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Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log
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Thu Apr 23 16:51:08 GMT 2026
Year:26 Doy:113
Observer: lisapg
Weather COMMENT BY lisapg: Thu Apr 23 16:53:22 GMT 2026
MLO Current Weather 
Timestamp (UTC): 2026-04-23 16:47:00
Temperature    : 44.22  deg F
Dew Point      : 23.37  deg F
Pressure       : 681.25 mbar
Wind Speed     : 3.13 mph
Wind Direction : 182.3  deg
Skies: Sky looks clear if a little bright with a haze at 10,000 ft. Waiting for Kcor ILX to come up to temp before starting up.
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GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Thu Apr 23 17:24:38 GMT 2026
Dome open
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GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Thu Apr 23 17:24:46 GMT 2026
Opened windows upstairs
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Thu Apr 23 17:43:37 GMT 2026 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited
Thu Apr 23 17:45:10 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Solar Event COMMENT BY lisapg: Thu Apr 23 18:14:40 GMT 2026 entry was edited
Observed Outflow
An outflow between PA 290-320 in the W-NW can be seen in KCor. Seems to be the tail end of cme that can be seen in LASCO earlier in the day.
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KCOR COMMENT BY berkey: Thu Apr 23 18:59:14 GMT 2026 entry was edited
Updated the kcor data transfer script to check all the possible directories for missing fits file before attempting a transfer.
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Thu Apr 23 19:46:40 GMT 2026 KCOR End  Patrol
Thu Apr 23 19:46:41 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20171025.ini
Thu Apr 23 20:01:53 GMT 2026 KCOR End Calibration Script
Thu Apr 23 20:02:09 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Thu Apr 23 20:02:10 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Thu Apr 23 20:15:24 GMT 2026 KCOR End  Patrol
Thu Apr 23 20:15:36 GMT 2026 KCOR End  Patrol
KCOR COMMENT BY lisapg: Thu Apr 23 20:16:53 GMT 2026
Pausing KCor to give Tom a look at the back end of instruments before he leaves the island.
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Thu Apr 23 20:52:51 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Weather COMMENT BY lisapg: Thu Apr 23 21:10:38 GMT 2026
MLO Current Weather 
Timestamp (UTC): 2026-04-23 21:05:00
Temperature    : 54.52  deg F
Dew Point      : 35.22  deg F
Pressure       : 682.26 mbar
Wind Speed     : 8.72 mph
Wind Direction : 25.2  deg
Skies: Sky clear at present with a large orographic cloud emerging over to the South of Mauna Loa. Clouds haven't quite come up yet from Saddle but they may start soon. Keeping an eye on them.
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Thu Apr 23 21:35:08 GMT 2026 KCOR End  Patrol
Thu Apr 23 21:35:21 GMT 2026 KCOR End  Patrol
Thu Apr 23 21:37:26 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Thu Apr 23 21:38:18 GMT 2026 KCOR End  Patrol
Thu Apr 23 21:38:23 GMT 2026 KCOR End  Patrol
Thu Apr 23 21:40:24 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Thu Apr 23 21:41:29 GMT 2026 KCOR End  Patrol
Thu Apr 23 21:41:40 GMT 2026 KCOR End  Patrol
KCOR COMMENT BY KCOR: Thu Apr 23 21:49:44 GMT 2026
KCOR file transfer report
KCor created  820 .bin files  
818 .fts files  
  NOTICE ? 2 .bin file(s) with no matching .fts:
    20260423_201540_kcor.bin
    20260423_214632_kcor.bin
  Remote site is complete ? no rsync required.

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Weather COMMENT BY lisapg: Thu Apr 23 22:53:12 GMT 2026
MLO Current Weather 
Timestamp (UTC): 2026-04-23 22:47:00
Temperature    : 52.9  deg F
Dew Point      : 43.82  deg F
Pressure       : 681.56 mbar
Wind Speed     : 8.95 mph
Wind Direction : 20.2  deg
Skies: Fog still around and occasionally blowing through the observatory with a blue sucker hole above the observatory.
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Weather COMMENT BY lisapg: Thu Apr 23 23:26:10 GMT 2026
Clouds have closed up again overhead. Heading down for the day; hope tomorrow is better.
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Logger COMMENT BY lisapg: Thu Apr 23 23:26:35 GMT 2026
Log closed
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