----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat Oct 30 17:03:58 GMT 2021 Year: 21 Doy: 303 Observer: mlso Sat Oct 30 17:31:06 GMT 2021 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited WEATHER COMMENT: mcotter: Sat Oct 30 17:36:47 GMT 2021 Temp: 41.3f, Humidity: 11%, Pressure: 28.714in, Wind: 7mph from 190degs, Skies: High altitude Cirrus prevalent across the eastern sky stretching into the southern sky. Inversion layer visible on the horizon just above Haleakala. Light but steady wind from the south. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Oct 30 17:36:54 GMT 2021 Opened windows upstairs ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Oct 30 17:37:04 GMT 2021 PM Blew off UCoMP O1 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Oct 30 17:37:11 GMT 2021 PM Blew off Kcor O1 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Oct 30 17:42:21 GMT 2021 Kcor instrument now running. The sky is bright but I was able to run the focus routine and obtain a somewhat decent parabola. The sky is bright with aerosols to the extent that I can see them in the Yawcam-Preview image, but the NRGF image does look good. SGS offsets: X(RA): 30, Y(Dec): 2. Polarization checked good: Mid, Bright, Dark, Mid. ___end___ Sat Oct 30 17:44:23 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook dark_80ms_2beam_16sums_BOTH.cbk line 0 UCoMP COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Oct 30 17:44:23 GMT 2021 Ucomp instrument now running. ___end___ Sat Oct 30 17:45:40 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook 637_Scan.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 30 17:47:48 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook 656_Scan.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 30 17:49:52 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook 789_Scan.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 30 17:51:41 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook 1074_Scan.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 30 17:53:45 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook 1079_Scan.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 30 17:55:35 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelenght_coronal_flat.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 30 18:14:02 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelenght_coronal.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 30 19:02:36 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelenght_coronal.cbk line 23 Sat Oct 30 19:06:19 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelenght_coronal.cbk line 24 Sat Oct 30 19:13:50 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelenght_coronal.cbk line 27 Sat Oct 30 19:27:43 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelenght_coronal.cbk line 30 Sat Oct 30 19:33:53 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook dark_80ms_2beam_16sums_BOTH.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 30 19:35:10 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook 637_Pol_Calibrate.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 30 19:39:53 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook 656_Pol_Calibrate.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 30 19:44:14 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook 789_Pol_Calibrate.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 30 19:48:19 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook 1074_Pol_Calibrate.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 30 19:52:25 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook 1079_Pol_Calibrate.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 30 19:56:49 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook waves_1074_1hour.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 30 20:37:18 GMT 2021 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20171025.ini Sat Oct 30 20:38:47 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook waves_1074_1hour.cbk line 72 Sat Oct 30 20:52:34 GMT 2021 KCOR End Calibration Script Sat Oct 30 21:11:55 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook dark_200_1sums_80ms.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 30 21:17:38 GMT 2021 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Sat Oct 30 21:19:18 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelenght_coronal_flat.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 30 21:21:53 GMT 2021 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Sat Oct 30 21:23:06 GMT 2021 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Oct 30 21:30:12 GMT 2021 The sky is getting a bit bright, though the Kcor Stand Alone Image looks reasonably good. ___end___ Sat Oct 30 21:37:55 GMT 2021 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelenght_coronal.cbk line 0 Sat Oct 30 22:07:54 GMT 2021 UCoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Oct 30 22:09:02 GMT 2021 The sky has continued to grow quite bright and it is now too bright to observe. Kcor is now stopped due to bright skies. Ucomp in now paused due to bright skies. ___end___ Sat Oct 30 23:40:39 GMT 2021 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Oct 30 23:52:50 GMT 2021 I tried starting the kcor instrument again but the sky is entirely too bright with aerosols to run the instruments. ___end___ ONSITE STAFF: mcotter