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Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Observer's Log
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Sun Jun 28 16:02:19 GMT 2026
Year:26 Doy:179
Observer: lisapg
Weather COMMENT BY lisapg: Sun Jun 28 16:14:13 GMT 2026
MLO Current Weather 
Timestamp (UTC): 2026-06-28 16:11:00
Temperature    : 43.25  deg F
Dew Point      : -6.92  deg F
Pressure       : 679.66 mbar
Wind Speed     : 8.05 mph
Wind Direction : 207.2  deg
Skies: Sky looks clear above with vog at about 10,000 ft.
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GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Sun Jun 28 16:36:38 GMT 2026
Dome open
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** KCOR PM lisapg ** : Sun Jun 28 16:36:43 GMT 2026
Blew off Kcor O1
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Sun Jun 28 16:54:34 GMT 2026 SGS Alignment complete
Sun Jun 28 16:55:46 GMT 2026 Kcor Focus/alignment program exited
Sun Jun 28 16:56:38 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Sun Jun 28 19:22:56 GMT 2026 KCOR End  Patrol
Sun Jun 28 19:22:57 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Calibration script: c:\kcor\mlso-calibration22deg-20171025.ini
Sun Jun 28 19:38:08 GMT 2026 KCOR End Calibration Script
Sun Jun 28 19:38:25 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Sun Jun 28 19:38:25 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
** KCOR PROBLEM REPORTED BY lisapg ** : Sun Jun 28 21:25:17 GMT 2026
Kcor circular acquisition error happened while I was using the restroom:

20260628_211611-211813 were all affected/in the wrong polarization state.
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** KCOR PROBLEM REPORTED BY lisapg ** : Sun Jun 28 21:27:25 GMT 2026
Kcor circular acquisition error
KCor started with this error and crashed the computer; restarting the KCor computer to see if this work.
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Sun Jun 28 21:33:31 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Solar Event COMMENT BY lisapg: Sun Jun 28 21:39:13 GMT 2026
Observed Active Region
There's  some motion in the West under a cavity.
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Weather COMMENT BY lisapg: Sun Jun 28 22:08:40 GMT 2026
MLO Current Weather 
Timestamp (UTC): 2026-06-28 22:05:00
Temperature    : 57.65  deg F
Dew Point      : 40.77  deg F
Pressure       : 680.84 mbar
Wind Speed     : 12.75 mph
Wind Direction : 342.0  deg
Skies: Aerosols are getting heavy and clouds are coming up from the East and South. Keeping an eye on them.
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Sun Jun 28 22:48:20 GMT 2026 KCOR End  Patrol
Sun Jun 28 22:50:39 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Sun Jun 28 22:55:25 GMT 2026 KCOR End  Patrol
Sun Jun 28 22:58:11 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Sun Jun 28 23:21:12 GMT 2026 KCOR End  Patrol
Sun Jun 28 23:25:24 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Sun Jun 28 23:41:56 GMT 2026 KCOR End  Patrol
Sun Jun 28 23:45:51 GMT 2026 KCOR Start Synoptic Patrol
Sun Jun 28 23:51:10 GMT 2026 Report Time: 23:50:52 UTC
Image: 20260628_223205_kcor_l2_nrgf.gif
Obs time: 22:32:05

CME Speed: slow
CME Brightness: faint
Confidence: low
Seen in: nrgf
Observer Comment: Possible outflow in the West between PA 250-270 but hard to tell with the heavy aerosols present at this time.


Sun Jun 28 23:51:32 GMT 2026 KCOR End  Patrol
Weather COMMENT BY lisapg: Sun Jun 28 23:53:38 GMT 2026
MLO Current Weather 
Timestamp (UTC): 2026-06-28 23:47:00
Temperature    : 56.95  deg F
Dew Point      : 39.78  deg F
Pressure       : 680.59 mbar
Wind Speed     : 8.72 mph
Wind Direction : 66.0  deg
Skies: Going in and out of clouds for a while now, but may be clouding out now.
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KCOR COMMENT BY KCOR: Sun Jun 28 23:55:03 GMT 2026
KCOR file transfer report
KCor created  1599 .bin files  
1597 .fts files  
  NOTICE ? 2 .bin file(s) with no matching .fts:
    20260628_211828_kcor.bin
    20260628_235415_kcor.bin
  Remote site is complete ? no rsync required.

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GENERAL COMMENT BY lisapg: Mon Jun 29 00:02:57 GMT 2026
Nice morning but aerosols got heavy and then in and out of clouds for the later half of the day. Hope tomorrow is a better day.
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Logger COMMENT BY lisapg: Mon Jun 29 00:03:05 GMT 2026
Log closed
ONSITE STAFF: lisapg
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