----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon Jun 8 15:36:55 GMT 2020 Year: 20 Doy: 160 Observer: waters WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Mon Jun 08 16:13:25 GMT 2020 Temp: 43.6f with windspeed at about 4-9mph from the South-Southwest. Sky covered in cirrus at present. Waiting for better conditions before opening up. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Mon Jun 08 18:21:20 GMT 2020 Couldn't get SGS to lock on the Sun, RA kept dropping while the Dec remained constant where ever I left it. Even when it was directly on the Sun, the RA would just drop and keep dropping. Stopped SGS, closed it and restarted the GUI. Immediately started guiding. Adjusting PID values to what Ben them at on Friday RA Prop: 70 INT: .015 Dec Prop: 300 INT: . 006 ___end___ Mon Jun 08 18:23:57 GMT 2020 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Mon Jun 08 18:26:07 GMT 2020 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Mon Jun 08 18:27:25 GMT 2020 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Mon Jun 08 18:27:39 GMT 2020 Sky too bright, stopping Kcor ___end___ Mon Jun 08 21:23:18 GMT 2020 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Mon Jun 08 21:26:40 GMT 2020 Thought I had a window but it was a sucker hole. ___end___ GPS COMMENT by MLSO: Mon Jun 08 21:45:09 GMT 2020 Successfully logged in to system Good disk mount GPS software running Last 5 GPS data files are: /mnt/usb/dataoutiq_2020_155_2145.bin 2147483647 /mnt/usb/dataoutiq_2020_156_2145.bin 2147483647 /mnt/usb/dataoutiq_2020_157_2145.bin 2147483647 /mnt/usb/dataoutiq_2020_158_2145.bin 2147483647 /mnt/usb/dataoutiq_2020_159_2145.bin 2147483647 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Tue Jun 09 00:27:05 GMT 2020 Unfortunately, no other opportunities to take data. Hope tomorrow is a better day. ___end___ ONSITE STAFF: waters