----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat Jan 2 17:27:19 GMT 2016 Year: 16 Doy: 002 Observer: stueben WEATHER COMMENT: stueben: Sat Jan 02 17:41:40 GMT 2016 Clear, Temp: 38.9f, Humidity: 4%, Pressure: 28.817in, Wind: south 5-10 mph. ___end___ Sat Jan 02 18:01:07 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: stueben: Sat Jan 02 18:22:05 GMT 2016 The sky is a bit bright at present, but the corona visibility is reasonably good. ___end___ Sat Jan 02 18:31:15 GMT 2016 Kcor sees an SGS Guiding Error closing lens cover Sat Jan 02 18:31:17 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Sat Jan 02 18:37:53 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Jan 02 19:42:55 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Sat Jan 02 19:42:57 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20150323.ini Sat Jan 02 20:00:07 GMT 2016 KCOR End Calibration Script Sat Jan 02 20:00:24 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Jan 02 20:00:25 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY stueben: Sat Jan 02 20:09:07 GMT 2016 Adjusted sgs offsets. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY stueben: Sat Jan 02 22:32:59 GMT 2016 Adjusted sgs offsets. ___end___ Sun Jan 03 01:03:10 GMT 2016 Kcor sees an SGS Guiding Error closing lens cover Sun Jan 03 01:03:12 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Sun Jan 03 01:03:25 GMT 2016 Kcor sees an SGS Guiding Error closing lens cover Sun Jan 03 01:03:26 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Sun Jan 03 01:07:18 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Jan 03 02:18:02 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY stueben: Sun Jan 03 02:28:29 GMT 2016 Some early morning haze and afternoon sky noise, but generally a nice day. The spar did lose tracing once in the afternoon, though the spar cables are not tight I think they may be exerting some force on the spar in the afternoon. The extreme spar dec angle at this time of year tends to cause spar tracking issues we don't see at other times of the year. ___end___