----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed Apr 1 16:57:00 GMT 2015 Year: 15 Doy: 091 Observer: berkey WEATHER COMMENT: berkey: Wed Apr 1 16:57:02 GMT 2015 temp 34f, wind 5mph from the south east, thin cirrus everywhere looks like we are in the inversion layer right now and in a vog layer. Not coronal skies. ___end___ Wed Apr 01 18:21:58 GMT 2015 COMP Start Patrol KCOR COMMENT BY berkey: Wed Apr 1 18:31:24 GMT 2015 Pulled out the kcor occulter for Alfreds guider test. ___end___ KCOR COMMENT BY berkey: Wed Apr 1 18:33:30 GMT 2015 SGS signals look stable. Taking 30 seconds of .1ms streaming data. with ND in and occulter out. Data saved in 183415raw. Taking data with .1ms exposure frames averaged over 3seconds. Starting at 18:37:38 ending 18:41:07 Taking data with .1ms exposure frames averaged over 15 starting at 18:42:59 to 19:01:59 Taking flat field with difuser in ND in normal observing mode. Starting 19:04:01 ->19:16:42 ending occulter out testing. ___end___ Wed Apr 01 19:58:02 GMT 2015 CoMP Paused for clouds Wed Apr 01 20:08:05 GMT 2015 CoMP Restarted from pause GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY berkey: Wed Apr 1 20:08:07 GMT 2015 Still a bit of vog above the observatory but the cirrus has all burned off. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY berkey: Wed Apr 1 20:09:31 GMT 2015 adjusted dome to move lower shutter down. ___end___ KCOR COMMENT BY berkey: Wed Apr 1 20:09:52 GMT 2015 Re-installed occulter. ___end___ Wed Apr 01 20:16:44 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Wed Apr 01 20:49:26 GMT 2015 KCOR End Patrol Wed Apr 01 20:49:26 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20150323.ini Wed Apr 01 21:06:39 GMT 2015 KCOR End Calibration Script Wed Apr 01 21:06:56 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Wed Apr 01 21:06:56 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Wed Apr 01 21:08:43 GMT 2015 KCOR End Patrol KCOR COMMENT BY berkey: Wed Apr 1 21:09:37 GMT 2015 For a test changing the trigger delay to 4ms seconds (from 2ms) ___end___ Wed Apr 01 21:12:39 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Wed Apr 01 21:18:49 GMT 2015 KCOR End Patrol Wed Apr 01 21:18:50 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20150323.ini Wed Apr 01 21:30:32 GMT 2015 COMP End Patrol Wed Apr 01 21:30:32 GMT 2015 COMP Start Patrol Wed Apr 01 21:35:59 GMT 2015 KCOR End Calibration Script Wed Apr 01 21:36:16 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Wed Apr 01 21:36:16 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Wed Apr 01 21:36:17 GMT 2015 KCOR End Patrol Wed Apr 01 21:36:17 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20150323.ini Wed Apr 01 21:53:30 GMT 2015 KCOR End Calibration Script Wed Apr 01 21:53:47 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Wed Apr 01 21:53:47 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Wed Apr 01 21:54:34 GMT 2015 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY berkey: Wed Apr 1 21:54:14 GMT 2015 Clouds showed up in the data just after the kcor calibration finished. ___end___ Wed Apr 01 21:55:43 GMT 2015 CoMP Paused for clouds Wed Apr 01 23:17:55 GMT 2015 CoMP Restarted from pause Wed Apr 01 23:17:55 GMT 2015 COMP End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY berkey: Wed Apr 1 23:22:19 GMT 2015 Long conversation with IG. We are not also socked in with clouds. ___end___ KCOR COMMENT BY berkey: Thu Apr 2 00:38:53 GMT 2015 I was doing some Camera Black Level offset checks. and I think the new values of Cam0:3460 Cam1:3338 may be better then the pervious values of Cam0:3410 and Cam1:3340 Some streaming data with dark shutter/ndfilter in the beam and the new dark levels apply is avaiable for review in mlsoserver:/data/kcor/20150402-003550raw For now I will revert the cameras to use the old values for the Black Levels and trigger delays back to 2ms. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY berkey: Thu Apr 2 02:21:30 GMT 2015 Fog has cleared up a little but still junky conditions. ___end___