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          Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log 
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       Sat Oct 14 16:21:27 GMT 2017
Year: 17  Doy: 287
Observer: waters
WEATHER COMMENT: waters: Sat Oct 14 16:34:56 GMT 2017
Temp 39F with windspeed at about 3-8mpg from the Southwest. Vog is about 12,000ft + today. Otherwise the sky is clear.
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Sat Oct 14 17:13:45 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete
Sat Oct 14 17:13:55 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered
Sat Oct 14 17:15:42 GMT 2017 COMP Start Patrol on cookbook: synoptic-00010.cbk
Sat Oct 14 17:16:41 GMT 2017 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited
GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sat Oct 14 17:17:36 GMT 2017
PM Blew off Kcor O1
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GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sat Oct 14 17:17:40 GMT 2017
PM Blew off CoMP O1
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Sat Oct 14 17:20:58 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Sat Oct 14 19:04:42 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol
Sat Oct 14 19:04:44 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20150323.ini
Sat Oct 14 19:20:04 GMT 2017 KCOR End Calibration Script
Sat Oct 14 19:20:22 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Sat Oct 14 19:20:23 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Sat Oct 14 19:57:25 GMT 2017 COMP End Patrol
Sat Oct 14 19:58:41 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol
Sat Oct 14 19:59:36 GMT 2017 SGS Alignment complete
Sat Oct 14 19:59:41 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Sat Oct 14 19:59:29 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered
**CoMP PROBLEM COMMENT BY stueben** : Sat Oct 14 20:00:05 GMT 2017
I ordered a new fan to replace the bad one in the esp3000. The new fan should arrive in about a week.
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Sat Oct 14 20:04:40 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered
Sat Oct 14 20:09:03 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol
GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sat Oct 14 20:09:21 GMT 2017
Sky is getting bright, Kcor idled.
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CoMP COMMENT BY waters: Sat Oct 14 20:11:40 GMT 2017
Did a refocus of the lens on CoMP after its cookbook but the curve we got wasn't a nice guessian. Retried several times and shut down the .vi but it didn't help. Hopefully it's just the passing thin cirrus that is causing the problem. Idled for now.
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Sat Oct 14 20:11:41 GMT 2017 CoMP occulter has been re-centered
Sat Oct 14 20:36:03 GMT 2017 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Sat Oct 14 20:36:50 GMT 2017 KCOR End Patrol
GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sat Oct 14 20:36:36 GMT 2017
Sucker hole, instruments idled.
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GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sat Oct 14 20:39:52 GMT 2017
Restarting Kcor computer because the MC4U gui is taking a while to respond when any of the buttons are pushed.
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GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sat Oct 14 20:53:46 GMT 2017
Clouds are looking a bit dark; closing the dome just in case.
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GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sat Oct 14 22:45:27 GMT 2017
In passing fog for now.
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GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sun Oct 15 02:55:01 GMT 2017
Did some sweeping in the dome and the control room.
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GENERAL COMMENT BY waters: Sun Oct 15 02:58:34 GMT 2017
Day started off clear, with a few aerosols due to thte low wind. Then around 10-1030 am HST, some thin cirrus came up and then lower clouds rolled in.When the clouds did finally part, cirrus was left on the blue sky. Hopefully the conditions will be much better tomorrow to take data.
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