----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thu May 11 15:49:03 GMT 2017 Year: 17 Doy: 131 Observer: waters WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Thu May 11 16:14:02 GMT 2017 Temp 39F with windspeed at about 6-10mph from the South. Sky looks a bit bright but otherwise it's clear. ___end___ Thu May 11 16:48:50 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Thu May 11 16:52:16 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Thu May 11 16:52:29 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00010.cbk Thu May 11 17:02:14 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Thu May 11 18:25:18 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Thu May 11 18:25:20 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20150323.ini Thu May 11 18:40:40 GMT 2017 KCOR End Calibration Script Thu May 11 18:40:58 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Thu May 11 18:40:59 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Thu May 11 19:34:28 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol Thu May 11 19:34:37 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Thu May 11 19:36:08 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Thu May 11 19:36:16 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Thu May 11 19:37:21 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: waves-00001.cbk Thu May 11 19:44:30 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Thu May 11 19:44:38 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Thu May 11 19:44:41 GMT 2017 Clouds passing through, instruments idled till they pass ___end___ Thu May 11 19:47:31 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Thu May 11 19:48:33 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Thu May 11 19:52:25 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Thu May 11 19:52:38 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Thu May 11 20:02:08 GMT 2017 Sucker whole, more clouds have come up from the Northwest ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Thu May 11 20:32:30 GMT 2017 Some fog is forming to the west of the observatory and some low clouds are coming in; closed the dome just in case. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Fri May 12 00:27:08 GMT 2017 Turns out that our nitrogen delivery fell through and our tank as well as NOAAs' are empty. Luckily, the had some stored in another building and they thankfully filled our dewar. So we should be okay to fill today. Adien made a call and email to Airgas but hasn't heard back from them yet. Hopefully they'll be able to make a delivery tomorrow but we may have to turn off CoMP for the weekend if they are not able to. Let's hope for the best. ___end___ Fri May 12 00:52:30 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Fri May 12 00:52:31 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Fri May 12 00:52:24 GMT 2017 Gave a tour for about an hour (give or take) to some guest from boulder! It was fun and I'm glad we had a little bit of data from this morning to show them. :) ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Fri May 12 00:53:37 GMT 2017 We have been in fog for good three hours now and since it is getting less likely for it to clearm, I'm going to head down a bit early to send the K-cor Summer occulter to boulder for inspection via fedex before they close. ___end___