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Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log
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Wed Jun 17 15:59:09 GMT 2026
Year:26 Doy:168
Observer: lisapg
Weather COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Jun 17 16:16:11 GMT 2026
MLO Current Weather 
Timestamp (UTC): 2026-06-17 16:11:00
Temperature    : 46.53  deg F
Dew Point      : 14.4  deg F
Pressure       : 679.79 mbar
Wind Speed     : 5.37 mph
Wind Direction : 150.2  deg
Skies: Sky clear above the observatory but clouds are at about 11,000 ft in Saddle and towards the horizon. Will keep an eye on things as we open up.
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GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Jun 17 16:39:32 GMT 2026
Dome open
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** KCOR PM lisapg ** : Wed Jun 17 16:39:36 GMT 2026
Blew off Kcor O1
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KCOR COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Jun 17 16:49:35 GMT 2026
The problem that Marc was running into yesterday with the light leak in KCor was due to the fact that the value for the KCor alignment value had reset to 80 as we had not saved the value to be 5. This value can be found toward the bottom right hand corner of the KCor Synoptic Acquisition GUI and is labeled Pointing Avgs. This value has been changed back to 5 and saved before starting observations, so we should be good to go.
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KCOR COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Jun 17 16:50:01 GMT 2026
Kcor above dome
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Wed Jun 17 16:50:23 GMT 2026 SGS Alignment complete
Wed Jun 17 16:51:50 GMT 2026 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited
Wed Jun 17 16:53:25 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Wed Jun 17 19:03:44 GMT 2026 KCOR End  Patrol
Wed Jun 17 19:03:45 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20171025.ini
Weather COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Jun 17 19:14:46 GMT 2026
MLO Current Weather 
Timestamp (UTC): 2026-06-17 19:08:00
Temperature    : 55.15  deg F
Dew Point      : 40.79  deg F
Pressure       : 680.85 mbar
Wind Speed     : 6.49 mph
Wind Direction : 326.4  deg
Skies: Clouds are starting to pop up from Saddle, keeping a close eye on things
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Wed Jun 17 19:18:59 GMT 2026 KCOR End Calibration Script
Wed Jun 17 19:19:16 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Wed Jun 17 19:19:17 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Wed Jun 17 19:27:42 GMT 2026 KCOR End  Patrol
Wed Jun 17 19:27:53 GMT 2026 KCOR End  Patrol
Wed Jun 17 19:29:05 GMT 2026 Report Time: 19:28:41 UTC
Image: 20260617_171604_kcor_l2_nrgf.gif
Obs time: 17:16:04

CME Speed: moderate
CME Brightness: faint
Confidence: medium
Seen in: nrgf
Observer Comment: Faint, slow outflow from the West.


Weather COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Jun 17 19:30:56 GMT 2026
MLO Current Weather 
Skies: Clouds crossing, KCor stopped for now.
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KCOR COMMENT BY KCOR: Wed Jun 17 19:46:45 GMT 2026
KCOR file transfer report
KCor created  625 .bin files  
624 .fts files  
  NOTICE ? 1 .bin file(s) with no matching .fts:
    20260617_193005_kcor.bin
  Remote site is complete ? no rsync required.

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GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Jun 17 19:49:05 GMT 2026
KCor computer shut down for clouds and to save battery.
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Weather COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Jun 17 20:01:44 GMT 2026
MLO Current Weather 
Skies: Fog coming in, dome closed.
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GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Jun 17 20:01:48 GMT 2026
Dome closed
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GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Jun 17 22:00:31 GMT 2026
Unfortunately, clouds, rain and fog came in. Hopefully tomorrow is a better day.
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Logger COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Jun 17 22:00:35 GMT 2026
Log closed
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