----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat Sep 2 16:37:07 GMT 2017 Year: 17 Doy: 245 Observer: waters WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Sat Sep 2 16:37:10 GMT 2017 Temp 45F with windspeed at about 11-16mph from the East-Southeast. There are clouds sitting on Saddle but below the observatory at the moment. Will keep an eye on them but otherwise the sky is clear. ___end___ KCOR COMMENT BY waters: Sat Sep 2 16:49:23 GMT 2017 Kcor O1 blown off ___end___ Sat Sep 02 17:06:34 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Sat Sep 02 17:06:23 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Sat Sep 02 17:08:02 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Sat Sep 02 17:08:15 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00010.cbk GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat Sep 2 17:13:03 GMT 2017 Looks like there is some thin cirrus sitting on the horizon at present and is too bright to run instruments. Idled until it passes. ___end___ Sat Sep 02 17:18:27 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat Sep 2 18:08:10 GMT 2017 Sky is still too bright at the moment... ___end___ Sat Sep 02 18:24:24 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Sat Sep 02 18:26:18 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol KCOR COMMENT BY waters: Sat Sep 2 18:29:07 GMT 2017 There's almost what looks like a small glow in the Synoptic Acquistion images that is hard to tell if it's in the image gifs we have. Will pause Kcor to blow off the lense to see if it can be addressed. ___end___ Sat Sep 02 18:38:31 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sat Sep 02 18:43:48 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol KCOR COMMENT BY waters: Sat Sep 2 18:42:05 GMT 2017 There was a piece what looked like very thin wood shaving on the upper West part of the lense. I was able to blow it to the edge off the lense but then a piece of blue thread showed up. Went back and forth trying to get the O1 free from those two, which I eventually succeeded, however the O1 should be removed and blown off so that we get rid of whatever is between the lense and the structure holding it in. ___end___ Sat Sep 02 19:04:19 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sat Sep 02 19:04:20 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20150323.ini Sat Sep 02 19:19:42 GMT 2017 KCOR End Calibration Script Sat Sep 02 19:20:04 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Sep 02 19:20:11 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Sep 02 19:20:12 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat Sep 2 19:18:17 GMT 2017 Some thin cirrus passed during Kcor calibration, will redo the calibration when the sky has cleared up. Too bright for just Kcor, instrument idled. ___end___ Sat Sep 02 19:26:29 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds Sat Sep 02 20:36:59 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Sat Sep 02 20:38:06 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Sep 02 20:39:54 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sat Sep 02 20:41:23 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat Sep 2 20:39:48 GMT 2017 Very thin cirrus passed through, idled Kcor for a little bit. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat Sep 2 21:01:08 GMT 2017 Started the Kcor CME detection GUI as per Ben's request. Took a little bit but we were able to nail down the proper instructions to get the GUI up. ___end___ Sat Sep 02 21:18:37 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sat Sep 02 21:19:04 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Sep 02 21:45:38 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds Sat Sep 02 21:46:16 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Sat Sep 02 21:48:33 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sat Sep 02 21:47:56 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat Sep 2 21:46:58 GMT 2017 Some clouds drifting past, instruemtns idled for a little bit. ___end___ Sat Sep 02 21:52:55 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Sat Sep 02 21:54:22 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Sep 02 21:59:36 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sat Sep 02 21:58:43 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat Sep 2 22:18:09 GMT 2017 Clouds are getting a little low, closing the dome just in case ___end___ Sun Sep 03 00:09:05 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Sun Sep 03 00:09:05 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol Sun Sep 03 00:09:40 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Sun Sep 03 00:12:20 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Sun Sep 03 00:17:50 GMT 2017 Kcor sees an SGS Guiding Error closing lens cover Sun Sep 03 00:17:51 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sun Sep 03 00:18:04 GMT 2017 Kcor sees an SGS Guiding Error closing lens cover Sun Sep 03 00:18:05 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sun Sep 03 00:18:52 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Sun Sep 03 00:19:03 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Sun Sep 03 00:19:06 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: waves-00001.cbk Sun Sep 03 00:20:11 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Sep 03 00:33:51 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sun Sep 03 00:32:59 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Sep 3 00:33:20 GMT 2017 A bit of clouds passing through, instruments idled ___end___ Sun Sep 03 00:37:37 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Sep 03 00:36:41 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Sun Sep 03 00:38:13 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sun Sep 03 00:37:29 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds Sun Sep 03 00:43:14 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Sep 03 00:42:18 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Sun Sep 03 00:51:32 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sun Sep 03 00:50:59 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds Sun Sep 03 00:52:01 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Sun Sep 03 00:53:46 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Sep 03 01:01:06 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sun Sep 03 01:00:29 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds Sun Sep 03 01:02:20 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Sun Sep 03 01:04:09 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Sep 03 01:05:28 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sun Sep 03 01:05:55 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Sep 03 01:06:55 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sun Sep 03 01:06:59 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds Sun Sep 03 01:16:26 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Sep 03 01:15:30 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Sun Sep 03 01:29:02 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sun Sep 03 01:32:27 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Sep 03 01:34:58 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Sep 3 01:35:21 GMT 2017 It's gotten a little bright for Kcor, instrument idled for a bit. ___end___ Sun Sep 03 01:44:04 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Sep 03 01:50:20 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sun Sep 03 01:49:29 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds Sun Sep 03 01:52:21 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Sun Sep 03 01:54:37 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Sep 03 01:55:11 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sun Sep 03 01:54:29 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds Sun Sep 03 01:58:50 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Sep 03 01:57:56 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Sun Sep 03 02:21:29 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol Sun Sep 03 02:21:30 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00010.cbk Sun Sep 03 02:35:24 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sun Sep 03 02:36:40 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Sep 03 02:52:15 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sun Sep 03 02:51:46 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Sep 3 02:57:06 GMT 2017 Today was a mixed bag. The morning had a bit of cirrus but eventually cleared up and then we were in and out of clouds for a good chunk of the afternoon. Hoepfully tomorrow will bring a more consistent blue sky. ___end___