----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tue Mar 27 16:03:38 GMT 2018 Year: 18 Doy: 086 Observer: waters WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Tue Mar 27 16:42:33 GMT 2018 Temp 36F with windspeed at about 25-30 mph from the Southwest. Sky is clear at the moment but will still wait for the wind to calm down a bit before opening up. Board walk is very icey this morning, walked up the lava. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY stueben: Tue Mar 27 17:13:20 GMT 2018 PM Blew off Kcor O1 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY stueben: Tue Mar 27 17:13:24 GMT 2018 PM Blew off CoMP O1 ___end___ KCOR COMMENT BY waters: Tue Mar 27 17:14:09 GMT 2018 Kcor Focus.vi seems to have crashed the KCor computer. Restarting the computer. ___end___ Tue Mar 27 17:19:40 GMT 2018 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Tue Mar 27 17:23:05 GMT 2018 SGS Alignment complete Tue Mar 27 17:22:40 GMT 2018 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Tue Mar 27 17:23:08 GMT 2018 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Tue Mar 27 17:24:08 GMT 2018 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00012.cbk Tue Mar 27 17:25:39 GMT 2018 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Tue Mar 27 18:19:17 GMT 2018 Layer of ice in the dog house. ___end___ Tue Mar 27 18:58:43 GMT 2018 KCOR End Patrol Tue Mar 27 18:58:46 GMT 2018 COMP End Patrol Tue Mar 27 18:59:58 GMT 2018 SGS Alignment complete Tue Mar 27 19:00:21 GMT 2018 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Tue Mar 27 19:02:35 GMT 2018 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Tue Mar 27 19:02:38 GMT 2018 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00012.cbk Tue Mar 27 19:04:17 GMT 2018 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Tue Mar 27 19:05:22 GMT 2018 Wind has died down significantly, between 15-20mph from the Southwest. Dome fully opened. ___end___ Tue Mar 27 19:36:39 GMT 2018 KCOR End Patrol Tue Mar 27 19:36:40 GMT 2018 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20171025.ini Tue Mar 27 19:52:01 GMT 2018 KCOR End Calibration Script Tue Mar 27 19:52:19 GMT 2018 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Tue Mar 27 19:52:19 GMT 2018 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Tue Mar 27 20:36:51 GMT 2018 COMP End Patrol Tue Mar 27 20:36:58 GMT 2018 KCOR End Patrol Tue Mar 27 20:38:24 GMT 2018 SGS Alignment complete Tue Mar 27 20:38:07 GMT 2018 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Tue Mar 27 20:38:09 GMT 2018 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: waves-00003.cbk Tue Mar 27 20:38:54 GMT 2018 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Tue Mar 27 20:46:30 GMT 2018 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Tue Mar 27 22:10:23 GMT 2018 KCOR End Patrol Tue Mar 27 22:10:43 GMT 2018 COMP End Patrol Tue Mar 27 22:11:57 GMT 2018 SGS Alignment complete Tue Mar 27 22:12:39 GMT 2018 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Tue Mar 27 22:12:42 GMT 2018 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00012.cbk Tue Mar 27 22:12:48 GMT 2018 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Tue Mar 27 22:16:49 GMT 2018 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Tue Mar 27 23:04:34 GMT 2018 KCOR End Patrol Tue Mar 27 23:04:37 GMT 2018 CoMP Paused for clouds WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Tue Mar 27 23:10:39 GMT 2018 Windspeed is about 15-20mph from the the Southwest. The dome slot is officially facing the wind and the wind is causing the spar to oscillate in the Dec and will not stop with out assistance. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Tue Mar 27 23:13:12 GMT 2018 Closing the bottom shutter to see if it'll help with the oscillations. ___end___ Tue Mar 27 23:15:55 GMT 2018 CoMP Restarted from pause Tue Mar 27 23:17:15 GMT 2018 CoMP Paused for clouds Tue Mar 27 23:21:23 GMT 2018 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Tue Mar 27 23:21:25 GMT 2018 CoMP Restarted from pause WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Tue Mar 27 23:31:19 GMT 2018 Leaving the upstairs door open a little bit to melt the ice there. ___end___ Wed Mar 28 00:03:19 GMT 2018 KCOR End Patrol Wed Mar 28 00:03:22 GMT 2018 COMP End Patrol Wed Mar 28 00:05:41 GMT 2018 SGS Alignment complete Wed Mar 28 00:05:48 GMT 2018 CoMP occulter has been re-centered Wed Mar 28 00:05:51 GMT 2018 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00012.cbk Wed Mar 28 00:06:46 GMT 2018 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Wed Mar 28 00:09:33 GMT 2018 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Wed Mar 28 01:40:12 GMT 2018 COMP End Patrol Wed Mar 28 01:40:12 GMT 2018 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: waves-00003.cbk Wed Mar 28 01:51:42 GMT 2018 KCOR End Patrol Wed Mar 28 01:51:43 GMT 2018 COMP End Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Wed Mar 28 02:00:11 GMT 2018 NOAA brought our pelican case up the mountain and Allen and I hauled it up to our building. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Wed Mar 28 02:00:52 GMT 2018 Besides a bit of too much wind in the morning, it was a wonderful day up the mountain! Hope the weather stays good for a while. ___end___ ONSITE STAFF: stueben, waters