcor, Comp and Shabar idled. ___end___ Mon Dec 30 22:17:54 GMT 2013: PSPT Abort Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Mon Dec 30 22:17:44 GMT 2013 Thick clouds have rolled in. Pspt idled. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Mon Dec 30 23:53:48 GMT 2013 ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Mon Dec 30 23:54:03 GMT 2013 Domes closed due to fog. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Tue Dec 31 01:25:47 GMT 2013 Heading down an hour early; I'm not fully recovered from my sickness and I'm starting to feel some pressure build behind my forehead. The weather doesn't look like it'll get better either. Have a good New Years everyboby! ___end___