----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri Nov 24 16:58:53 GMT 2017 Year: 17 Doy: 328 Observer: waters WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Fri Nov 24 16:59:44 GMT 2017 Temp 37F with windspeed at about 5-10mph from the Southeast. Majority of the sky is covered in thick clouds at the moment, will wait for better conditions before opening up. ___end___ Fri Nov 24 20:49:46 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Fri Nov 24 20:48:31 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Fri Nov 24 20:50:04 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Fri Nov 24 20:50:04 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00010.cbk Fri Nov 24 20:53:19 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Fri Nov 24 20:56:39 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Fri Nov 24 20:58:08 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Nov 24 21:09:15 GMT 2017 PM Blew off Kcor O1 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Nov 24 21:09:19 GMT 2017 PM Blew off CoMP O1 ___end___ Fri Nov 24 22:02:36 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Fri Nov 24 22:31:19 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Fri Nov 24 22:30:36 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Fri Nov 24 22:28:47 GMT 2017 Some cirrus has come up from the Southwest, instruments idled for a bit. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat Nov 25 00:41:56 GMT 2017 RA error jumped between 50 and -50 arcsecs when I was putting in the diffuser, polarizer and taking out the lens cover. ___end___ Sat Nov 25 00:51:50 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Nov 25 00:50:34 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Sat Nov 25 00:50:35 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol Sat Nov 25 00:53:24 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Sat Nov 25 00:52:46 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sat Nov 25 00:53:29 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Sat Nov 25 00:54:26 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Sat Nov 25 00:56:43 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Sat Nov 25 00:56:45 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: waves-00001.cbk Sat Nov 25 00:58:42 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat Nov 25 00:49:18 GMT 2017 Sky is going between bright and not so bright. May go in and out of science for Kcor. ___end___ Sat Nov 25 01:00:32 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sat Nov 25 01:00:08 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds Sat Nov 25 01:04:58 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Nov 25 01:03:41 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Sat Nov 25 01:05:09 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sat Nov 25 01:04:38 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat Nov 25 01:19:46 GMT 2017 Cirrus has moved in from the Southwest. Instruments idled for now. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat Nov 25 01:48:36 GMT 2017 Closed dome for fog and low clouds. ___end___ Sat Nov 25 02:19:57 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Sat Nov 25 02:19:57 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat Nov 25 02:24:10 GMT 2017 Not a good day to take data; cloudy in the morning but it eventually cleared for about an hour before the clouds moved in again. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. ___end___