----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri Nov 17 16:09:56 GMT 2017 Year: 17 Doy: 321 Observer: waters GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Nov 17 16:32:03 GMT 2017 Temp 38F with windspeed at about 11-16mph from the Southwest. Sky looks clear at present. ___end___ Fri Nov 17 17:14:00 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Fri Nov 17 18:06:46 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Fri Nov 17 18:07:47 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Fri Nov 17 18:06:44 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Fri Nov 17 18:08:12 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00010.cbk Fri Nov 17 18:12:04 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Fri Nov 17 18:12:10 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Fri Nov 17 18:11:17 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol Fri Nov 17 18:11:45 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Fri Nov 17 18:12:16 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: waves-00001.cbk Fri Nov 17 18:12:59 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol Fri Nov 17 18:13:00 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00010.cbk Fri Nov 17 18:23:46 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Nov 17 18:23:06 GMT 2017 PM Blew off Kcor O1 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Nov 17 18:23:10 GMT 2017 PM Blew off CoMP O1 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Nov 17 18:31:09 GMT 2017 The balance of the spar seemed off this morning and at first Ben and I couldn't figure out why. We then set out to balance before start up; we added five lbs to the back and then shifted some weight on the West side to a rod on the Northeast on the weight arm. Once we came down, we noticed that the Kcor O1 looked like it had slipped. We went back up stairs and Ben found that the Kcor O1 seemed to be stuck. He took off the hood for the O1 and readjusted the rubber ring on it, cleaned it and then re-installed it. We then rechecked the balance of the spar but it seems like putting the Kcor O1 back didn't have an obvious affect on the balance, so we left it how it was. ___end___ KCOR COMMENT BY waters: Fri Nov 17 18:32:22 GMT 2017 Temperature on the MC4U controller GUI wasn't reading the Lightwave temp reader for Kcor. Ben rebooted the connector for it and it's working fine now. ___end___ KCOR COMMENT BY waters: Fri Nov 17 18:32:53 GMT 2017 Pausing Kcor to address a bullet hole in the images. ___end___ Fri Nov 17 18:34:34 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Fri Nov 17 18:37:54 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Nov 17 18:36:58 GMT 2017 PM Blew off Kcor O1 ___end___ Fri Nov 17 18:43:46 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Fri Nov 17 18:49:04 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol KCOR COMMENT BY waters: Fri Nov 17 18:51:07 GMT 2017 It looks like blowing off the Kcor O1 did not get rid of the bullet hole. I checked the field lens as well but I did not see an obvious source for it there. At some point, Ben may take a look at the back side of the O1 to see if he can find the source. ___end___ Fri Nov 17 19:00:09 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Fri Nov 17 18:59:32 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds Fri Nov 17 19:02:16 GMT 2017 Kcor sees an SGS Guiding Error closing lens cover Fri Nov 17 19:02:18 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Fri Nov 17 19:20:58 GMT 2017 Kcor sees an SGS Guiding Error closing lens cover Fri Nov 17 19:21:00 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Fri Nov 17 19:21:13 GMT 2017 Kcor sees an SGS Guiding Error closing lens cover Fri Nov 17 19:21:14 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Fri Nov 17 19:22:59 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Fri Nov 17 19:25:36 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Fri Nov 17 19:25:30 GMT 2017 PM Blew off Kcor O1 back ___end___ Fri Nov 17 19:30:28 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Fri Nov 17 20:01:26 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Fri Nov 17 20:08:19 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Nov 17 20:07:47 GMT 2017 PM Blew off Kcor O1 ___end___ Fri Nov 17 20:21:43 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Fri Nov 17 20:24:15 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Fri Nov 17 20:23:21 GMT 2017 PM Blew off Kcor Field Lens ___end___ Fri Nov 17 20:34:16 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Fri Nov 17 20:39:48 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Nov 17 20:38:34 GMT 2017 PM Blew off Kcor Field Lens ___end___ Fri Nov 17 21:07:11 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Fri Nov 17 21:13:36 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Nov 17 21:12:21 GMT 2017 PM Blew off Kcor O1 ___end___ Fri Nov 17 21:25:51 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol Fri Nov 17 21:27:35 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Fri Nov 17 21:29:32 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Fri Nov 17 21:28:54 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Fri Nov 17 21:28:03 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Fri Nov 17 21:28:05 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: waves-00001.cbk KCOR COMMENT BY waters: Fri Nov 17 21:35:15 GMT 2017 It seems we introduced two new bullet holes in the northwest quadrant of our Kcor data. Both of us have been trying to see if they are either on the field lens or the O1 but we haven't been able to get rid of them. We are going to keep taking data and possibly try to address them later. ___end___ Fri Nov 17 23:00:38 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol Fri Nov 17 23:00:39 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00010.cbk Fri Nov 17 23:18:07 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol Fri Nov 17 23:19:28 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Nov 17 23:19:05 GMT 2017 Wind is starting to gust at 30mph + from the West; idling instruments and closing the dome for a bit. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sat Nov 18 00:46:54 GMT 2017 Fog coming up from the East... ___end___