----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed Aug 31 15:54:33 GMT 2022 Year: 22 Doy: 243 Observer: lisapg WEATHER COMMENT: lisapg: Wed Aug 31 16:55:45 GMT 2022 Temp 44F with wind speed at about 3-8mph from the Southwest. Sky looks clear ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Aug 31 16:55:49 GMT 2022 PM Blew off Kcor O1 ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Aug 31 16:55:52 GMT 2022 PM Blew off UCoMP O1 ___end___ Wed Aug 31 16:59:16 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelength_coronal_flat.cbk line 0 KCOR COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Aug 31 17:05:10 GMT 2022 Did an inspection of the back end of KCor to see if there was anything obstructing the path of light that would produce the shadowing that was seen on August 28. Looked from the occulter down and as low as I could looking up through the occulter. Nothing caught my eye but it is hard to get a clear view in some of the tighter spots. ___end___ KCOR COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Aug 31 17:07:06 GMT 2022 Kcor ePUD Down and Up # 1 had red LEDs when I came in. Did an inspection of the ePUDs and they were fine. I power cycled the MC4U controller and they came back up green. ___end___ Wed Aug 31 17:08:50 GMT 2022 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Wed Aug 31 17:10:11 GMT 2022 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Wed Aug 31 17:20:51 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelength_coronal_flat.cbk line 15 Wed Aug 31 17:20:52 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelength_coronal.cbk line 0 GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Aug 31 17:30:36 GMT 2022 PM Blew off Kcor Field Lens ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Aug 31 17:37:19 GMT 2022 Observatory was very warm when I entered. Have the sliding doors opened and two of the observatory doors open to vent it out. ___end___ Wed Aug 31 17:59:13 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelength_coronal.cbk line 0 Wed Aug 31 18:37:14 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelength_coronal.cbk line 0 Wed Aug 31 19:15:18 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelength_coronal_flat.cbk line 0 GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Aug 31 19:15:24 GMT 2022 Holding off on Kcor calibrations as there is movement in the Southwest of the Sun ___end___ Wed Aug 31 19:35:53 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook waves_1074_1hour.cbk line 0 GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Aug 31 19:49:08 GMT 2022 With the light wind, aerosols are starting to get a bit heavy. ___end___ Wed Aug 31 20:46:20 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook dark_80ms_2beam_16sums_BOTH.cbk line 0 Wed Aug 31 20:47:37 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook 637_Pol_Calibrate.cbk line 0 Wed Aug 31 20:51:42 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook 706_Pol_Calibrate.cbk line 0 Wed Aug 31 20:55:45 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook 789_Pol_Calibrate.cbk line 0 Wed Aug 31 20:59:59 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook 1074_Pol_Calibrate.cbk line 0 Wed Aug 31 21:04:07 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook 1079_Pol_Calibrate.cbk line 0 Wed Aug 31 21:08:11 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelength_coronal.cbk line 0 Wed Aug 31 21:46:42 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelength_coronal_flat.cbk line 0 Wed Aug 31 22:07:27 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelength_coronal.cbk line 0 Wed Aug 31 22:45:48 GMT 2022 Running UCOMP Cookbook all_wavelength_coronal.cbk line 0 GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Aug 31 23:00:04 GMT 2022 Sky getting bright ___end___ Wed Aug 31 23:03:06 GMT 2022 KCOR End Patrol Wed Aug 31 23:03:08 GMT 2022 KCOR End Patrol Wed Aug 31 23:03:16 GMT 2022 UCoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Aug 31 23:02:52 GMT 2022 Sky too bright, instruments idled for now ___end___ Wed Aug 31 23:05:33 GMT 2022 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Wed Aug 31 23:05:35 GMT 2022 UCoMP Restarted from pause Wed Aug 31 23:10:08 GMT 2022 UCoMP Paused for clouds Wed Aug 31 23:10:11 GMT 2022 KCOR End Patrol Wed Aug 31 23:10:13 GMT 2022 KCOR End Patrol Wed Aug 31 23:13:49 GMT 2022 UCoMP Restarted from pause GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Aug 31 23:13:52 GMT 2022 RA lost guiding; went to about 1500 arcseconds before it found itself again. It didn't hit anything and there was nothing tight cable wise, so I'm not sure what happened ___end___ Wed Aug 31 23:14:31 GMT 2022 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Wed Aug 31 23:18:21 GMT 2022 KCOR End Patrol Wed Aug 31 23:18:23 GMT 2022 UCoMP Paused for clouds Wed Aug 31 23:18:34 GMT 2022 KCOR End Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Aug 31 23:18:11 GMT 2022 RA losing guiding again. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Aug 31 23:22:19 GMT 2022 RA seems to be oscillating and then getting completely lost and shooting up to 2000 arcseconds before coming back to oscillate again and then repeating. ___end___ Wed Aug 31 23:32:16 GMT 2022 UCoMP Restarted from pause Wed Aug 31 23:33:08 GMT 2022 UCoMP Paused for clouds GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Aug 31 23:51:30 GMT 2022 Sky is too bright to take data at present. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Aug 31 23:57:10 GMT 2022 A 5 lb weight was attached to the center of the spar balancing system with the longer end pointing North. It seems to have stabilized the RA with the covers in beam for Kcor and Ucomp but I have not been able to test it yet with the covers out since the sky is too bright at present. I will leave the 5 lb weight on the sbs. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Thu Sep 01 00:17:06 GMT 2022 RA lost guiding again. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Thu Sep 01 00:24:27 GMT 2022 It came back on its own ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Thu Sep 01 01:43:30 GMT 2022 Going to remove the 5 lb weight I added as the RA has been running away again. It most likely is a case where the RA needs to be tightened a bit but I am unable to do it. ___end___ Thu Sep 01 01:54:49 GMT 2022 UCoMP Restarted from pause GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Thu Sep 01 02:00:11 GMT 2022 Aerosols showed up early and got heavy before noon. Unfortunately, the sky has been too bright to take data this afternoon. ___end___ ONSITE STAFF: lisapg