----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Feb 8 17:26:27 GMT 2015 Year: 15 Doy: 039 Observer: waters WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Sun Feb 8 17:26:40 GMT 2015 Vog is at about 11,000ft and there is a bit of cirrus to the South but otherwise clear skies. Temp 46F with windspeed at about 19-24mph from the South-Southwest. ___end___ Sun Feb 08 17:54:43 GMT 2015 COMP Start Patrol Sun Feb 08 17:58:50 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Feb 08 18:12:11 GMT 2015 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Feb 8 17:57:58 GMT 2015 Kcor started up in the wrong state twice this morning. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Feb 8 18:12:26 GMT 2015 Bit of thin cirrus coming up from the South, Kcor idled. ___end___ Sun Feb 08 18:13:29 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Feb 08 18:15:33 GMT 2015 KCOR End Patrol Sun Feb 08 18:18:46 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Feb 08 18:22:39 GMT 2015 KCOR End Patrol Sun Feb 08 18:23:06 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Feb 08 18:24:04 GMT 2015 KCOR End Patrol Sun Feb 08 18:25:27 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Feb 08 18:34:57 GMT 2015 KCOR End Patrol Sun Feb 08 18:42:26 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol KCOR COMMENT BY waters: Sun Feb 8 18:37:06 GMT 2015 Had a SPii error this morning. Ran the program on the desktop of Kcor fixed the errors. ___end___ Sun Feb 08 19:13:46 GMT 2015 KCOR End Patrol Sun Feb 08 19:13:47 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg.ini Sun Feb 08 19:29:15 GMT 2015 KCOR End Calibration Script Sun Feb 08 19:29:33 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Feb 08 20:43:00 GMT 2015 KCOR End Patrol Sun Feb 08 20:43:27 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Feb 08 20:43:50 GMT 2015 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Feb 8 20:43:59 GMT 2015 Some thin cirrus has appeared again, kcor idled and pushing through it with Comp. ___end___ Sun Feb 08 20:52:30 GMT 2015 COMP End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Feb 8 20:55:34 GMT 2015 Caught a brief window, SGS and Comp adjusted. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Feb 8 21:06:37 GMT 2015 Comp and Kcor idled till the clouds have cleared. ___end___ Sun Feb 08 21:40:22 GMT 2015 COMP Start Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Feb 8 21:47:57 GMT 2015 Kcor crashed upon start up. Rebooting computer will hopefully fix it. ___end___ Sun Feb 08 21:56:56 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Feb 8 23:25:54 GMT 2015 Pspt is shaking quite a bit now that we are in the wind, even putting up the bottom shutter and closing part of the top shutter to shield it isn't helping. Pspt idled. ___end___ ****Possible CME in Progress waters******: Sun Feb 8 23:28:26 GMT 2015 At 22:12UT, between PA 90-110, a nice CME can be seen launching in both Kcor and GONG. ___end___ You can check out the image data at: http://mlso.hao.ucar.edu WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Sun Feb 8 23:31:26 GMT 2015 Temp 58F with windspeed at about 26mph with gusts up top 33mph from the Southwest. Sky looks to be brightening a bit but hasn't started to affect Comp or Kcor. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Feb 8 23:57:54 GMT 2015 The Comp data is starting to shake a bit, will keep an eye on it. ___end___ Mon Feb 09 00:21:29 GMT 2015 KCOR End Patrol Mon Feb 09 00:22:00 GMT 2015 COMP End Patrol Mon Feb 09 00:31:14 GMT 2015 COMP Start Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Mon Feb 9 00:22:16 GMT 2015 Comp is shaking more frequently. The lower part of the shutter is down and the upper part is as far down as I can get it so it doesn't interfere with the data. Hopefully this will help with the shake. ___end___ Mon Feb 09 00:34:35 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Mon Feb 09 01:30:18 GMT 2015 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Mon Feb 9 01:31:34 GMT 2015 Dome occulted Kcor. ___end___ Mon Feb 09 01:32:11 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Mon Feb 9 01:56:37 GMT 2015 Dome occulted Comp ___end___ Mon Feb 09 02:11:51 GMT 2015 KCOR End Patrol Mon Feb 09 02:12:00 GMT 2015 COMP End Patrol