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Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log
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Tue Apr 07 17:33:53 GMT 2026
Year:26 Doy:097
Observer:  berkey
Weather COMMENT BY berkey: Tue Apr 07 17:34:52 GMT 2026
MLO Current Weather 
Timestamp (UTC): 2026-04-07 17:32:00
Temperature    : 39.77  deg F
Dew Point      : 28.33  deg F
Pressure       : 677.79 mbar
Wind Speed     : 2.46 mph
Wind Direction : 20.1  deg
Skies: patchy cirrus currently in a potential observing hole but the long term forecast for the day looks marginal.
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GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Tue Apr 07 17:34:56 GMT 2026
Dome open
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** KCOR PM berkey ** : Tue Apr 07 17:35:07 GMT 2026
Blew off Kcor O1
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Tue Apr 07 17:41:17 GMT 2026 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited
Tue Apr 07 17:46:39 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
** KCOR PROBLEM REPORTED BY berkey ** : Tue Apr 07 18:05:03 GMT 2026
Kcor metadata issue.  Data taken before 18:01:46 had the diffuser miss labeled as mid beam when it was physically out and should have been labeled out.
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Tue Apr 07 18:09:56 GMT 2026 KCOR End  Patrol
** KCOR PROBLEM REPORTED BY berkey ** : Tue Apr 07 18:11:50 GMT 2026
Kcor circular acquisition error  Kcor had a circular acqusition error at 17:55:11 data after that file had a bad modulation state.
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Tue Apr 07 18:16:50 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Tue Apr 07 19:47:28 GMT 2026 KCOR End  Patrol
Tue Apr 07 19:47:29 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20171025.ini
Tue Apr 07 20:02:22 GMT 2026 KCOR End Calibration Script
Tue Apr 07 20:02:39 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Tue Apr 07 20:02:40 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Tue Apr 07 20:19:52 GMT 2026 KCOR End  Patrol
Weather COMMENT BY berkey: Tue Apr 07 20:21:47 GMT 2026
MLO Current Weather 
Timestamp (UTC): 2026-04-07 20:17:00
Temperature    : 45.66  deg F
Dew Point      : 29.74  deg F
Pressure       : 678.85 mbar
Wind Speed     : 3.58 mph
Wind Direction : 55.5  deg
Skies: low passing clouds moving into the area
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** GENERAL PROBLEM REPORTED BY berkey ** : Tue Apr 07 21:26:48 GMT 2026
Internet down  Kcor dropped the VPN at 21:03:57 reconnecting.
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Weather COMMENT BY berkey: Tue Apr 07 22:17:33 GMT 2026
MLO Current Weather 
Timestamp (UTC): 2026-04-07 22:14:00
Temperature    : 55.15  deg F
Dew Point      : 26.74  deg F
Pressure       : 678.37 mbar
Wind Speed     : 16.55 mph
Wind Direction : 244.0  deg
Skies:  Clear above but clouds in almost all directions.  

Winds starting to build.
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GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Tue Apr 07 22:59:19 GMT 2026
Dome closed for nearby clouds.
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KCOR COMMENT BY KCOR: Tue Apr 07 23:57:31 GMT 2026
KCOR file transfer report
KCor created  1231 .bin files  
1228 .fts files  
  NOTICE ? 3 .bin file(s) with no matching .fts:
    20260407_181037_kcor.bin
    20260407_225311_kcor.bin
    20260407_225326_kcor.bin
  Remote site is complete ? no rsync required.

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Logger COMMENT BY berkey: Tue Apr 07 23:58:00 GMT 2026
Log closed
ONSITE STAFF: berkey
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