----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tue Feb 1 17:42:42 GMT 2022 Year: 22 Doy: 032 Observer: mcotter WEATHER COMMENT: mcotter: Tue Feb 01 17:46:41 GMT 2022 Temp: 37.8f, Humidity: 11%, Pressure: 28.683in, Wind: 9mph from 117degs, Skies: Scattered clouds at multiple levels across the entire sky. inversion layer visible on the horizon below Haleakala. Cold with steady winds out of the southeast. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Tue Feb 01 17:54:17 GMT 2022 PM Blew off Kcor O1 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Tue Feb 01 17:54:28 GMT 2022 PM Blew off UCoMP O1 ___end___ Tue Feb 01 18:02:11 GMT 2022 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited KCOR COMMENT BY mcotter: Tue Feb 01 18:05:08 GMT 2022 Tried starting Kcor but the sky is much too bright to run the focus routine. ___end___ UCoMP COMMENT BY mcotter: Tue Feb 01 18:06:01 GMT 2022 Started Ucomp instrument but left it in a pause state unitl the sky conditions improve. ___end___ Tue Feb 01 18:37:17 GMT 2022 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited KCOR COMMENT BY mcotter: Tue Feb 01 18:41:18 GMT 2022 The sky continues to be quite bright but I was able to run the Kcor focus routine and get a decently shaped parabola. When the synoptic view came up the images fairly decent. ___end___ KCOR COMMENT BY mcotter: Tue Feb 01 18:43:17 GMT 2022 Kcor now running. SGS offsets: X (RA): 64, Y (Dec): 12. Polarization checks good: Mid, Bright, Dark, Mid. ___end___ Tue Feb 01 18:43:25 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook dark_80ms_2beam_16sums_BOTH.cbk line 0 Tue Feb 01 19:04:35 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook dark_80ms_2beam_16sums_BOTH.cbk line 0 Tue Feb 01 19:04:41 GMT 2022 UCoMP Paused for clouds **UCoMP PROBLEM COMMENT BY mcotter** : Tue Feb 01 19:05:23 GMT 2022 When I tried starting the Ucomp instrument program it hung up and would not do anything. I restarted the program and it appears to have started up normally. ___end___ Tue Feb 01 19:06:03 GMT 2022 UCoMP Restarted from pause Tue Feb 01 19:07:08 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook 637_Scan.cbk line 0 GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Tue Feb 01 19:08:37 GMT 2022 The sky is getting bright and high altitude Cirrus is beginning to form in various areas of the sky. ___end___ Tue Feb 01 19:09:18 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook 656_Scan.cbk line 0 GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Tue Feb 01 19:10:16 GMT 2022 I have been using the auto generated SGS Offset numbers that Ben posted within a GUI on the SGS control screen and so far the numbers look good. ___end___ Tue Feb 01 19:11:08 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook 789_Scan.cbk line 0 Tue Feb 01 19:12:57 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook 1074_Scan.cbk line 0 Tue Feb 01 19:14:46 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook 1079_Scan.cbk line 0 Tue Feb 01 19:16:36 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelenght_coronal_flat.cbk line 0 Tue Feb 01 19:16:49 GMT 2022 UCoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Tue Feb 01 19:18:00 GMT 2022 Kcor and Ucomp both paused due to sky conditions. ___end___ Tue Feb 01 19:50:29 GMT 2022 UCoMP Restarted from pause GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Tue Feb 01 19:52:02 GMT 2022 Kcor and Ucomp again running. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Tue Feb 01 19:54:14 GMT 2022 The SGS offsets that are currently displayed on the GUI is as follows: X: 56, Y: 19 The actual numbers are as follows: X: 47, Y: 23. ___end___ Tue Feb 01 19:57:04 GMT 2022 UCoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Tue Feb 01 19:59:06 GMT 2022 Kcor and Ucomp are again paused due to sky conditions. ___end___ Tue Feb 01 21:00:52 GMT 2022 UCoMP Restarted from pause GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Tue Feb 01 21:01:38 GMT 2022 Instruments back on sky. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Tue Feb 01 21:03:26 GMT 2022 The SGS offsets are X: 44.34 , Y: 31.92 on the GUI. Actual offsets: X: 28 , Y: 38. ___end___ Tue Feb 01 21:04:08 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelenght_coronal_flat.cbk line 9 **UCoMP PROBLEM COMMENT BY mcotter** : Tue Feb 01 21:07:51 GMT 2022 The LED's that are located on the bottom of the Ucomp-controller GUI are not all illuminated; the ILX and 01 LED's are off. Aside from the LED's not being illuminated the Ucomp-controller program and instrument appear to be operating normally. ___end___ Tue Feb 01 21:13:34 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelenght_coronal.cbk line 0 Tue Feb 01 21:25:28 GMT 2022 UCoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Tue Feb 01 21:26:36 GMT 2022 Kcor and Ucomp are again paused due to sky conditions. ___end___ Tue Feb 01 21:43:35 GMT 2022 UCoMP Restarted from pause GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Tue Feb 01 21:44:26 GMT 2022 Instruments are again on sky. ___end___ Tue Feb 01 22:10:16 GMT 2022 UCoMP Paused for clouds Tue Feb 01 22:33:20 GMT 2022 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Tue Feb 01 22:36:42 GMT 2022 UCoMP Restarted from pause GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Tue Feb 01 22:39:18 GMT 2022 The "Move the ladder" warning GUI did not pop up and I forgot to move the ladder. I paused the instruments then moved the ladder. Afterwards I ran the Kcor focus routine again and verified the polarization was good. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Tue Feb 01 22:39:43 GMT 2022 Kcor and Ucomp are again on sky. ___end___ WEATHER COMMENT: mcotter: Tue Feb 01 22:44:20 GMT 2022 The sky has had scattered clouds across all areas of the sky from the start of the day. I have had to pause the instruments several times due to clouds in the field of view and because of occasional very bright conditions in the viewing area. The clouds have for the most part dissipated and the bright conditions earlier observed have receded as well. ___end___ WEATHER COMMENT: mcotter: Wed Feb 02 00:26:26 GMT 2022 Orthographic clouds are moving up the western slope of Maunaloa, but so far are staying just to the west of the observing area. ___end___ ****Possible CME in Progress mcotter**** : Wed Feb 02 00:30:34 GMT 2022 Observers report with medium confidence a CME seeing launching near PA 230 deg, with a minimum width of 10 deg, at UT time 23:50:01. ___end___ **GONG PROBLEM COMMENT BY mcotter** : Wed Feb 02 01:46:45 GMT 2022 The GONG GUI images appear to have a problem. The GONG Expert GUI is not displaying information and the GONG gongTool GUI is all in the red for "General", "Instrument" & "Data". I tried closing and reopening the GUI's but to no avail. I suspect that there is an issue from the GONG operations side. ___end___ GONG COMMENT BY mcotter: Wed Feb 02 01:57:44 GMT 2022 Sent email to GONG support reporting problem with GUI's. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Wed Feb 02 02:02:24 GMT 2022 Late in the day the dome auto advance controls don't control the dome movement properly. Turned off dome auto advance control and turned on manual advance. I aligned the dome on center with the spar. ___end___ Wed Feb 02 02:33:16 GMT 2022 UCoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Wed Feb 02 02:34:00 GMT 2022 Kcor and Ucomp are both paused due to sky conditions. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Wed Feb 02 02:41:10 GMT 2022 Emptied control room trash receptacle. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Wed Feb 02 02:44:37 GMT 2022 Good day for observing, though there were plenty of clouds and bright spots to avoid. ___end___ ONSITE STAFF: