----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon Aug 17 15:34:14 GMT 2020 Year: 20 Doy: 230 Observer: lisapg WEATHER COMMENT: lisapg: Mon Aug 17 16:14:34 GMT 2020 Temp: 45.7f with windspeed at about 3-9mph from the South-Southwest. A band of cirrus to the North but otherwise the sky looks clear. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Mon Aug 17 16:24:45 GMT 2020 Opened windows upstairs ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Mon Aug 17 16:24:48 GMT 2020 PM Blew off Kcor O1 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Mon Aug 17 17:05:14 GMT 2020 Kcor over dome ___end___ Mon Aug 17 17:07:25 GMT 2020 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Mon Aug 17 17:09:29 GMT 2020 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Mon Aug 17 17:24:32 GMT 2020 KCOR End Patrol Mon Aug 17 17:24:35 GMT 2020 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Mon Aug 17 17:26:02 GMT 2020 Kcor NRGF images look odd, seeing large dark spots in the East and West limbs. Marc is inspecting the O1. ___end___ Mon Aug 17 17:30:05 GMT 2020 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Mon Aug 17 17:33:29 GMT 2020 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Mon Aug 17 17:35:09 GMT 2020 Blowing off the lens didn't help, however Marc noted there was a lot of dust and aerosols floating in front of the O1 and that the lens needs to be cleaned again. ___end___ Mon Aug 17 17:36:48 GMT 2020 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Mon Aug 17 17:38:00 GMT 2020 Restarting Kcor synoptic Acquistion GUI to double check that the polarization state started correctly. Started up correct, same at start up. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Mon Aug 17 17:52:57 GMT 2020 Going to take a look at the field lens to see if there is anything on it to be causing the spots. ___end___ Mon Aug 17 17:53:04 GMT 2020 KCOR End Patrol Mon Aug 17 17:53:12 GMT 2020 KCOR End Patrol Mon Aug 17 17:56:48 GMT 2020 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Mon Aug 17 18:01:31 GMT 2020 Didn't see anything out of the ordinary on the field lens. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Mon Aug 17 18:10:20 GMT 2020 Raw data looks okay, just the NRGFs' seems to look bad. ___end___ Mon Aug 17 19:20:27 GMT 2020 KCOR End Patrol Mon Aug 17 19:20:28 GMT 2020 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20171025.ini Mon Aug 17 19:35:42 GMT 2020 KCOR End Calibration Script Mon Aug 17 19:35:58 GMT 2020 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Mon Aug 17 19:35:58 GMT 2020 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Mon Aug 17 19:48:16 GMT 2020 Calibration finished and the NRGFs look good now! ___end___ GPS COMMENT by MLSO: Mon Aug 17 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_225_2145.bin 2147483647 /mnt/usb/dataoutiq_2020_226_2145.bin 2147483647 /mnt/usb/dataoutiq_2020_227_2145.bin 2147483647 /mnt/usb/dataoutiq_2020_228_2145.bin 2147483647 /mnt/usb/dataoutiq_2020_229_2145.bin 2147483647 ___end___ Tue Aug 18 02:23:02 GMT 2020 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Tue Aug 18 02:29:55 GMT 2020 Not too bad a day to take data; wind was low, so aerosols were a bit high as the day progressed and the sky was a little bright in the afternoon. Still, a nice day for data. ___end___ ONSITE STAFF: lisapg, mcotter