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          Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log 
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       Fri May 19 15:44:06 GMT 2017
Year: 17  Doy: 139
Observer: waters
WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Fri May 19 16:04:30 GMT 2017
Temp 37F with windspeed at about 4-8mph from the South-Southeast. There's a broken band of cirrus to the North and the sky looks a little bright in the East but otherwise the sky is clear.
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Fri May 19 16:49:29 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered
Fri May 19 16:49:55 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete
Fri May 19 16:50:59 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited
Fri May 19 16:51:12 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00010.cbk
Fri May 19 16:56:03 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Fri May 19 18:29:23 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol
Fri May 19 18:29:25 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20150323.ini
Fri May 19 18:44:46 GMT 2017 KCOR End Calibration Script
Fri May 19 18:45:04 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Fri May 19 18:45:05 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Fri May 19 19:07:58 GMT 2017
Our internet seems to be down, it's in time with the scheduled testing of the ubiquiti back up link.
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Fri May 19 19:33:21 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol
Fri May 19 19:34:10 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete
Fri May 19 19:34:03 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Fri May 19 19:34:41 GMT 2017
CoMP occulter adjusted
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GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Fri May 19 19:50:01 GMT 2017
Internet is back up.
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GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Fri May 19 20:53:35 GMT 2017
Sky has been progressively getting brighter since this morning. keeping an eye on it.
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Fri May 19 21:07:08 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol
Fri May 19 21:07:09 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00010.cbk
Fri May 19 21:08:51 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol
Fri May 19 21:09:13 GMT 2017 CoMP Paused for clouds
GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Fri May 19 21:08:34 GMT 2017
Clouds have come up from Saddle, instruments idled for now.
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GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Fri May 19 22:27:07 GMT 2017
Valerie from NCAR and family came up for a tour of the facilities. It was fun and they had some really good questions. I'm glad they enjoyed the tour and hope they enjoy their stay on the island!
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GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Fri May 19 22:30:49 GMT 2017
Closed dome around 12:00 HST in case of fog, which we are currently in.
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Sat May 20 01:22:15 GMT 2017 CoMP Restarted from pause
Sat May 20 01:22:15 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol
GENERAL OBSERVATORY COMMENT BY waters: Sat May 20 01:27:47 GMT 2017
Been in and out of fog since about noon hst and whenever blue sky appeared, fog was around. Bright sky this morning but at least we got some data.
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