ryan.short@LIGO.ORG - posted 17:05, Thursday 12 March 2026 (89489)
Ops Day Shift Summary
TITLE: 03/12 Day Shift: 1430-2330 UTC (0730-1630 PST), all times posted in UTC
STATE of H1: Planned Engineering
INCOMING OPERATOR: Corey
SHIFT SUMMARY: More alignment work today to recover H1; see other alogs for more detailed accounts of the day, some of which will be posted after this one). This afternoon we are attempting to lock PRMI using the main locking steps in ISC_LOCK, which will give us a better sense of our overall IFO alignment. And it happened for just over a minute!
LOG:
| Start Time | System | Name | Location | Lazer_Haz | Task | Time End |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14:44 | FAC | Kim, Nellie | LVEA | N | Technical cleaning | 15:46 |
| 15:05 | FAC | Randy | LVEA | N | Walkabout | 15:30 |
| 15:21 | EE | Fil | LVEA | N | Cable dressing, equipment cleanup | 18:06 |
| 15:31 | AOS | Betsy, Randy | LVEA | N | Moving optics table | 16:03 |
| 15:57 | ISC | Sheila | LVEA | Local | Align ISCT1 REFL path | 17:00 |
| 16:09 | FAC | Kim, Nellie | LVEA | N | Technical cleaning | 17:04 |
| 16:16 | SEI | Jim | LVEA | N | Checking test stand | 16:28 |
| 16:34 | EE | Marc | LVEA | N | Cable dressing, equipment cleanup | 18:06 |
| 16:46 | SPI | Jeff | Optics Lab | Local | SPI characterization | 19:16 |
| 17:01 | SPI | Jim | Optics Lab | Local | SPI characterization | 19:16 |
| 17:20 | TCS | Sophie | Prep Lab | Local | CHETA table work | 19:16 |
| 17:26 | FAC | Randy | X-arm | N | Tumbleweed clearing | 17:50 |
| 17:52 | VAC | Travis | LVEA | N | Working on feedthru kits | 18:11 |
| 17:53 | ISC | Sheila | LVEA | Local | Align ISCT1 REFL | 18:31 |
| 18:22 | VAC | Travis | LVEA | N | Turn off HAM1 cleanroom | 18:25 |
| 18:23 | PEM | RyanC | CER | N | Looking at comtroller box | 18:37 |
| 18:32 | ISC | Sheila, Oli | LVEA | Local | ISCT1 REFL | 20:29 |
| 18:48 | VAC | Travis, Betsy | LVEA | N | Sorting parts kits (Betsy out @ 19:00) | 19:09 |
| 19:44 | SPI | Jeff | Optics Lab | Local | SPI characterization | 23:16 |
| 19:47 | AOS | Betsy | LVEA | Local | HAM1 viewport sighting | 19:56 |
| 19:58 | AOS | Jennie | Optics Lab | - | Looking for camera | 20:22 |
| 21:29 | ISC | Oli, Jennie | LVEA | Local | Checking beams on ISCT1 | 22:26 |
| 21:53 | PEM | RyanC | CER | N | Plugging in DMs to comtrol box | 22:36 |
| 21:57 | ISC | Sheila | LVEA | Local | Checking beams on ISCT1 | 22:26 |
| 22:02 | VAC | Travis | LVEA | N | Looking for parts | 22:15 |
| 22:51 | SEI | Jim | EY | N | Checking wind fence | 23:07 |
| 23:12 | TCS | Sophie | Prep Lab | Local | CHETA table work | 00:05 |