----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon Apr 11 16:46:32 GMT 2022 Year: 22 Doy: 101 Observer: mlso WEATHER COMMENT: mcotter: Mon Apr 11 16:50:31 GMT 2022 Temp: 37.3f, Humidity: 69%, Pressure: 28.776in, Wind: 6mph from 194degs, Skies: Large bands of Altocumulus clouds stretching across the entire sky, with streaks of high altitude Cirrus clouds visible through the breaks above them. Little to no wind. Pleasant and not too cold at the science center. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Mon Apr 11 16:51:47 GMT 2022 The dome has been left closed at this time due to overcast sky conditions. ___end___ UCoMP COMMENT BY mcotter: Mon Apr 11 17:27:28 GMT 2022 O1#2 mounted in it lens cell and installed in the telescope for focus testing once the skies clear up. O1#1 downstaris for rinsing. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Mon Apr 11 17:59:34 GMT 2022 PM Blew off Kcor O1 ___end___ Mon Apr 11 18:05:14 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook find_focus.cbk line 0 UCoMP COMMENT BY mcotter: Mon Apr 11 18:07:31 GMT 2022 Conditions remain marginal with passing cirrus. Hoping to get at least 1 maybe 2 good ucomp find focus passes in before the skies get good enough for coronal observations. ___end___ Mon Apr 11 18:29:19 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook find_focus.cbk line 0 UCoMP COMMENT BY mcotter: Mon Apr 11 19:08:17 GMT 2022 Restar cookbook at 18:29, because I forgot to remove the cover and occulter from the beam. Data before that point will not have a solar image. ___end___ Mon Apr 11 19:32:04 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook find_focus.cbk line 0 Mon Apr 11 19:39:02 GMT 2022 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Mon Apr 11 19:43:42 GMT 2022 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Mon Apr 11 19:58:35 GMT 2022 KCOR End Patrol UCoMP COMMENT BY mcotter: Mon Apr 11 21:04:40 GMT 2022 UCoMP O1#1 reinstalled in the telescope. (#2 back down stairs in the flow bench). ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Mon Apr 11 21:04:44 GMT 2022 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Mon Apr 11 21:06:59 GMT 2022 Now running the guider in the experimental 21Hz zeropoint update mode. This code was perviously tested for 20 minutes on April 7th. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Mon Apr 11 22:29:06 GMT 2022 Dome closed for clouds. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Mon Apr 11 22:29:07 GMT 2022 ___end___ UCoMP COMMENT BY mcotter: Mon Apr 11 22:46:19 GMT 2022 Installed yepkit mini usb relay on between the star tech hub and filter wheel usb cable. If the filter wheel gets stuck again we an attempt to power cycled it instead of unplugging it. There is a script on the ucomp desktop called "reconnect filter wheel.bat" that should be run if the filter wheel is not moving to attempt to get it going again. ___end___ Mon Apr 11 22:54:39 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook waves_1074_1hour.cbk line 0 GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Tue Apr 12 03:19:21 GMT 2022 The day was mostly overcast with very brief periods where short breaks in the clouds occurred, but for the majority of the day little to no data was taken due to adverse sky conditions. ___end___ ONSITE STAFF: berkey, mcotter