----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri May 24 15:58:57 GMT 2019 Year: 19 Doy: 144 Observer: waters WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Fri May 24 16:14:41 GMT 2019 Temp 48F with windspeed at about 11-16mph from the Southeast. Sky looks clear. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri May 24 16:22:06 GMT 2019 PM Blew off Kcor O1 ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Fri May 24 16:22:16 GMT 2019 Windows opened upstairs ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Fri May 24 16:48:41 GMT 2019 Kcor above dome ___end___ Fri May 24 16:50:18 GMT 2019 SGS Alignment complete Fri May 24 16:50:59 GMT 2019 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Fri May 24 16:53:38 GMT 2019 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Fri May 24 18:09:09 GMT 2019 Wind has shifted to the East-Northeast and is starting to gust above 20mph. Will keep an eye on things ___end___ Fri May 24 18:12:23 GMT 2019 KCOR End Patrol Fri May 24 18:13:27 GMT 2019 SGS Alignment complete Fri May 24 18:12:47 GMT 2019 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Fri May 24 19:06:53 GMT 2019 Closed the bottom shutter to help with the spar shake we're getting while we're facing the wind. Wind is between at about 13mph with gusts between 15-20mph from the East-Northeast. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Fri May 24 19:08:32 GMT 2019 MLSO comment logger crashed again ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Fri May 24 19:15:42 GMT 2019 Iwii was very slow this morning. Tried to restart it but after three hours, it was stuck trying to install. Did a hard reboot and is coming back online now. dkljwrjo j w ___end___ Fri May 24 19:30:05 GMT 2019 KCOR End Patrol Fri May 24 19:30:06 GMT 2019 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20171025.ini Fri May 24 19:45:24 GMT 2019 KCOR End Calibration Script Fri May 24 19:45:41 GMT 2019 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Fri May 24 19:45:42 GMT 2019 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Fri May 24 19:57:14 GMT 2019 KCOR End Patrol Fri May 24 19:58:37 GMT 2019 SGS Alignment complete Fri May 24 19:57:55 GMT 2019 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Fri May 24 20:27:50 GMT 2019 Iwii started freezing again, went to restart it and it got hung up on trying to shut down. Did a hard reboot, but when I hit the power button to turn it back on, nothing happened. It didn't turn back on. I waited five minutes and tried again. Came back on. ___end___ Fri May 24 21:47:37 GMT 2019 KCOR End Patrol Fri May 24 21:48:40 GMT 2019 SGS Alignment complete Fri May 24 21:48:01 GMT 2019 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Fri May 24 22:11:32 GMT 2019 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Fri May 24 22:11:34 GMT 2019 Cirrus coming in from the West, Kcor idled for a bit ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Fri May 24 23:45:44 GMT 2019 Sky looks clear but it is still too bright for Kcor. ___end___ Sat May 25 00:58:31 GMT 2019 SGS Alignment complete GONG COMMENT BY waters: Sat May 25 00:58:29 GMT 2019 GONG was showing red for a while so I headed down to the shelter to check up on things. The computers had lost contact with the instrument chasis. Restarting it seems to have helped but we will see as some of it has turned yellow now. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat May 25 01:01:51 GMT 2019 Sky looked good and was about to start back up when some cirrus from the South started crossing. Here's to hoping it moves along soon. ___end___ Sat May 25 01:06:38 GMT 2019 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Sat May 25 01:13:24 GMT 2019 SGS Alignment complete Sat May 25 01:12:41 GMT 2019 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat May 25 01:13:36 GMT 2019 The East facing windows were partially closed when the dome lower dome shutter was closed. However, at some point, they were closed by a gust of wind. Going to leave them closed for the rest of the afternoon. ___end___ GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat May 25 01:16:11 GMT 2019 Lower dome shutter lowered/opened ___end___ Sat May 25 01:35:40 GMT 2019 KCOR End Patrol Sat May 25 01:37:46 GMT 2019 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat May 25 02:53:09 GMT 2019 KCOR End Patrol Sat May 25 02:53:11 GMT 2019 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat May 25 02:53:12 GMT 2019 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat May 25 02:56:47 GMT 2019 Not too bad of a day to take data; besides the cirrus that crossed in the afternoon, the wind kept the aerosols down, so the data looks alright, even this late in the afternoon but the fringing can be seen this late too. ___end___ ONSITE STAFF: waters