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Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log
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Thu Apr 30 16:46:37 GMT 2026
Year:26 Doy:120
Observer: berkey
Weather COMMENT BY berkey: Thu Apr 30 16:47:06 GMT 2026 entry was edited
MLO Current Weather 
Timestamp (UTC): 2026-04-30 16:44:00
Temperature    : 37.78  deg F
Dew Point      : 14.02  deg F
Pressure       : 678.73 mbar
Wind Speed     : 5.82 mph
Wind Direction : 136.4  deg
Skies: clear but a little bright, inversion layer looks to be about 12,000 ft.
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GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Thu Apr 30 16:47:10 GMT 2026
Dome open
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** GENERAL PROBLEM REPORTED BY berkey ** : Thu Apr 30 16:48:25 GMT 2026 entry was edited
Power outage  ecoflow battery was off  this morning preventing the ilx modulator heater from starting early this morning.  Touching the power button brought the system up.
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Thu Apr 30 16:56:17 GMT 2026 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited
KCOR COMMENT BY berkey: Thu Apr 30 17:11:40 GMT 2026 entry was edited
Kcor heater ILX was started at about 5:30 the ILX was started with the modulator at about 1 C then around 6:00 am a space heater was placed pointed at the kcor base (near the back end) to slowly raise the plate from very cold to slightly warm to the touch. This took about 45 minutes and uses about 45% of the battery.
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Thu Apr 30 17:16:46 GMT 2026 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited
Thu Apr 30 19:24:51 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20171025.ini
Weather COMMENT BY berkey: Thu Apr 30 19:33:13 GMT 2026
MLO Current Weather 
Timestamp (UTC): 2026-04-30 19:29:00
Temperature    : 47.48  deg F
Dew Point      : 19.1  deg F
Pressure       : 679.78 mbar
Wind Speed     : 12.08 mph
Wind Direction : 27.6  deg
Skies: clouds getting up to the elevation of the observatory.  Not currently an issue for observations.
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Thu Apr 30 19:40:05 GMT 2026 KCOR End Calibration Script
Thu Apr 30 20:14:42 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Thu Apr 30 20:41:30 GMT 2026 KCOR End  Patrol
KCOR COMMENT BY KCOR: Thu Apr 30 22:02:32 GMT 2026
KCOR file transfer report
KCor created  1070 .bin files  
1069 .fts files  
  NOTICE ? 1 .bin file(s) with no matching .fts:
    20260430_205118_kcor.bin
  Remote site is complete ? no rsync required.

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GENERAL COMMENT BY berkey: Thu Apr 30 22:11:54 GMT 2026
Dome closed
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Logger COMMENT BY berkey: Fri May 01 00:00:42 GMT 2026
Log closed
ONSITE STAFF: berkey
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