----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Jun 5 16:12:28 GMT 2016 Year: 16 Doy: 157 Observer: waters WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Sun Jun 5 16:12:31 GMT 2016 Temp 47F with windspeed at about 10mph from the West-Southwest. Some cirrus on the eastern horizon and possibly above as well but hard to tell at present. Will wait for a clear sky before starting up. ___end___ Sun Jun 05 18:22:12 GMT 2016 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00003.cbk Sun Jun 05 18:31:04 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Jun 5 18:24:27 GMT 2016 ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Jun 5 18:37:29 GMT 2016 Sky isn't good but you can see some corona in Kcor, so taking synoptic. Comp doesn't look as bad as Kcor. ___end___ Sun Jun 05 19:46:12 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Sun Jun 05 19:46:14 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20150323.ini GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Jun 5 20:01:12 GMT 2016 Looks like some cirrus passed through during the Kcor calibration. Will try again a bit later. ___end___ Sun Jun 05 20:03:27 GMT 2016 KCOR End Calibration Script Sun Jun 05 20:03:44 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Jun 05 20:03:45 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Jun 05 20:07:32 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Sun Jun 05 20:08:20 GMT 2016 CoMP Paused for clouds Sun Jun 05 20:12:11 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Jun 05 20:12:16 GMT 2016 CoMP Restarted from pause Sun Jun 05 21:00:02 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Sun Jun 05 21:00:19 GMT 2016 CoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Jun 5 21:00:14 GMT 2016 Instruments paused for some clouds coming uo from Saddle. ___end___ Sun Jun 05 21:10:46 GMT 2016 CoMP Restarted from pause Sun Jun 05 21:11:19 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Jun 05 21:18:35 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Sun Jun 05 21:19:14 GMT 2016 CoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Jun 5 21:14:36 GMT 2016 Meet Forrest Mims; he showed me the dobs that he's using and some stories of being up here on the mountain. He'll be up for nine weeks this time around. It'll be good to see him up here more than once, especially if it's his last time up. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Jun 5 21:20:09 GMT 2016 Some scattered clouds have come up again, instruments idled. ___end___ Sun Jun 05 21:26:16 GMT 2016 CoMP Restarted from pause Sun Jun 05 21:27:56 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Jun 05 21:30:45 GMT 2016 COMP End Patrol Sun Jun 05 21:30:45 GMT 2016 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: waves-00001.cbk Sun Jun 05 21:31:07 GMT 2016 COMP End Patrol Sun Jun 05 21:32:35 GMT 2016 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: waves-00001.cbk Sun Jun 05 21:35:22 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Sun Jun 05 21:35:55 GMT 2016 COMP End Patrol Sun Jun 05 21:37:11 GMT 2016 SGS Alignment complete Sun Jun 05 21:38:45 GMT 2016 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: waves-00001.cbk Sun Jun 05 21:38:54 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol CoMP COMMENT BY waters: Sun Jun 5 21:39:06 GMT 2016 Comp occulter adjusted. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Jun 5 21:39:21 GMT 2016 The sky seems to be getting bright and then dimming back down again. Will keep an eye out. ___end___ Sun Jun 05 21:46:46 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Sun Jun 05 21:47:39 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Jun 05 22:17:31 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Jun 5 22:34:42 GMT 2016 Sky too bright for Kcor at the moment ___end___ Sun Jun 05 22:52:25 GMT 2016 CoMP Paused for clouds Mon Jun 06 00:35:40 GMT 2016 SGS Alignment complete Mon Jun 06 01:17:33 GMT 2016 CoMP Restarted from pause Mon Jun 06 01:17:33 GMT 2016 COMP End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Mon Jun 6 01:24:40 GMT 2016 Sky looked clear but was too bright for Kcor and Comp and continued to only get brighter. Hopefully it will be a better day tomorrow. ___end___