----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri May 27 16:27:25 GMT 2016 Year: 16 Doy: 148 Observer: berkey WEATHER COMMENT: berkey: Fri May 27 16:27:31 GMT 2016 Temp: 45.8f, Humidity: 87%, Pressure: 28.745in, Wind: 10mph from 5degs, Skies: hazy overcast ___end___ KCOR COMMENT BY berkey: Fri May 27 16:27:46 GMT 2016 Kcor ups was in a fault state on arival to the observatory. ___end___ Fri May 27 16:54:47 GMT 2016 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00002.cbk Fri May 27 16:56:55 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Fri May 27 18:03:00 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol KCOR COMMENT BY berkey: Fri May 27 18:02:56 GMT 2016 Going a kcor beam inspection. ___end___ Fri May 27 18:14:06 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Fri May 27 18:48:19 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Fri May 27 18:48:20 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20150323.ini Fri May 27 19:05:39 GMT 2016 KCOR End Calibration Script Fri May 27 19:05:56 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Fri May 27 19:05:57 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Fri May 27 19:28:35 GMT 2016 COMP End Patrol Fri May 27 19:28:36 GMT 2016 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: waves-00001.cbk Fri May 27 20:01:18 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Fri May 27 20:01:41 GMT 2016 CoMP Paused for clouds KCOR COMMENT BY berkey: Fri May 27 20:06:22 GMT 2016 Forgot to turn the modulator header on until now. Current temp is 15C to low. ___end___ Fri May 27 20:06:51 GMT 2016 CoMP Restarted from pause Fri May 27 20:13:44 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Fri May 27 21:01:37 GMT 2016 clouds moving up from the NW ___end___ Fri May 27 21:06:41 GMT 2016 COMP End Patrol Fri May 27 21:06:42 GMT 2016 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00002.cbk Fri May 27 21:07:04 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Fri May 27 21:07:13 GMT 2016 CoMP Paused for clouds Fri May 27 21:11:47 GMT 2016 CoMP Restarted from pause Fri May 27 21:12:48 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Fri May 27 21:14:17 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Fri May 27 21:15:22 GMT 2016 CoMP Paused for clouds Fri May 27 21:32:16 GMT 2016 CoMP Restarted from pause Fri May 27 21:32:40 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Fri May 27 21:32:53 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Fri May 27 21:32:52 GMT 2016 Did some more beam train checking between clouds. ___end___ Fri May 27 21:35:24 GMT 2016 CoMP Paused for clouds Fri May 27 21:44:40 GMT 2016 CoMP Restarted from pause Fri May 27 21:47:40 GMT 2016 CoMP Paused for clouds Sat May 28 02:48:13 GMT 2016 CoMP Restarted from pause Sat May 28 02:48:13 GMT 2016 COMP End Patrol KCOR COMMENT BY berkey: Sat May 28 02:48:51 GMT 2016 I did a kcor beam train inspection to try and figure out if there are any internal refelctions in the system that could be causing finge sources in the kcor data. For parts of this inspection I used a bring light to look for glints. The only thing I could find that looked remotely able to reflect light into the beam; is one of the fasteners on the back plate for the polarizer rotator. I was able to see the screw closet to the O1 when from a mirror near the occulter. So as a test I pulled this screw out and added some black tape over hole. The plate is well secured with out this screw; so lets see if it helps. ___end___