----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri Jun 16 15:48:10 GMT 2017 Year: 17 Doy: 167 Observer: waters WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Fri Jun 16 16:13:39 GMT 2017 Temp 41F with windspeed at about 5-9mph from the South. Bands of cirrus siting on the eastern horizon at the moment. Waiting for the Sun to clear them before starting. ___end___ KCOR COMMENT BY waters: Fri Jun 16 16:14:31 GMT 2017 Kcor temperature was at 10.3C when I came in, a result of leaving the windows in the dome open all night. Almost back up to temperature. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Jun 16 16:15:31 GMT 2017 Comp cleared the dome at 6am local time, guider started tracking between 606-610am local. ___end___ Fri Jun 16 17:49:21 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Jun 16 18:13:05 GMT 2017 Contractors are here to work some more on the floor up stairs. ___end___ KCOR COMMENT BY waters: Fri Jun 16 18:29:57 GMT 2017 The comment earlier about the drop in temp for Kcor due to the windows open might actually be from the ups failure that we had yesterday. The output button wasn't on when I came in and I pressed it this morning to bring it back up to temp. ___end___ Fri Jun 16 19:40:19 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Fri Jun 16 19:40:50 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Jun 16 19:41:26 GMT 2017 Sky is still too bright for the instruments but it looks like it'll pass soon. Fingers crossed ___end___ ****EVENT COMMENT BY waters**** : Fri Jun 16 20:55:33 GMT 2017 Sun seems to be active this morning. At PA 255 and 305, it looks like there are two prominences to be launching. Can be seen in GONG. ___end___ Fri Jun 16 21:02:19 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Fri Jun 16 23:23:41 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sat Jun 17 00:20:31 GMT 2017 Clouds are looking a bit low and dark; closed the dome just in case. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sat Jun 17 01:44:47 GMT 2017 Cirrus and clouds have been our constant companion all day today. No data unfortunately. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sat Jun 17 01:47:15 GMT 2017 Two of the three windows are open upstair and there are planks leading from the dog house into main dome area so we keep off the floor this afternoon (the floor is hot lava). ___end___