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Date: Mar 13, 2024
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Speaker: Ranadeep Sarkar

Date: Mar 20, 2024
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Speaker: Paul Bryans
Location: CG1-2139 Capt Mary

Date: Mar 27, 2024
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Speaker: Joao Da Silva Santos
Location: CG1-3131

Latest News

Berkey cargo delivered for eclipse observation

MLSO uses helicopters

To prepare for the April 8, 2024 solar eclipse observing, necessary equipment was delivered by helicopter to the MLSO observatory. The externally carried cargo included 80 solar panels, 24 battery packs, 3 inverters, and all associated wiring and mounting materials. 30 flights were launched from a staging location just below the spot where lava destroyed the access road during the volcanic eruption on November 27, 2022, preventing vehicle traffic to the observatory.

Spiro pumpkin graphic

SpiroFest a sucess!

HAO has concluded the celebration of Spiro Antiochos, a pioneer in solar physics whom developed transformative theories that have led to many breakthroughs in fundamental processes in the solar atmosphere. This event was held Thursday, February 29 to Friday, March 1, 2024 at our CG1 auditorium. It was wonderful having Spiro in attendance and having the opportunity to present so many great presentations on important solar physics topics. Having the liberty to interact with external scientists and students is so important to furthering our science.

UCoMP data on MLSO website.

MLSO UCoMP Science Data Now Available

The Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Upgraded Coronal Multi-Channel Polarimeter (UCoMP) coronagraph science data (version 1.0.1) have now been released to the community via the Mauna Loa web page.

HAO team at National Society of Black Physicists meeting, Knoxville, TN, 2023

NCAR/HAO hosts booth at National Society of Black Physicists meeting

HAO hosted a booth at the 2023 National Society for Black Physicists meeting in Knoxville, TN. This was a great opportunity for students Marcel Corchado-Albelo and Chandler Jenkins and postdoc Kinfe Teweldebirhan Gebreegzabihar to reach out to the community on behalf of HAO and NCAR. We are grateful for the tremendous support we got from NASA PUNCH Outreach who provided a kit of their engaging tabletop activities (along with a helpful training!).