----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tue Oct 8 16:59:34 GMT 2019 Year: 19 Doy: 281 Observer: stueben WEATHER COMMENT: stueben: Tue Oct 08 17:01:11 GMT 2019 Temp: 45.5f, Humidity: 24%, Pressure: 28.604in, Wind: Light southern breeze, Skies: Some cirrus east and south, mostly clear elsewhere. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY stueben: Tue Oct 08 17:14:13 GMT 2019 PM Blew off Kcor O1 front, opened the windows in the dome. ___end___ Tue Oct 08 17:22:50 GMT 2019 KCOR Modulation started in the proper state Tue Oct 08 17:24:19 GMT 2019 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Tue Oct 08 18:36:34 GMT 2019 KCOR End Patrol Tue Oct 08 18:36:36 GMT 2019 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20171025.ini Tue Oct 08 18:51:54 GMT 2019 KCOR End Calibration Script Tue Oct 08 18:52:11 GMT 2019 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Tue Oct 08 18:52:12 GMT 2019 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Tue Oct 08 21:07:32 GMT 2019 SGS Alignment complete Tue Oct 08 22:23:49 GMT 2019 KCOR End Patrol KCOR COMMENT BY stueben: Tue Oct 08 23:02:03 GMT 2019 Stopped observing to place pieces of Spectral Black sheet around the area of the occulter. ___end___ Tue Oct 08 23:02:49 GMT 2019 KCOR Modulation started in the proper state Tue Oct 08 23:04:24 GMT 2019 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: stueben: Tue Oct 08 23:25:24 GMT 2019 Orographic clouds are beginning to degrade images. ___end___ Tue Oct 08 23:43:53 GMT 2019 KCOR End Patrol WEATHER COMMENT: stueben: Tue Oct 08 23:45:13 GMT 2019 In clouds, instruments idled. ___end___ WEATHER COMMENT: stueben: Wed Oct 09 01:11:35 GMT 2019 Fog. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY stueben: Wed Oct 09 01:22:33 GMT 2019 Nice morning. Good seeing but some aerosols at startup. Observing conditions degraded over the morning with orographic clouds starting to form before noon and becoming dense by about 1pm. ___end___ ONSITE STAFF: stueben