----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tue Feb 16 17:45:45 GMT 2021 Year: 21 Doy: 047 Observer: berkey ONSITE STAFF: berkey WEATHER COMMENT: berkey: Tue Feb 16 17:46:17 GMT 2021 Temp: 41.3f, Humidity: 27%, Pressure: 28.814in, Wind: 14mph from 160degs, Skies: clear with lenticular clouds over the mauna loa and mauna kea summits ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Tue Feb 16 17:59:19 GMT 2021 Opened windows upstairs ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Tue Feb 16 17:59:22 GMT 2021 PM Blew off Kcor O1 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Tue Feb 16 17:59:26 GMT 2021 PM Blew off Kcor Field Lens ___end___ Tue Feb 16 18:02:18 GMT 2021 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Tue Feb 16 18:03:54 GMT 2021 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Tue Feb 16 19:03:43 GMT 2021 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Tue Feb 16 19:19:53 GMT 2021 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Tue Feb 16 20:00:33 GMT 2021 KCOR End Patrol Tue Feb 16 20:00:34 GMT 2021 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20171025.ini Tue Feb 16 20:15:48 GMT 2021 KCOR End Calibration Script Tue Feb 16 20:16:05 GMT 2021 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Tue Feb 16 20:16:06 GMT 2021 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol KCOR COMMENT BY berkey: Tue Feb 16 20:45:15 GMT 2021 Stopping observations to wash/rinse the kcor O1 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Wed Feb 17 00:07:07 GMT 2021 PM Washed Kcor O1 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Wed Feb 17 00:07:14 GMT 2021 PM Washed Kcor Field Lens ___end___ UCoMP COMMENT BY berkey: Wed Feb 17 00:07:54 GMT 2021 Move the two UCoMP O1 limit switches to try and recover ~2-3 more mm of range in the focus travel, old range looked to be 59mm new range is 62.05mm. ___end___ Wed Feb 17 02:32:50 GMT 2021 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited UCoMP COMMENT BY berkey: Wed Feb 17 03:54:27 GMT 2021 Tried to align t-cam to the occulter in the 789 prefilter between passing clouds. Thought I had enough signal but found things too dim to find a better focus position running the focus. I think I ma near the original 1083 position but I didnt find a big enough gap in the clouds new best position. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Wed Feb 17 04:01:52 GMT 2021 Nice morning, some fog/clouds in the early afternoon with some t-storms, afternoon cleared enough for sucker holes. ___end___ ONSITE STAFF: berkey