----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat Jul 30 16:48:59 GMT 2022 Year: 22 Doy: 211 Observer: mcotter WEATHER COMMENT: mcotter: Sat Jul 30 16:53:20 GMT 2022 Temp: 39.2f, Humidity: 65%, Pressure: 28.812in, Wind: 6mph from 179degs. Overcast skies with Cirrostratus and Altocumulus clouds scattered across the entire sky at various levels. Wet conditions at the science area with a very light wind from the south. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Jul 30 16:53:52 GMT 2022 Keeping the dome closed at this time due to poor weather conditions and cloudy skies. ___end___ Sat Jul 30 19:02:11 GMT 2022 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Sat Jul 30 19:03:08 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelength_coronal_flat.cbk line 0 Sat Jul 30 19:05:14 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelength_coronal_flat.cbk line 2 WEATHER COMMENT: mcotter: Sat Jul 30 19:05:14 GMT 2022 There are still upper level clouds scattered across the southwest, west and northern parts of the sky but where the Sun is currently the clouds have burned off and the sky, though bright, looks blue. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Jul 30 19:05:35 GMT 2022 The dome is now open. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Jul 30 19:05:42 GMT 2022 Opened windows upstairs ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Jul 30 19:05:47 GMT 2022 PM Blew off UCoMP O1 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Jul 30 19:05:53 GMT 2022 PM Blew off Kcor O1 ___end___ KCOR COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Jul 30 19:06:43 GMT 2022 Though the sky is bright the Kcor instrument is now observing. ___end___ UCoMP COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Jul 30 19:07:31 GMT 2022 Though the sky is bright the Ucomp instrument is now observing. ___end___ Sat Jul 30 19:24:44 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelength_coronal.cbk line 0 Sat Jul 30 20:01:13 GMT 2022 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20171025.ini Sat Jul 30 20:03:15 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelength_coronal.cbk line 0 Sat Jul 30 20:16:26 GMT 2022 KCOR End Calibration Script Sat Jul 30 20:41:29 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelength_coronal.cbk line 0 Sat Jul 30 21:19:51 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelength_coronal_flat.cbk line 0 Sat Jul 30 21:40:27 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook waves_1074_1hour.cbk line 0 ****CME Retraction BY mcotter**** : Sat Jul 30 22:27:43 GMT 2022 CME at The automated CME detection system reported a CME occurring at UT 22:03:25 at PA 125.5 deg. After a thorough look at the data a CME cannot be confirmed and it is more likely that the elevated aerosols in the images have triggered a false alert. ___end___ Sat Jul 30 22:28:24 GMT 2022 UCoMP Paused for clouds Sat Jul 30 22:31:59 GMT 2022 UCoMP Restarted from pause WEATHER COMMENT: mcotter: Sat Jul 30 22:32:07 GMT 2022 Cirrocumulus clouds have begun to pass through the viewing area. The instruments were briefly paused but are again observing. ___end___ Sat Jul 30 22:34:09 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook waves_1074_1hour.cbk line 90 Sat Jul 30 22:38:30 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook waves_1074_1hour.cbk line 96 Sat Jul 30 22:39:43 GMT 2022 UCoMP Paused for clouds WEATHER COMMENT: mcotter: Sat Jul 30 22:45:10 GMT 2022 Upper level clouds have again entered the viewing area and there is now a halo around the Sun. The instruments have been paused at this time due to poor sky conditions and clouds in the viewing area. Also, aerosols have increased dramatically in the last couple of hours. ___end___ Sat Jul 30 22:52:22 GMT 2022 UCoMP Restarted from pause GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Jul 30 22:52:32 GMT 2022 The instruments are again observing. ___end___ Sat Jul 30 22:55:39 GMT 2022 UCoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Jul 30 22:57:32 GMT 2022 The instruments are again paused due to poor sky conditions and clouds in the viewing area. ___end___ WEATHER COMMENT: mcotter: Sat Jul 30 23:14:50 GMT 2022 The sky is now completely covered in Cirrostratus and Cirrocumulus clouds, in all directions from horizon to horizon. ___end___ Sat Jul 30 23:40:01 GMT 2022 UCoMP Restarted from pause Sat Jul 30 23:46:09 GMT 2022 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Sat Jul 30 23:53:42 GMT 2022 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Sat Jul 30 23:57:10 GMT 2022 The sky continues to be too bright to observe. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Sun Jul 31 00:25:18 GMT 2022 Several attempts were made to observe but each time the sky quickly became bright and then clouds again formed in the viewing area. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY mcotter: Sun Jul 31 00:34:03 GMT 2022 The day started out with cloud coverage across almost the entire sky. Within an hour or so the clouds dissipated enough to run the instruments but the sky was very bright. By mid morning the sky brightness diminished and the images looked acceptable but aerosols were very prevalent in the images. Early in the afternoon the sky began to get bright again and then the clouds returned and covered most of the sky again. A few times I thought that maybe there were windows of sky to observe in, but when I attempted to observe with the instruments the sky was much too bright to observe. The sky continues to be too bright to observe with clouds continuing to form in the viewing area. ___end___ ONSITE STAFF: mcotter