----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat Dec 9 16:48:10 GMT 2017 Year: 17 Doy: 343 Observer: waters WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Sat Dec 9 16:48:18 GMT 2017 Temp 38F with windspeed at about 6-11mph from the Southwest. Bands of cirrus across the sky at present; will delay starting instruments until the sky clears a bit. ___end___ Sat Dec 09 18:10:59 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Sat Dec 09 18:12:06 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Sat Dec 09 18:13:00 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sat Dec 09 18:12:40 GMT 2017 PM Blew off Kcor O1 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sat Dec 09 18:12:43 GMT 2017 PM Blew off CoMP O1 ___end___ Sat Dec 09 18:12:58 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Sat Dec 09 18:14:27 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00010.cbk Sat Dec 09 18:18:08 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Dec 09 18:19:01 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Sat Dec 09 18:24:29 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat Dec 9 18:23:07 GMT 2017 Thin strip of cirrus passing, Kcor idled but otherwise pushing through it. ___end___ Sat Dec 09 18:27:47 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds Sat Dec 09 18:30:41 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Sat Dec 09 18:30:09 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Dec 09 19:20:09 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sat Dec 09 19:20:11 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20171025.ini Sat Dec 09 19:35:30 GMT 2017 KCOR End Calibration Script Sat Dec 09 19:35:47 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Dec 09 19:35:47 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Dec 09 19:37:34 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat Dec 9 20:53:00 GMT 2017 Sky is getting a little bright. ___end___ Sat Dec 09 20:55:18 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sat Dec 09 20:56:51 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat Dec 9 21:06:07 GMT 2017 A band of cirrus is passing through, instruments idled ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat Dec 9 22:54:11 GMT 2017 Sky looks clear but is too bright to start instruments. ___end___ Sat Dec 09 23:25:26 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete Sat Dec 09 23:25:21 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Dec 09 23:26:01 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Sat Dec 09 23:27:45 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol Sat Dec 09 23:30:22 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Sat Dec 09 23:30:25 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: waves-00003.cbk Sat Dec 09 23:35:50 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sat Dec 09 23:36:38 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat Dec 9 23:34:45 GMT 2017 Clouds coming up from the West, instruments idled. ___end___ Sun Dec 10 00:00:49 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sun Dec 10 00:01:39 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause Sun Dec 10 01:28:38 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol Sun Dec 10 01:28:39 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00010.cbk Sun Dec 10 02:23:29 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol Sun Dec 10 02:24:22 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sun Dec 10 02:28:18 GMT 2017 Not too bad of a day for data; some windows of cirrus crossing the sky and lots of aerosols throughout the day. ___end___