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Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log
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Thu Jul 30 16:35:58 GMT 2026
Year:26 Doy:211
Observer: lisapg
Weather COMMENT BY lisapg: Thu Jul 30 16:36:56 GMT 2026
MLO Current Weather 
Timestamp (UTC): 2026-07-30 16:32:00
Temperature    : 47.68  deg F
Dew Point      : 16.79  deg F
Pressure       : 680.65 mbar
Wind Speed     : 19.69 mph
Wind Direction : 167.3  deg
Skies: Sky clear above, if a little bright; haze is at about 10,000 ft. Holding off start up as we do not have enough battery to start operations.
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Thu Jul 30 17:41:15 GMT 2026 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited
Thu Jul 30 17:42:20 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Solar Event COMMENT BY lisapg: Thu Jul 30 18:11:33 GMT 2026
Observed Active Region
Possible movement in the E-NE
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Weather COMMENT BY lisapg: Thu Jul 30 20:39:25 GMT 2026
MLO Current Weather 
Timestamp (UTC): 2026-07-30 20:35:00
Temperature    : 59.34  deg F
Dew Point      : 27.89  deg F
Pressure       : 681.9 mbar
Wind Speed     : 9.17 mph
Wind Direction : 191.8  deg
Skies: Clouds and possibly cirrus starting to come up from the Southwest; keeping a close eye on them.
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Weather COMMENT BY lisapg: Thu Jul 30 21:22:10 GMT 2026
MLO Current Weather 
Skies: Aerosols are getting heavy
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Thu Jul 30 21:35:32 GMT 2026 KCOR End  Patrol
Thu Jul 30 21:35:42 GMT 2026 KCOR End  Patrol
Thu Jul 30 21:36:15 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
KCOR COMMENT BY lisapg: Thu Jul 30 21:38:04 GMT 2026
KCor Synoptic Acquisition GUI went all grey for the camera images. Not sure what happened but it came back almost immediately.
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Weather COMMENT BY lisapg: Thu Jul 30 23:28:50 GMT 2026
MLO Current Weather 
Skies: Sky getting bright
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Thu Jul 30 23:37:11 GMT 2026 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited
Thu Jul 30 23:37:49 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Thu Jul 30 23:39:05 GMT 2026
Stopped KCor synoptic GUI to realign the zero point guider using the KCor focus
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Thu Jul 30 23:41:03 GMT 2026 KCOR End  Patrol
Thu Jul 30 23:41:19 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Thu Jul 30 23:55:19 GMT 2026 KCOR End  Patrol
KCOR COMMENT BY KCOR: Thu Jul 30 23:56:03 GMT 2026
KCOR file transfer report
KCor created  1472 .bin files  
1469 .fts files  
  NOTICE ? 3 .bin file(s) with no matching .fts:
    20260730_213509_kcor.bin
    20260730_233545_kcor.bin
    20260730_235525_kcor.bin
  Remote site is complete ? no rsync required.

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GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Fri Jul 31 00:01:32 GMT 2026
Besides the aerosols getting a bit heavy briefly and the late start up, it was a nice day to take data.
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Logger COMMENT BY lisapg: Fri Jul 31 00:01:37 GMT 2026
Log closed
ONSITE STAFF: lisapg
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