----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat May 30 16:10:00 GMT 2015 Year: 15 Doy: 150 Observer: waters WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Sat May 30 16:10:03 GMT 2015 Thick vog over Saddle road up to about 9,000ft with it thinning up to at least 12,000ft. Otherwise clear skies with temp at 45F with windspeed at about 9mph from the Southwest. ___end___ PSPT COMMENT BY waters: Sat May 30 16:33:25 GMT 2015 Pspt couldn't find the Sun for a good ten minutes, even with manually readjusting it. Finally took after the third adjustment. Pspt started. ___end___ Sat May 30 16:45:43 GMT 2015 COMP Start Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat May 30 16:45:37 GMT 2015 It took three times to focus the O1 properly for Kcor and twice to focus the lens for Comp. ___end___ Sat May 30 16:51:27 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol PSPT COMMENT BY waters: Sat May 30 17:41:47 GMT 2015 DOS Machine had a serial port buffer overflow. Restarting both computers. ___end___ PSPT COMMENT BY waters: Sat May 30 18:00:17 GMT 2015 Pspt started. ___end___ Sat May 30 19:01:47 GMT 2015 KCOR End Patrol Sat May 30 19:01:48 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20150323.ini Sat May 30 19:19:09 GMT 2015 KCOR End Calibration Script Sat May 30 19:19:22 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat May 30 20:20:59 GMT 2015 KCOR End Patrol Sat May 30 20:21:07 GMT 2015 CoMP Paused for clouds Sat May 30 20:27:02 GMT 2015 CoMP Restarted from pause GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat May 30 20:27:01 GMT 2015 Dome reconfigured. ___end___ Sat May 30 20:27:54 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat May 30 20:42:28 GMT 2015 KCOR End Patrol Sat May 30 20:42:37 GMT 2015 CoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat May 30 20:42:23 GMT 2015 Scattered clouds coming in from the Southeast, idling Comp and Kcor for a little bit. ___end___ Sat May 30 20:55:25 GMT 2015 CoMP Restarted from pause Sat May 30 20:56:12 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat May 30 21:00:07 GMT 2015 COMP End Patrol Sat May 30 21:01:21 GMT 2015 KCOR End Patrol Sat May 30 21:05:38 GMT 2015 COMP Start Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat May 30 21:06:41 GMT 2015 SGS and Comp adjusted. ___end___ Sat May 30 21:08:02 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat May 30 21:12:11 GMT 2015 KCOR End Patrol Sat May 30 21:12:23 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat May 30 21:15:12 GMT 2015 KCOR End Patrol Sat May 30 21:15:22 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat May 30 21:16:59 GMT 2015 KCOR End Patrol Sat May 30 21:17:28 GMT 2015 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat May 30 21:18:07 GMT 2015 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat May 30 21:18:51 GMT 2015 Thicker and more solid looking cloud has come into view, Comp, Kcor and Shabar idled. ___end___ Sat May 30 21:22:49 GMT 2015 CoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat May 30 21:34:52 GMT 2015 Pspt idled. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat May 30 21:40:56 GMT 2015 Cloud above looks a bit dark and heavy, closing domes just in case. ___end___ Sat May 30 22:43:55 GMT 2015 CoMP Restarted from pause Sat May 30 22:43:55 GMT 2015 COMP End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat May 30 23:04:15 GMT 2015 In fog. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat May 30 23:23:00 GMT 2015 Fog looks like it won't lift soon. Closing up and heading down early. ___end___ KCOR COMMENT BY waters: Sat May 30 23:27:22 GMT 2015 Carefully looked at the kcor occulter. So far, the paint seems to be holding up. ___end___