SST Observing Report: 08-July-2004

Summary: Windy in the morning but the wind died down before the
Sun could get high enough to have really good seeing. The wind
picked up and swung north after 1730 UT and we took many excellent
single images for about an hour. We observed AR 642 in the
afternoon.


Observers:  Tom Berger, Mats Lofdahl, Goran Scharmer.

Targets:    AR 642 at S7.5 E52.1.

Weather:    afternoon conditions T = 14C, h = 3%, W = 10 m/s
            from 50 deg.

Seeing:     poor in the morning, very good in the afternoon.

Optical setup:   Cameras 1,2, & 3 are synchronized with the Oslo
external shutter.

                 1. G-band 4305A
                 Andover 8A ANDV 6127 filter
                 Kodak Megaplus 4.2 Camera IX
                 Cadence 20 sec
                 1:1 magnification
                 23 ms exposures
                 0 dB gain
                 Master frame selection
                 Royac 16 computer

                 2. G-band continuum 4363A
                 Kodak Megaplus 4.2 Camera VIII
                 Cadence 20 sec
                 23 ms exposure
                 1:1 magnification
                 0 dB gain
                 Slave frame selection to G-band
                 Royac 17 computer

                 3. Ca II 3968A H-line
                 Barr 3A filter.
                 Kodak Megaplus 6.3i
                 Cadence 20 sec
                 1:1 magnification
                 23 ms exposure
                 0 dB gain
                 Royac 18 computer

                 4. SOUP Filter
                 Kodak Megaplus 1.6 Blue sensitive
                 2:3 demagnification
                 100 ms exposure in 6302, 150 in 5576 on AR642
                 80 ms ref exposure at new sunspot near disk
                 center.
                 0 dB gain
                 Royac 19 computer