----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed Apr 29 16:44:00 GMT 2026 Year:26 Doy:119 Observer: lisapg Weather COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Apr 29 17:07:48 GMT 2026 MLO Current Weather Timestamp (UTC): 2026-04-29 17:02:00 Temperature : 37.11 deg F Dew Point : 18.44 deg F Pressure : 679.02 mbar Wind Speed : 9.62 mph Wind Direction : 241.1 deg Skies: Sky is clear but a little bright. Haze is just under 10,000 ft. ___end___ GENERAL BY lisapg: Wed Apr 29 17:09:52 GMT 2026 Global connect on our observer computer isn't connecting properly even though we have a stable internet connection at present. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Wed Apr 29 17:39:45 GMT 2026 entry was edited Dome open ___end___ ** KCOR PM lisapg ** : Wed Apr 29 17:39:52 GMT 2026 Blew off Kcor O1 ___end___ ** KCOR PM berkey ** : Wed Apr 29 17:39:57 GMT 2026 entry was edited Blew off Kcor Field Lens ___end___ Wed Apr 29 17:40:10 GMT 2026 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited ** KCOR PM berkey ** : Wed Apr 29 17:41:01 GMT 2026 entry was edited KCor Occulter swapped old# T2 19.702, new# T3 19.486 ___end___ Wed Apr 29 17:46:50 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol ** GENERAL PROBLEM REPORTED BY lisapg ** : Wed Apr 29 18:51:47 GMT 2026 internet down Lost internet, Ben is currently trouble shooting. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Apr 29 19:03:53 GMT 2026 internet down Lost internet briefly but KCor global protect did not come back immediately while the observer computer did. Took two times to get global protect back up on KCor computer. ___end___ Wed Apr 29 19:09:05 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Wed Apr 29 19:09:06 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20171025.ini ** GENERAL PROBLEM REPORTED BY lisapg ** : Wed Apr 29 19:15:27 GMT 2026 Global Connect went down again. Internet seemed fine ___end___ ** GENERAL PROBLEM REPORTED BY lisapg ** : Wed Apr 29 19:22:50 GMT 2026 internet down Internet went down, power cycled the network and it came back up. ___end___ Wed Apr 29 19:24:21 GMT 2026 KCOR End Calibration Script Wed Apr 29 19:24:37 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Wed Apr 29 19:24:38 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol BY lisapg: Wed Apr 29 19:27:42 GMT 2026 internet down Internet went down again; Ben is trouble shooting again. ___end___ BY lisapg: Wed Apr 29 19:31:25 GMT 2026 internet down Ben is trouble shooting, so it went down. ___end___ Weather COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Apr 29 19:38:39 GMT 2026 MLO Current Weather Timestamp (UTC): 2026-04-29 19:35:00 Temperature : 43.0 deg F Dew Point : 29.74 deg F Pressure : 679.96 mbar Wind Speed : 6.26 mph Wind Direction : 316.2 deg Skies: Sky is clear but we're seeing clouds start to lift in the Saddle and some clouds coming over Mauna Loas' East and West shoulder. Keeping an eye on things. ___end___ Wed Apr 29 19:54:57 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Wed Apr 29 19:55:02 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Wed Apr 29 19:58:21 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Wed Apr 29 19:59:29 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Wed Apr 29 19:59:35 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Weather COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Apr 29 20:03:17 GMT 2026 MLO Current Weather Timestamp (UTC): 2026-04-29 19:53:00 Temperature : 44.0 deg F Dew Point : 34.79 deg F Pressure : 680.01 mbar Wind Speed : 10.07 mph Wind Direction : 314.1 deg Skies: in and out of clouds coming up from Saddle ___end___ Wed Apr 29 20:03:38 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Wed Apr 29 20:04:34 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Wed Apr 29 20:04:39 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Wed Apr 29 20:07:27 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol Wed Apr 29 20:10:30 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol Wed Apr 29 20:10:43 GMT 2026 KCOR End Patrol KCOR COMMENT BY KCOR: Wed Apr 29 20:20:30 GMT 2026 KCOR file transfer report KCor created 598 .bin files 597 .fts files NOTICE ? 1 .bin file(s) with no matching .fts: 20260429_201140_kcor.bin Remote site is complete ? no rsync required. ___end___ Weather COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Apr 29 20:23:21 GMT 2026 MLO Current Weather Timestamp (UTC): 2026-04-29 20:17:00 Temperature : 43.97 deg F Dew Point : 36.68 deg F Pressure : 680.09 mbar Wind Speed : 6.93 mph Wind Direction : 307.2 deg Skies: Clouds have come in; KCor stopped and both SGS/Kcor computers have turned off to try and get some battery saved up. ___end___ ** GENERAL PROBLEM REPORTED BY berkey ** : Wed Apr 29 20:33:08 GMT 2026 Internet down we borrowed a network switch with fiber and copper connections from an offline UH project to stand in as our media converter. It seems to be stable so far. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Apr 29 20:40:51 GMT 2026 Seems like EPC has arrived. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Apr 29 20:53:18 GMT 2026 Dome closed for some low looking clouds. ___end___ GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Apr 29 23:32:17 GMT 2026 Unfortunately, we got clouded out early. Hope tomorrow is a better day. ___end___ Logger COMMENT BY lisapg: Wed Apr 29 23:32:22 GMT 2026 Log closed ONSITE STAFF: berkey, lisapg ___end___