----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sat Jul 04 16:04:11 GMT 2026 Year:26 Doy:185 Observer: lisapg Weather COMMENT BY lisapg: Sat Jul 04 16:10:43 GMT 2026 MLO Current Weather Timestamp (UTC): 2026-07-04 16:02:00 Temperature : 46.94 deg F Dew Point : -0.72 deg F Pressure : 679.5 mbar Wind Speed : 8.5 mph Wind Direction : 225.2 deg Skies: Cirrus covering the sky at present, waiting for better conditions before starting up. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Sat Jul 04 16:45:06 GMT 2026 Dome open ___end___ ** KCOR PM lisapg ** : Sat Jul 04 16:45:11 GMT 2026 Blew off Kcor O1 ___end___ ** Guider/spar PROBLEM REPORTED BY lisapg ** : Sat Jul 04 16:45:57 GMT 2026 SGS computer didn't start properly this morning, had to do a hard reboot to get the computer up. ___end___ Sat Jul 04 17:00:22 GMT 2026 SGS Alignment complete Sat Jul 04 17:01:20 GMT 2026 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited Sat Jul 04 17:02:21 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Jul 04 17:11:25 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Sat Jul 04 17:11:34 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Weather COMMENT BY lisapg: Sat Jul 04 17:13:42 GMT 2026 MLO Current Weather Skies: Crossing a band of cirrus, KCor idled for now ___end___ Sat Jul 04 17:18:16 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Jul 04 17:19:37 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Sat Jul 04 17:19:40 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Sat Jul 04 17:22:13 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Sat Jul 04 17:28:08 GMT 2026 SGS zero point offset for the X/RA seems to be changing quite drastically this morning; it swung to -78 before going to -20, currently at -50 and climbing again. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Sat Jul 04 18:17:20 GMT 2026 SGS zero point offset for the X/RA seems to be stabilizing, its been staying below -50 but above -30. ___end___ Sat Jul 04 19:00:12 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Sat Jul 04 19:00:13 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20171025.ini Sat Jul 04 19:06:44 GMT 2026 KCOR ABORT Calibration Script KCOR COMMENT BY lisapg: Sat Jul 04 19:07:00 GMT 2026 scattered cirrus crossing, kcor calibration aborted for now. ___end___ Sat Jul 04 19:07:01 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Jul 04 19:07:02 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Jul 04 19:14:21 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Sat Jul 04 19:14:22 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20171025.ini Sat Jul 04 19:29:13 GMT 2026 KCOR End Calibration Script Sat Jul 04 19:29:30 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Jul 04 19:29:31 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Sat Jul 04 19:42:24 GMT 2026 Pushing through some passing cirrus ___end___ Sat Jul 04 19:46:57 GMT 2026 Report Time: 19:46:46 UTC Image: 20260704_194009_kcor_l2_nrgf.gif Obs time: 19:40:09 CME Front Height: 1.54 Rs (front) CME Front Angle: 255.6 East Wing Angle: 250.5 West Wing Angle: 263.9 Angular Width: 13.4 CME Speed: moderate CME Brightness: moderate Confidence: medium Seen in: nrgf Observer Comment: Possible cme can be seen in the W-SW. Seems to have started towards the end of the KCor calibration Sat Jul 04 19:51:11 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Sat Jul 04 19:51:21 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Weather COMMENT BY lisapg: Sat Jul 04 19:51:52 GMT 2026 MLO Current Weather Timestamp (UTC): 2026-07-04 19:47:00 Temperature : 54.99 deg F Dew Point : 38.09 deg F Pressure : 680.92 mbar Wind Speed : 6.71 mph Wind Direction : 330.7 deg Skies: Clouds crossing. KCor idled for now ___end___ Sat Jul 04 20:03:47 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Jul 04 20:13:22 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Sat Jul 04 20:13:25 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Sat Jul 04 20:37:24 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Jul 04 20:45:05 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Sat Jul 04 20:45:14 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Sat Jul 04 20:47:32 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Weather COMMENT BY lisapg: Sat Jul 04 21:01:16 GMT 2026 MLO Current Weather Skies: In and out of scattered bands of cirrus crossing. ___end___ Sat Jul 04 21:03:28 GMT 2026 Report Time: 21:03:17 UTC Image: 20260704_204811_kcor_l2_nrgf.gif Obs time: 20:48:11 CME Front Height: 1.62 Rs (front) CME Front Angle: 108.8 East Wing Angle: 94.5 West Wing Angle: 121.6 Angular Width: 27.1 CME Speed: moderate CME Brightness: faint Confidence: medium Seen in: nrgf Observer Comment: A faint cme in the E-SE ** GENERAL PROBLEM REPORTED BY lisapg ** : Sat Jul 04 21:07:23 GMT 2026 CME alerts from our cme viewer had a code change as it seemed like it was still sending to Dawn; it was changed to send to hazel but it seems like this hasn't fixed the issue with the CME viewer not sending out a cme alert on behalf of the observer. ___end___ Sat Jul 04 22:34:17 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Sat Jul 04 22:34:27 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Sat Jul 04 22:34:46 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Jul 04 22:36:51 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Sat Jul 04 22:36:59 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Sat Jul 04 22:38:55 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Jul 04 22:47:15 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Sat Jul 04 22:47:21 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Sat Jul 04 22:48:04 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Jul 04 22:53:35 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Sat Jul 04 22:53:40 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Sat Jul 04 22:54:27 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Sat Jul 04 22:57:08 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Sat Jul 04 22:57:13 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Weather COMMENT BY lisapg: Sat Jul 04 23:01:22 GMT 2026 MLO Current Weather Timestamp (UTC): 2026-07-04 22:56:00 Temperature : 56.1 deg F Dew Point : 44.56 deg F Pressure : 680.8 mbar Wind Speed : 12.53 mph Wind Direction : 350.6 deg Skies: Clouds coming up from Saddle, Kcor stopped for now ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Sat Jul 04 23:15:38 GMT 2026 Dome closed for low clouds possibly coming in. ___end___ KCOR COMMENT BY KCOR: Sat Jul 04 23:20:44 GMT 2026 KCOR file transfer report KCor created 1349 .bin files 1346 .fts files NOTICE ? 3 .bin file(s) with no matching .fts: 20260704_195837_kcor.bin 20260704_201854_kcor.bin 20260704_225925_kcor.bin Remote site is complete ? no rsync required. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Sun Jul 05 00:06:33 GMT 2026 Cirrus at start up of the day but they didn't stick around too long after the Sun rose above the dome. Been in and out of scattered cirrus throughout the day; hope tomorrow is a better day. ___end___ Logger COMMENT BY lisapg: Sun Jul 05 00:06:37 GMT 2026 Log closed ONSITE STAFF: lisapg ___end___