----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat Oct 14 16:21:27 GMT 2017 Year: 17 Doy: 287 Observer: waters WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Sat Oct 14 16:34:56 GMT 2017 Temp 39F with windspeed at about 3-8mpg from the Southwest. Vog is about 12,000ft + today. Otherwise the sky is clear. ___end___ Sat Oct 14 17:13:45 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Sat Oct 14 17:13:55 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Sat Oct 14 17:15:42 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00010.cbk Sat Oct 14 17:16:41 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sat Oct 14 17:17:36 GMT 2017 PM Blew off Kcor O1 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sat Oct 14 17:17:40 GMT 2017 PM Blew off CoMP O1 ___end___ Sat Oct 14 17:20:58 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Oct 14 19:04:42 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sat Oct 14 19:04:44 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20150323.ini Sat Oct 14 19:20:04 GMT 2017 KCOR End Calibration Script Sat Oct 14 19:20:22 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Oct 14 19:20:23 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Oct 14 19:57:25 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol Sat Oct 14 19:58:41 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sat Oct 14 19:59:36 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Sat Oct 14 19:59:41 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Oct 14 19:59:29 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered **CoMP PROBLEM COMMENT BY stueben** : Sat Oct 14 20:00:05 GMT 2017 I ordered a new fan to replace the bad one in the esp3000. The new fan should arrive in about a week. ___end___ Sat Oct 14 20:04:40 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Sat Oct 14 20:09:03 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sat Oct 14 20:09:21 GMT 2017 Sky is getting bright, Kcor idled. ___end___ CoMP COMMENT BY waters: Sat Oct 14 20:11:40 GMT 2017 Did a refocus of the lens on CoMP after its cookbook but the curve we got wasn't a nice guessian. Retried several times and shut down the .vi but it didn't help. Hopefully it's just the passing thin cirrus that is causing the problem. Idled for now. ___end___ Sat Oct 14 20:11:41 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Sat Oct 14 20:36:03 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Oct 14 20:36:50 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sat Oct 14 20:36:36 GMT 2017 Sucker hole, instruments idled. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sat Oct 14 20:39:52 GMT 2017 Restarting Kcor computer because the MC4U gui is taking a while to respond when any of the buttons are pushed. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sat Oct 14 20:53:46 GMT 2017 Clouds are looking a bit dark; closing the dome just in case. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sat Oct 14 22:45:27 GMT 2017 In passing fog for now. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sun Oct 15 02:55:01 GMT 2017 Did some sweeping in the dome and the control room. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sun Oct 15 02:58:34 GMT 2017 Day started off clear, with a few aerosols due to thte low wind. Then around 10-1030 am HST, some thin cirrus came up and then lower clouds rolled in.When the clouds did finally part, cirrus was left on the blue sky. Hopefully the conditions will be much better tomorrow to take data. ___end___