----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri Aug 12 16:55:02 GMT 2016 Year: 16 Doy: 225 Observer: berkey WEATHER COMMENT: berkey: Fri Aug 12 16:55:04 GMT 2016 Temp: 47.4f, Humidity: 15%, Pressure: 28.677in, Wind: 10mph from 134degs, Skies: clear ___end___ KCOR COMMENT BY berkey: Fri Aug 12 16:58:19 GMT 2016 To keep looking for the source of the fringing the paper lyot apature stop has been removed. We have also removed the baffle at the front of the fore-optics box (most sunward baffle in the entire instrument) as this is now the assumed source of the fringing. The bolt holes left over in the front panel after removing the baffle have been covered with black electrical tape to keep the fore-optics "light-tight" ___end___ Fri Aug 12 17:05:04 GMT 2016 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00007.cbk Fri Aug 12 17:18:40 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol ****EVENT COMMENT BY berkey**** : Fri Aug 12 17:42:59 GMT 2016 Prominace moving out out near PA60. This is seen in kcor and gong ___end___ Fri Aug 12 19:22:06 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Fri Aug 12 19:25:26 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol KCOR COMMENT BY berkey: Fri Aug 12 19:33:47 GMT 2016 Fringes are back today with the front baffle out ___end___ Fri Aug 12 19:46:13 GMT 2016 COMP End Patrol Fri Aug 12 19:46:13 GMT 2016 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: waves-00001.cbk Fri Aug 12 20:28:23 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Fri Aug 12 20:28:34 GMT 2016 CoMP Paused for clouds Fri Aug 12 20:32:27 GMT 2016 CoMP Restarted from pause GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Fri Aug 12 20:32:36 GMT 2016 Did a quick kcor beam train inspection. Going back to observing ___end___ Fri Aug 12 20:34:34 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Fri Aug 12 21:23:04 GMT 2016 COMP End Patrol Fri Aug 12 21:23:04 GMT 2016 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00007.cbk Fri Aug 12 22:23:27 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Fri Aug 12 22:23:50 GMT 2016 CoMP Paused for clouds Fri Aug 12 22:26:36 GMT 2016 CoMP Restarted from pause GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Fri Aug 12 22:44:00 GMT 2016 Paper lyot apature stop reinstalled ___end___ Fri Aug 12 22:45:38 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Fri Aug 12 23:24:58 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Fri Aug 12 23:30:49 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Fri Aug 12 23:34:25 GMT 2016 Opened up the aft end of kcor to do another beam train inspection. ___end___ Sat Aug 13 00:07:05 GMT 2016 COMP End Patrol Sat Aug 13 00:07:05 GMT 2016 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: waves-00001.cbk Sat Aug 13 00:37:13 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Sat Aug 13 00:37:34 GMT 2016 CoMP Paused for clouds Sat Aug 13 00:38:30 GMT 2016 CoMP Restarted from pause Sat Aug 13 00:38:50 GMT 2016 COMP End Patrol Sat Aug 13 00:39:31 GMT 2016 SGS Alignment complete Sat Aug 13 00:39:25 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Aug 13 00:39:50 GMT 2016 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: waves-00001.cbk Sat Aug 13 01:17:43 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Sat Aug 13 01:17:44 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20150323.ini Sat Aug 13 01:35:01 GMT 2016 KCOR End Calibration Script Sat Aug 13 01:35:18 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Aug 13 01:35:19 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Aug 13 02:14:04 GMT 2016 COMP End Patrol Sat Aug 13 02:14:05 GMT 2016 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00007.cbk Sat Aug 13 02:17:00 GMT 2016 COMP End Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Sat Aug 13 02:22:56 GMT 2016 Couple interesting CMEs today a big one near PA60 and a small quick on near PA300. ___end___