COSMO News

Mk4 images of the solar corona near solar maximum in Jan 2000 and solar minimum

End of an era: The Mauna Loa K-coronameter is decommissioned

The Mauna Loa Solar Observatory (MLSO) K-coronameter (Mk4), was decommissioned on August 2, 2013, to be replaced by the new COSMO K-coronagraph.

Electrical engineer, Brandon Larson, and Technician Rob Graves install the K-cor center section onto the solar spar at the NCAR Mesa Lab in Boulder

A New Coronagraph for Mauna Loa

NCAR's High Altitude Observatory (HAO) will be installing a new white light coronagraph at the Mauna Loa Solar Observatory (MLSO) in Hawaii in August of this year (2013).