TITLE: 10/26 Day Shift: 15:00-23:00 UTC (08:00-16:00 PST), all times posted in UTC
STATE of H1: Observing at 163Mpc
INCOMING OPERATOR: Tony
SHIFT SUMMARY: Earlier lockloss due to earthquake, then we needed to do an Initial Alignment before being able to lock agian. Currently inn Observing and have been Locked for 4.5hours.
LOG:
15:00UTC Detector Locked for 2.5hours
16:20 Earthquake mode activated due to local earthquake
16:25 Earthquake incoming from Japan
16:38 Lockloss due to earthquake
- Holding in DOWN for ~10mins
16:53 Started relocking
17:21 Took us to DOWN to start an initial alignment
- While I was waiting for PREP_FOR_LOCKING to complete, IMC kept going between OFFLINE and FAULT
17:23 Started Initial Alignment
17:43 INITIAL_ALIGNMENT complete, started relocking
-At PREP_ASC_FOR_FULL_IFO got lots of IFO_OUT call-outs, similar to what Tony had noticed (73753)
18:29 Reached NOMINAL_LOW_NOISE
18:49 Observing
| Start Time | System | Name | Location | Lazer_Haz | Task | Time End |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:28 | FAC | Tyler, Randy, Eric | EX/EY | n | Chillers | 16:44 |
| 15:36 | FAC | Karen | OptLab,VacPrep | n | Tech clean | 16:00 |
| 16:13 | FAC | Karen | WS | n | Tech clean | 16:38 |
| 16:39 | VAC | Travis | LVEA | n | Checking ion pump | 16:47 |
| 18:21 | FAC | Cindi | MechRoom | n | Tech clean | 19:51 |
| 20:09 | VAC | Travis | MY | n | Looking for tools | 20:51 |
| 20:36 | EE | Fil | MY | n | Moving things to/from | 21:01 |