----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tue May 30 16:09:53 GMT 2017 Year: 17 Doy: 150 Observer: waters WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Tue May 30 16:09:57 GMT 2017 Temp 38F with windspeed at about 5-10mph frrom the South. A fan of cirrus is covering the sky at present with the base on the Eastern horizon. Hoping the sky will clear up soon. ___end___ Tue May 30 16:44:34 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Tue May 30 17:51:40 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Tue May 30 17:52:13 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Tue May 30 17:52:38 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Tue May 30 17:54:27 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00010.cbk Tue May 30 17:59:13 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Tue May 30 17:58:19 GMT 2017 Sky is still way too bright for data collection... ___end___ Tue May 30 18:15:42 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Tue May 30 18:15:45 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Tue May 30 19:13:18 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Tue May 30 19:13:20 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20150323.ini Tue May 30 19:17:05 GMT 2017 Kcor sees an SGS Guiding Error closing lens cover Tue May 30 19:17:58 GMT 2017 Kcor sees an SGS Guiding Error closing lens cover Tue May 30 19:18:14 GMT 2017 KCOR ABORT Calibration Script Tue May 30 19:18:31 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Tue May 30 19:18:32 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Tue May 30 19:18:34 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Tue May 30 19:18:35 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Tue May 30 19:20:41 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Tue May 30 19:20:42 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20150323.ini GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Tue May 30 19:19:49 GMT 2017 It seems the spar slipped in the DEC but I'm not quite sure why. The wind has remained calm, the ladders are not near the spar. Aborted the Kcor calibration and starting it again. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Tue May 30 19:22:27 GMT 2017 Dome was set to auto rotate cw but it hasn't moved all morning; dome was occulting Kcor when it came out of calibration. Moved the dome and have restarted the calibration. ___end___ Tue May 30 19:36:04 GMT 2017 KCOR End Calibration Script Tue May 30 19:36:22 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Tue May 30 19:36:23 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Tue May 30 19:35:46 GMT 2017 Sky got bright towards the end of the Kcor calibration sequence. ___end___ Tue May 30 19:37:30 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Tue May 30 19:38:45 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds Tue May 30 23:28:56 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Tue May 30 23:29:49 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Tue May 30 23:36:13 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Tue May 30 23:36:22 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Tue May 30 23:37:00 GMT 2017 Sky is still a little bright but tolerable to take data again! Will keep a close eye on things. ___end___ Wed May 31 00:07:48 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Wed May 31 00:08:23 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Wed May 31 00:07:42 GMT 2017 Some clouds are passing, instruments idled for a bit. ___end___ Wed May 31 01:26:48 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Wed May 31 01:26:49 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Wed May 31 01:26:54 GMT 2017 Cirrus passed this morning but then came back again for the rest of the morning. There was a very small hole of clear sky in the afternoon before it clouded completely over. Hopefully tomorrow the weather will be better. ___end___