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		Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log 
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	Sun Apr 27 16:50:45 GMT 2003
Year: 03  Doy: 117
Observer: koon
WEATHER COMMENT: Sun Apr 27 16:50:48 GMT 2003
Thick cirrostratus overcast, no wind, temp=38 F.
COMMENT: Sun Apr 27 16:51:26 GMT 2003
Will wait for clouds to clear before starting instruments.
Sun Apr 27 17:03:21 GMT 2003	CHIP	 Start Patrol
Sun Apr 27 17:03:34 GMT 2003	PICS 	 Start Patrol
WEATHER COMMENT: Sun Apr 27 17:03:21 GMT 2003
Clouds have thinned enough for spar to track, starting some instruments.
A NEW TAPE HAS BEEN PUT INTO KAIEE DLT DRIVE, Sun Apr 27 17:15:02 GMT 2003
MKIV COMMENT: Sun Apr 27 17:49:11 GMT 2003
Centered occulting.
Sun Apr 27 17:49:55 GMT 2003    MKIV    Start Patrol
Sun Apr 27 18:00:46 GMT 2003	CHIP	 LSD
Sun Apr 27 18:02:38 GMT 2003	CHIP	 End LSD
Sun Apr 27 18:02:53 GMT 2003	CHIP	 BiasLSD
Sun Apr 27 18:03:33 GMT 2003	PICS 	 Flat
Sun Apr 27 18:03:54 GMT 2003	CHIP	 End BiasLSD
Sun Apr 27 18:04:03 GMT 2003	CHIP	 Bias
Sun Apr 27 18:04:55 GMT 2003	CHIP	 End Bias
MKIV COMMENT: Sun Apr 27 18:04:56 GMT 2003
Pausing, sky is still too bright due to clouds.
Sun Apr 27 18:06:00 GMT 2003	PICS 	 End Flat
Sun Apr 27 18:07:54 GMT 2003    MKIV    End Patrol
Sun Apr 27 19:09:42 GMT 2003	CHIP	 End Patrol
WEATHER COMMENT: Sun Apr 27 19:10:01 GMT 2003
Clouds are too thick for spar to track sun, pausing instruments.
Sun Apr 27 19:11:46 GMT 2003	PICS 	 End Patrol
WEATHER COMMENT: Sun Apr 27 20:12:44 GMT 2003
Clouds have thickened and are reaching low enough to cause fog, closed domes.
WEATHER COMMENT: Mon Apr 28 00:16:57 GMT 2003
Still cloudy and foggy.
COMMENT: Mon Apr 28 02:03:28 GMT 2003
Tried to find ways to use a drill motor to crank down the bottom of the PSPT
slot, presently it can be closed that way.  I couldn't find a safe way to do
it, I would need to disable the ratchet latch that keeps the door from 
opening more - but that could cause problems with the top door pushing
against the bottom door (hard) if the bottom door didn't stayed closed 
after it was cranked shut.  With the ratchet in place it is poosible to 
easily force the gear into the ratchet because the clutch will tighten if the
crank shaft is driven in that loosening CCW direction, and if that happens it
will cause the handheld drill motor to possibly pry out of the users hand and
fall 8' to the ground or someones foot.  So the present setup it the safe way
to go, the door can be closed fast with the drill and that is what we need
in case of rain or hail, and opening the dome is fast if you grab the handle 
well and spin in hard a couple of times in the CCW direction.
Mon Apr 28 02:39:10 GMT 2003 
	MkIV	
 
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