----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed Apr 01 17:28:03 GMT 2026 Year:26 Doy:091 Observer: lisapg Weather COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Apr 01 17:29:28 GMT 2026 MLO Current Weather Timestamp (UTC): 2026-04-01 17:26:00 Temperature : 39.04 deg F Dew Point : -11.47 deg F Pressure : 677.89 mbar Wind Speed : 3.8 mph Wind Direction : 219.5 deg Skies: Clear sky with a hazy above 10,000 ft. ___end___ BY lisapg: Wed Apr 01 17:30:40 GMT 2026 Battery this morning was at 54%, starting up operations. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Apr 01 17:44:15 GMT 2026 Dome open ___end___ ** KCOR PM lisapg ** : Wed Apr 01 17:44:22 GMT 2026 Blew off Kcor O1 ___end___ BY lisapg: Wed Apr 01 18:07:47 GMT 2026 RA was falling this morning when we got SGS on the Sun. Seems the PID values that were put in yesterday were not saved. Checked yesterdays log and imputed them as follows PID RA KC: 30.000 T1:0.007 RA is back up and settled now, starting up KCor focus. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Apr 01 18:07:55 GMT 2026 Opened windows upstairs ___end___ KCOR BY lisapg: Wed Apr 01 18:28:19 GMT 2026 Kcor started up in the wrong state. Was able to get it back by stopping and starting up KCor observations again. ___end___ Wed Apr 01 18:51:42 GMT 2026 Report Time: 18:46:54 UTC Image: 20260401_184005_kcor_l2_nrgf.gif Obs time: 18:40:05 CME Front Height: 1.42 Rs (front) CME Front Angle: 262.9 East Wing Angle: 250.4 West Wing Angle: 274.8 Angular Width: 24.4 CME Speed: moderate CME Brightness: moderate Confidence: medium Seen in: nrgf KCOR BY lisapg: Wed Apr 01 19:03:11 GMT 2026 Will hold off Kcor calibration due to activity on the West limb ___end___ Wed Apr 01 19:26:19 GMT 2026 Report Time: 19:24:04 UTC Image: 20260401_191010_kcor_l2_nrgf.gif Obs time: 19:10:10 CME Front Height: 1.58 Rs (front) CME Front Angle: 277.9 East Wing Angle: 272.2 West Wing Angle: 283.6 Angular Width: 11.4 CME Speed: moderate CME Brightness: faint Confidence: medium Seen in: nrgf KCOR COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Apr 01 20:40:09 GMT 2026 Holding off KCor calibration as we can still see activity propagating through the corona very faintly. ___end___ KCOR COMMENT BY mcotter: Wed Apr 01 21:15:49 GMT 2026 Kcor Calibration has been selected by the observer. The Kcor calibration routine was initiated at approximately 11:10 am HST. ___end___ Weather COMMENT BY mcotter: Wed Apr 01 21:38:43 GMT 2026 MLO Current Weather Timestamp (UTC): 2026-04-01 21:29:00 Temperature : 48.67 deg F Dew Point : -2.06 deg F Pressure : 678.9 mbar Wind Speed : 3.8 mph Wind Direction : 331.2 deg Skies: Clear skies in all directions with a light breeze from the North-Northwest. Currently no signs of aerosols. Very good observing conditions are continuing. ___end___ ** KCOR PROBLEM REPORTED BY lisapg ** : Wed Apr 01 22:06:43 GMT 2026 entry was edited KCor watch dog reported a connection time out after scp e:/20260401/avg/20260401_215245_kcor.fts. This one, scp e:/20260401/avg/20260401_215215_kcor.fts, scp e:/20260401/avg/20260401_215230_kcor.fts did not have percentages attached. Connection timed out twice before closing connection again. Global connect did not drop out for either the logger and Kcor. When the connection closed, scp e:/20260401/avg/20260401_215245_kcor.fts updated to 100% but that was the only one to update. Next update was scp e:/20260401/avg/20260401_215300_kcor.fts ___end___ Weather COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Apr 01 22:14:25 GMT 2026 MLO Current Weather Sky: A few wisp of clouds have popped up over to the Southeast shoulder of Mauna Loa; will keep a close eye but otherwise, clear. ___end___ ** KCOR PROBLEM REPORTED BY lisapg ** : Wed Apr 01 22:17:12 GMT 2026 entry was edited KCor watch dog reported 86% for scp e:/20260401/avg/20260401_221430_kcor.fts Global connect stayed connected throughout. ___end___ Wed Apr 01 23:05:45 GMT 2026 Report Time: 23:05:21 UTC Image: 20260401_000603_kcor_l2_nrgf.gif Obs time: 00:06:03 CME Front Height: 1.71 Rs (front) CME Front Angle: 326.8 East Wing Angle: 314.1 West Wing Angle: 353.5 Angular Width: 39.4 CME Speed: fast CME Brightness: moderate Confidence: high Seen in: nrgf Observer Comment: Very wide cme can be seen launching from the N-NW with a bright core. GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Apr 01 23:07:54 GMT 2026 Logger crashed roughly at 22:16 UTC or 12:16 HST ___end___ ** GENERAL PROBLEM REPORTED BY lisapg ** : Wed Apr 01 23:52:04 GMT 2026 Logger crashed again when trying to edit a comment ___end___ ** GENERAL PROBLEM REPORTED BY lisapg ** : Wed Apr 01 23:58:00 GMT 2026 Logger crashed again when just trying to type a comment. Appears to be running very slow, doing a check in with Ben before restarting computer. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Thu Apr 02 00:09:36 GMT 2026 Restart started Wahoo 2 to see if it will help with/fix the logger issue I'm seeing. Ben is looking into it from the database side of things. ___end___ BY lisapg: Thu Apr 02 00:16:53 GMT 2026 Logger crashed with no input provided. Also crashed when I tried to type in this comment. ___end___ KCOR COMMENT BY lisapg: Thu Apr 02 00:20:04 GMT 2026 Sky getting a bit bright and aerosols have picked up. Not great data at present but still clear. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Thu Apr 02 00:21:25 GMT 2026 Ben had me do a git pull and then re-run the logger to hopefully fix the logger crashing. We shall see how it goes. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Thu Apr 02 00:23:47 GMT 2026 Updated the logger code to not block the GUI thread for DB updates or other background tasks. It seems a lot smoother now. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Thu Apr 02 00:39:16 GMT 2026 logger issues Fixed the auto scroll to the bottom on log refresh if the user scrolled away from the bottom of the log. And removed the injection of "has been selected by the observer" into the log if a comment tag is manually selected. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Thu Apr 02 00:56:52 GMT 2026 entry was edited Ran kcor_daily_check.py before shutting down kcor ___end___ Logger COMMENT BY lisapg: Thu Apr 02 01:05:53 GMT 2026 Log closed ONSITE STAFF: lisapg, mcotter ___end___