----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fri Jul 17 15:28:10 GMT 2020 Year: 20 Doy: 199 Observer: waters WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Fri Jul 17 16:11:21 GMT 2020 Temp: 40.1f with windspeed at about 10-15mph from the South-Southwest. Thin cirrus covering the whole of the sky at present, waiting for better conditions before opening. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Jul 17 16:37:03 GMT 2020 PM Blew off Kcor O1 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Jul 17 16:37:06 GMT 2020 Opened windows upstairs ___end___ KCOR COMMENT BY waters: Fri Jul 17 16:57:56 GMT 2020 Kcor above dome ___end___ Fri Jul 17 16:59:09 GMT 2020 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Jul 17 17:00:37 GMT 2020 The spar in the Dec seemed a bit loose. ___end___ Fri Jul 17 17:01:40 GMT 2020 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol KCOR COMMENT BY waters: Fri Jul 17 17:12:45 GMT 2020 Going to blow off the O1 as there are five bullet holes that I can see in the NRGFs. ___end___ Fri Jul 17 17:14:05 GMT 2020 KCOR End Patrol Fri Jul 17 17:16:05 GMT 2020 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Jul 17 17:21:28 GMT 2020 Doesn't look like blowing off the O1 helped at all. It looked like I was able to blow some dust off it but not the ones causing the bullet holes. ___end___ KCOR COMMENT BY waters: Fri Jul 17 17:22:29 GMT 2020 Going to inspect the field lens as there may be something on it. ___end___ Fri Jul 17 17:23:31 GMT 2020 KCOR End Patrol Fri Jul 17 17:23:42 GMT 2020 KCOR End Patrol Fri Jul 17 17:27:47 GMT 2020 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Jul 17 17:30:06 GMT 2020 PM Blew off Kcor Field Lens got rid of the two goobers in the East and Southwest. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Jul 17 17:31:55 GMT 2020 Sky is getting a little bright, pushing through it. ___end___ Fri Jul 17 17:32:35 GMT 2020 KCOR End Patrol Fri Jul 17 17:32:48 GMT 2020 KCOR End Patrol Fri Jul 17 17:35:38 GMT 2020 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Jul 17 17:56:09 GMT 2020 Passing cirrus, pushing through it. ___end___ Fri Jul 17 18:19:11 GMT 2020 KCOR End Patrol Fri Jul 17 18:19:19 GMT 2020 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Jul 17 18:19:56 GMT 2020 Cirrus crossing, Kcor stopped. ___end___ Fri Jul 17 18:32:39 GMT 2020 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Fri Jul 17 18:34:48 GMT 2020 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Fri Jul 17 19:07:01 GMT 2020 KCOR End Patrol Fri Jul 17 19:07:12 GMT 2020 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Jul 17 19:07:49 GMT 2020 Starting to get a bit too bright, Kcor stopped for now. ___end___ Fri Jul 17 19:21:30 GMT 2020 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Fri Jul 17 19:23:40 GMT 2020 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Fri Jul 17 19:35:33 GMT 2020 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Jul 17 19:35:55 GMT 2020 Cirrus crossing again, Kcor stopped ___end___ Fri Jul 17 19:46:15 GMT 2020 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Fri Jul 17 19:48:25 GMT 2020 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Fri Jul 17 19:57:42 GMT 2020 KCOR End Patrol Fri Jul 17 19:57:42 GMT 2020 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20171025.ini Fri Jul 17 20:12:52 GMT 2020 KCOR End Calibration Script Fri Jul 17 20:13:09 GMT 2020 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Fri Jul 17 20:13:09 GMT 2020 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Fri Jul 17 20:18:15 GMT 2020 KCOR End Patrol Fri Jul 17 20:18:29 GMT 2020 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Jul 17 20:19:05 GMT 2020 Cirrus again, Kcor idled. ___end___ Fri Jul 17 20:20:32 GMT 2020 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Fri Jul 17 20:21:06 GMT 2020 KCOR End Patrol Fri Jul 17 20:21:16 GMT 2020 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Fri Jul 17 21:15:09 GMT 2020 Clouds have come in from Saddle and some look a little dark, closing the dome just in case. ___end___ GPS COMMENT by MLSO: Fri Jul 17 21:45:08 GMT 2020 Successfully logged in to system Good disk mount GPS software running Last 5 GPS data files are: /mnt/usb/dataoutiq_2020_194_2149.bin 2147483647 /mnt/usb/dataoutiq_2020_195_2149.bin 2147483647 /mnt/usb/dataoutiq_2020_196_2149.bin 2147483647 /mnt/usb/dataoutiq_2020_197_2149.bin 2147483647 /mnt/usb/dataoutiq_2020_198_2149.bin 2147483647 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sat Jul 18 01:15:35 GMT 2020 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sat Jul 18 01:20:22 GMT 2020 Was able to get some data in between bands of cirrus but clouds coming up just before noon prevented any afternoon data. ___end___ ONSITE STAFF: waters