----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat Oct 16 16:48:38 GMT 2021 Year: 21 Doy: 289 Observer: mlso WEATHER COMMENT: mcotter: Sat Oct 16 17:02:20 GMT 2021 Temp: 38.8f, Humidity: 15%, Pressure: 28.755in, Wind: 13mph from 215degs, Skies:Clear skies overhead. Inversion layer visible on the horizon above Haleakala. Heavy rain and localized flooding in Hilo upto the beginning of the Saddle Valley. Fog and mist currently in the Saddle Valley to approximately 7000' elevation. Breezy at the science center with a steady cold wind blowing from the south-southwest. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Oct 16 17:02:27 GMT 2021 Opened windows upstairs ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Oct 16 17:02:34 GMT 2021 PM Blew off Kcor O1 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Oct 16 17:02:40 GMT 2021 PM Blew off UCoMP O1 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Oct 16 17:03:05 GMT 2021 Blew off the guider 01. ___end___ Sat Oct 16 17:18:24 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook dark_80ms_2beam_16sums_BOTH.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 16 17:19:41 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook 637_Scan.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 16 17:22:05 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook 656_Scan.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 16 17:23:10 GMT 2021 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Sat Oct 16 17:24:06 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook 789_Scan.cbk line 0 UCoMP COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Oct 16 17:25:10 GMT 2021 Ucomp up and running. ___end___ Sat Oct 16 17:26:08 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook 1074_Scan.cbk line 0 KCOR COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Oct 16 17:26:46 GMT 2021 Kcor now running. SGS offsets: X(RA): -110, Y(Dec): 60. Polarization checked good: Mid, Bright, Dark, Mid. ___end___ Sat Oct 16 17:28:12 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook 1079_Scan.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 16 17:30:12 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook 1083_Scan.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 16 17:32:13 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelenght_coronal_flat.cbk line 0 KCOR COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Oct 16 17:38:25 GMT 2021 Lots of aerosols visible in the focus routine. Unable to obtain a decently shaped parabola even after several attempts. I started the Kcor Stand Alone Image Acquisition program with a focus position of 132.82. ___end___ Sat Oct 16 17:57:21 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelenght_coronal.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 16 18:36:16 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelenght_coronal.cbk line 22 Sat Oct 16 19:07:21 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook dark_80ms_2beam_16sums_BOTH.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 16 19:08:38 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook 637_Pol_Calibrate.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 16 19:13:18 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook 656_Pol_Calibrate.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 16 19:17:34 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook 789_Pol_Calibrate.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 16 19:22:01 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook 1074_Pol_Calibrate.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 16 19:26:29 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook 1079_Pol_Calibrate.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 16 19:30:54 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook 1083_Pol_Calibrate.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 16 19:35:10 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook waves_1074_1hour.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 16 19:40:41 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook waves_1074_1hour.cbk line 11 Sat Oct 16 20:32:04 GMT 2021 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20171025.ini Sat Oct 16 20:33:02 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook dark_200_1sums_80ms.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 16 20:38:01 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelenght_coronal_flat.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 16 20:47:18 GMT 2021 KCOR End Calibration Script Sat Oct 16 21:03:28 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelenght_coronal.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 16 21:45:09 GMT 2021 UCoMP Paused for clouds WEATHER COMMENT: mcotter: Sat Oct 16 22:43:31 GMT 2021 Temp: 48.0f, Humidity: 64%, Pressure: 28.738in, Wind: 8mph from 270degs, Skies: Clouds started forming above the observatory at approximately 11:45 am HST and the skies became quite bright with aerosols. ___end___ KCOR COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Oct 16 22:44:05 GMT 2021 Kcor has been stopped because of clouds in the viewing area. ___end___ UCoMP COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Oct 16 22:44:39 GMT 2021 Ucomp has been paused because of clouds in the viewing area. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Oct 16 22:45:53 GMT 2021 I tried putting the instruments back into viewing mode, but the sky is entirely too bright with aerosols. ___end___ WEATHER COMMENT: mcotter: Sat Oct 16 23:03:50 GMT 2021 Steady wind, with gusts, blowing from the west-northwest. Clouds are increasing with Orthographic clouds blowing up the western slope of Maunaloa. Clouds are increasing to the east and to the north in the Saddle Valley. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Oct 16 23:05:02 GMT 2021 The dome is now closed due to an increase in clouds over the observatory and the possibility of precipitation. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Sun Oct 17 01:24:12 GMT 2021 Fabricated new mounts for the spar alignment targets and remounted the targets to the spar. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Sun Oct 17 01:46:27 GMT 2021 The day started out a little bright but the instruments were able to collect data until approximately 11:45am HST when clouds came in and obscured the viewing. After that there were breaks in the clouds periodically, but the sky remained entirely too bright to take data. ___end___ ONSITE STAFF: mcotter