----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Mar 13 16:27:57 GMT 2016 Year: 16 Doy: 073 Observer: waters WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Sun Mar 13 16:42:42 GMT 2016 Temp 39F with windspeed at about 5mph from the West. Currently cirrocumulus covering the majority of the Southern sky, with it thickest on the horizons. Will delay opening till it clears a bit and can track the Sun. ___end___ Sun Mar 13 17:36:10 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Mar 13 17:48:36 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Mar 13 17:51:34 GMT 2016 Some cirrus passed through, restarting. ___end___ Sun Mar 13 17:52:04 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Mar 13 17:57:12 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Mar 13 18:04:55 GMT 2016 Was a sucker whole, Kcor idled untill cirrus has cleared. ___end___ ****Possible CME in Progress waters******: Sun Mar 13 20:12:45 GMT 2016 At 19:20 UT, between PA 75-90, there is a sizeable cme launching. Can be seen in GONG. ___end___ You can check out the image data at: http://mlso.hao.ucar.edu GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Mar 13 20:13:43 GMT 2016 Sky has faint cirrus currently. Hoping it clears up. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Mar 13 20:27:28 GMT 2016 Kcor got an error called Error 8601 occurred at Photonfocus_Toolkit.lvlib:pf_Get_Error_msg.vi:31. When trying to restart the kcor computer, it froze on shut down. Doing a hard reboot. ___end___ Sun Mar 13 21:32:04 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Mar 13 21:32:15 GMT 2016 Looks like the sky has cleared. Yeah!! ___end___ Sun Mar 13 21:33:32 GMT 2016 SGS Alignment complete Sun Mar 13 21:37:58 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Sun Mar 13 21:37:58 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20150323.ini Sun Mar 13 21:55:13 GMT 2016 KCOR End Calibration Script Sun Mar 13 21:55:29 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Mar 13 21:55:30 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Mar 13 22:04:12 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Sun Mar 13 22:04:59 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Mar 13 22:07:50 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Mar 13 22:09:13 GMT 2016 Some clouds are coming up from Saddle, kcor idled for now. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Mar 13 22:34:53 GMT 2016 Clouds are hanging low closing dome just in case. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Mar 13 22:48:10 GMT 2016 Some fog is starting to blow up from the Northwest. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Mar 13 23:58:51 GMT 2016 Weather doesn't look as if it'll lift this time. Heading down early. ___end___