----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon Oct 2 16:13:36 GMT 2017 Year: 17 Doy: 275 Observer: waters WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Mon Oct 02 16:42:34 GMT 2017 Temp 38F with windspeed at about 5-10 mph from the South. Cirrus on the Eastern horizon at the moment and a few bands to the North-Northwest but otherwise the sky is clear. ___end___ Mon Oct 02 17:03:21 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Mon Oct 02 17:03:36 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Mon Oct 02 17:05:05 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00010.cbk Mon Oct 02 17:08:57 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Mon Oct 02 17:10:48 GMT 2017 PM Blew off CoMP O1 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Mon Oct 02 17:10:54 GMT 2017 PM Blew off Kcor O1 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Mon Oct 02 17:15:23 GMT 2017 Kcor not quite clear of the dome yet. ___end___ Mon Oct 02 17:16:41 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Mon Oct 02 18:40:57 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Mon Oct 02 18:41:41 GMT 2017 A little bit of cirrus passing, Kcor idled. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Mon Oct 02 18:45:24 GMT 2017 A bit thicker cirrus moving in, CoMP idled. ___end___ Mon Oct 02 18:45:42 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds Mon Oct 02 19:09:08 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Mon Oct 02 19:08:41 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Mon Oct 02 19:19:05 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Mon Oct 02 19:19:06 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20150323.ini Mon Oct 02 19:34:22 GMT 2017 KCOR End Calibration Script Mon Oct 02 19:34:40 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Mon Oct 02 19:34:41 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Mon Oct 02 20:10:02 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol Mon Oct 02 20:10:59 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Mon Oct 02 20:11:41 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Mon Oct 02 20:12:05 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Mon Oct 02 20:11:58 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Mon Oct 02 20:13:27 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: waves-00001.cbk Mon Oct 02 21:45:45 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol Mon Oct 02 21:47:11 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Mon Oct 02 21:47:43 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Mon Oct 02 21:48:07 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Mon Oct 02 21:48:03 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Mon Oct 02 21:48:05 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00010.cbk Mon Oct 02 22:10:32 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Mon Oct 02 22:11:09 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Mon Oct 02 22:12:11 GMT 2017 Some clouds have come up from Saddle and the West, instruments idled. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Mon Oct 02 22:25:12 GMT 2017 Some low dark clouds look like they are coming in; closed the dome just in case. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Mon Oct 02 23:01:59 GMT 2017 Bit of fog to the West and East of the observatory. ___end___ GONG COMMENT BY waters: Tue Oct 03 00:09:40 GMT 2017 Went down to the GONG shelter to swap out the Guider Board in the instrument chasis as per Sangs request to help with the oscilation trouble they are having. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Tue Oct 03 01:03:28 GMT 2017 In a wet fog at the moment ___end___ Tue Oct 03 01:51:57 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Tue Oct 03 01:51:58 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Tue Oct 03 02:01:08 GMT 2017 Relatively good morning, aerosols came up early because of the low wind. Unfortunately, the clouds came up around 1230 hst and stayed low and a bit moist. Hoping tomorrow is a better day, ___end___