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          Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log 
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       Tue May  2 16:11:33 GMT 2017
Year: 17  Doy: 122
Observer: waters
WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Tue May 02 16:14:28 GMT 2017
Temp: 37f with very little to no windspeed. There are a few bands of cirrus to the North and West of the Sun but otherwise the sky is clear. The board walk was a bit frosty and had to walk up on the lava.
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GONG COMMENT BY waters: Tue May 02 16:59:34 GMT 2017
Unstowed GONG turret.
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KCOR COMMENT BY waters: Tue May 02 17:01:25 GMT 2017
Restarted Kcor computer, focus.vi froze.
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Tue May 02 17:04:22 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete
Tue May 02 17:03:45 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered
Tue May 02 17:05:15 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited
Tue May 02 17:05:14 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00010.cbk
Tue May 02 17:08:30 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Tue May 02 17:37:49 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol
Tue May 02 17:38:14 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds
GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Tue May 02 17:38:21 GMT 2017
Some cirrus crossing the Sun at the moment. Instruments idled
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GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Tue May 02 18:07:41 GMT 2017
The air pump we use to blow dust off wasn't working this morning. Allen did an inspection of it and found that one of the wires had been pulled from its contact. This most likely happened on Sunday when I was putting the tarps on the instrument. He was able to reattach it after a bit of soldering of the wire. It is now back in working order. 
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GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Tue May 02 20:05:13 GMT 2017
The clouds have rolled in. Hoping it will clear.
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GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Tue May 02 20:48:49 GMT 2017
Some fog forming just to the South of the observatory, closed the dome just in case.
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GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Tue May 02 23:31:25 GMT 2017
Let there be hail (tiny size)
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Wed May 03 01:20:56 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause
Wed May 03 01:20:56 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol
GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Wed May 03 01:29:03 GMT 2017
We had about thirty minutes of data today before the cirrus and then low clouds came up. Eventually fog and then hail/rain came in followed by the sound of thunder. Hopefully the weather for the rest of the week will give us a longer period of uninterrupted data.
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GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Wed May 03 01:30:02 GMT 2017

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