----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Dec 11 17:05:56 GMT 2016 Year: 16 Doy: 346 Observer: waters WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Sun Dec 11 17:06:01 GMT 2016 Temp 37F with windspeed at about 4mph from the Southwest. Thick cirrus in the Southeast, a little to the Northeast and a smige to the South. Clear to the West and Northwest. Will wait for the sky to clear up a bit before opening the dome. ___end___ KCOR COMMENT BY waters: Sun Dec 11 17:07:42 GMT 2016 Kcor temp at 32.1C and remaining stable. Should start warming up when the Sun rises above Mauna Loas' shoulder and clouds. ___end___ GONG COMMENT BY waters: Sun Dec 11 18:37:16 GMT 2016 Gong unstowed. While unstowing the instrument, the Picth and Roll LEDs on the drive ISO were lit, so I followed the prompts after clicking the 'Help' button. Unfotunately, after the instrument control computer was power cycled, it couldn't connect to the instrument. I then power cycled the Data chasis and the instrument control computer(again) to see if that helped and it did. GONG is up and running. ___end___ Sun Dec 11 19:11:09 GMT 2016 SGS Alignment complete Sun Dec 11 19:12:13 GMT 2016 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Sun Dec 11 19:12:32 GMT 2016 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Sun Dec 11 19:13:03 GMT 2016 CoMP occulter has been re-centered GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Dec 11 19:13:23 GMT 2016 Cirrus has cleared from the path of the Sun, starting up the instruments! ___end___ Sun Dec 11 19:14:55 GMT 2016 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Sun Dec 11 19:16:05 GMT 2016 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Sun Dec 11 19:17:30 GMT 2016 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Sun Dec 11 19:18:59 GMT 2016 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00007.cbk Sun Dec 11 19:19:23 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Dec 11 19:33:02 GMT 2016 Dome was blocking shabar; seems the auto rotate mechanism was a little sluggish? ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Dec 11 20:03:41 GMT 2016 Clouds have built up on Saddle and are now covering most on Mauna Kea except the very top. Will keep a close eye on it as it's traveling just East of the weather station. ___end___ Sun Dec 11 20:40:33 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Sun Dec 11 20:40:43 GMT 2016 CoMP Paused for clouds Sun Dec 11 20:42:50 GMT 2016 SGS Alignment complete Sun Dec 11 20:42:51 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Dec 11 20:43:00 GMT 2016 CoMP Restarted from pause GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Dec 11 20:43:18 GMT 2016 Kcor realigned ___end___ Sun Dec 11 20:51:41 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Sun Dec 11 20:51:54 GMT 2016 CoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Dec 11 20:53:51 GMT 2016 Fog has rolled in, instruments idled and dome closed. ___end___ Sun Dec 11 21:43:49 GMT 2016 CoMP Restarted from pause Sun Dec 11 21:43:52 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Dec 11 21:44:01 GMT 2016 Fog has gone and instruments restarted. Will keep an eye out, as the wind has picked up and there are clouds just to the Southeast that may get in the Suns' path. ___end___ Sun Dec 11 21:52:03 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Sun Dec 11 21:52:24 GMT 2016 CoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Dec 11 21:55:55 GMT 2016 Cloud descended as fog, instruments idled and dome closed. ___end___ Sun Dec 11 22:13:54 GMT 2016 SGS Alignment complete Sun Dec 11 22:14:00 GMT 2016 CoMP Restarted from pause Sun Dec 11 22:14:03 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Dec 11 22:14:12 GMT 2016 Hopefully, this window will last longer. ___end___ Sun Dec 11 22:15:32 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Sun Dec 11 22:15:33 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20150323.ini Sun Dec 11 22:32:50 GMT 2016 KCOR End Calibration Script Sun Dec 11 22:33:07 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Dec 11 22:33:08 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Dec 11 22:46:25 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Sun Dec 11 22:46:59 GMT 2016 CoMP Paused for clouds Sun Dec 11 22:47:27 GMT 2016 CoMP Restarted from pause Sun Dec 11 22:48:24 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Dec 11 22:49:11 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Sun Dec 11 22:51:24 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Dec 11 22:52:41 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Sun Dec 11 22:53:39 GMT 2016 CoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Dec 11 22:55:43 GMT 2016 Clouds coming in from all around and coming in low, instruments idled and dome closed. ___end___ Sun Dec 11 23:19:47 GMT 2016 CoMP Restarted from pause Sun Dec 11 23:19:53 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Dec 11 23:22:07 GMT 2016 COMP End Patrol Sun Dec 11 23:22:52 GMT 2016 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Sun Dec 11 23:22:55 GMT 2016 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00007.cbk WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Mon Dec 12 00:17:06 GMT 2016 Temp 49F with windspeed at about 15mph frrom the West-Southwest. Keeping a close eye on the wind. ___end___ Mon Dec 12 01:56:31 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Mon Dec 12 01:56:51 GMT 2016 CoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Mon Dec 12 01:57:46 GMT 2016 A cloud passed over the Sun but has passed now, restarting instruments ___end___ Mon Dec 12 01:58:58 GMT 2016 CoMP Restarted from pause Mon Dec 12 01:59:44 GMT 2016 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Mon Dec 12 02:06:21 GMT 2016 COMP End Patrol Mon Dec 12 02:06:21 GMT 2016 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: waves-00001.cbk Mon Dec 12 02:22:55 GMT 2016 KCOR End Patrol Mon Dec 12 02:23:16 GMT 2016 COMP End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Mon Dec 12 02:28:56 GMT 2016 Besides the intermitent clouds in the middle of the day, it was quite lovely up here. ___end___