----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Feb 5 17:05:20 GMT 2017 Year: 17 Doy: 036 Observer: waters WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Sun Feb 5 17:05:24 GMT 2017 Temp 41F with windspeed at about 14mph from the Southwest. Vog is at about 10,000ft. Sky looks clear at present. ___end___ Sun Feb 05 17:51:52 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Sun Feb 05 17:52:14 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Sun Feb 05 17:53:44 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00010.cbk Sun Feb 05 17:53:48 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Sun Feb 05 18:08:39 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Feb 05 18:53:56 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sun Feb 05 18:54:11 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds Sun Feb 05 18:54:29 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Sun Feb 05 18:54:33 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Feb 05 18:54:36 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Sun Feb 05 19:15:20 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sun Feb 05 19:15:21 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20150323.ini Sun Feb 05 19:32:32 GMT 2017 KCOR End Calibration Script Sun Feb 05 19:32:50 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Feb 05 19:32:50 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Feb 05 20:36:11 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol Sun Feb 05 20:36:12 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: waves-00001.cbk Sun Feb 05 20:36:33 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sun Feb 05 20:37:15 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Sun Feb 05 20:37:18 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Feb 5 21:06:28 GMT 2017 The wind is starting to gust up to 25mph or more coming from the West. The dome is currently out of the wind but I may have to idle the instruments and close the dome if the wind doesn't calm down soon. ___end___ Sun Feb 05 22:08:23 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sun Feb 05 22:08:46 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol Sun Feb 05 22:09:43 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Sun Feb 05 22:09:46 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00010.cbk Sun Feb 05 22:09:54 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Sun Feb 05 22:09:58 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Feb 5 23:13:40 GMT 2017 For a period of time, the wind was calming down to below 15mph with gusts up to 20mph from the West but every once in a while we get a elavated winds up 25mpg. The dome is starting to turn into the wind. Idling Comp, Kcor and closing the dome, just to be safe until the wind calms down. ___end___ Sun Feb 05 23:29:43 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sun Feb 05 23:30:04 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds Mon Feb 06 02:22:28 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Mon Feb 06 02:23:09 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Mon Feb 6 02:27:40 GMT 2017 Unfortunately, the wind did not let up this afternoon. Hope the weather fairs better tomorrow. ___end___