----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Sep 4 16:38:16 GMT 2016 Year: 16 Doy: 248 Observer: waters WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Sun Sep 4 16:38:21 GMT 2016 Temp 46F with windspeed at about 6mph from the Southeast. Vog is at about 10,000ft and there are clouds currently in the Suns' path. Will wait for the sky to clear before starting up. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Sep 4 16:41:00 GMT 2016 Looks like we got a couple of packages. Brought them up from the car and they're sitting on the table. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Sep 4 17:33:23 GMT 2016 Kcor did not need any adjusting at start up. Very nice. ___end___ Sun Sep 04 17:37:01 GMT 2016 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: HOP316.cbk KCOR COMMENT BY waters: Sun Sep 4 17:36:28 GMT 2016 MC4U GUI was not responding this mornning. Restarted Kcor computer. SocketCam got an error, but closing the Synoptic and then restarting it got it back up and running. ___end___ Sun Sep 04 17:45:35 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Sep 4 17:45:44 GMT 2016 Sky looks a little birght but will let Kcor run a little bit to see if it's too bright. ___end___ Sun Sep 04 17:50:07 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Sep 4 17:50:17 GMT 2016 Sky is too bright for Kcor, idling for now. ___end___ Sun Sep 04 18:14:26 GMT 2016 CoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Sep 4 18:14:27 GMT 2016 Sky is too birght for Comp now; instruments idled until the sky dims down a bit. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Sep 4 19:06:04 GMT 2016 Clouds are coming up from the East and they are hanging a bit low; closed the dome just in case. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Sep 4 19:31:39 GMT 2016 In fog ___end___ GONG COMMENT BY waters: Sun Sep 4 20:21:50 GMT 2016 The packages were for GONG. I have brought them down to the shelter; one is the new PDU and the other has all sorts of cool stuff in them. I might go down and label the old PDU cables and the new PDU. ___end___ GONG COMMENT BY waters: Sun Sep 4 22:33:46 GMT 2016 Went down to the GONG shelter and wrote down/labeled the cables in the old PDU. Wrote down the information for the new PDU and the labels that are on it. The new PDU is back in its box and currently on the floor in front of the table, as it's too long to sit on it. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Mon Sep 5 00:09:14 GMT 2016 It is currently raining and I think I heard some thunder to the Notherwest but I'm not too sure. ___end___ Mon Sep 05 00:26:07 GMT 2016 CoMP Restarted from pause Mon Sep 05 00:26:08 GMT 2016 COMP End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Mon Sep 5 00:58:52 GMT 2016 Heading out an hour early, rain looks like it's here to stay. ___end___