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K index realtime calculation based on kiruna magnetogram data from www2.irf.se. If value of K index > 3 then message is sent to telegram chat.

1. setup python
   • Ensure Python 3 is installed on your system
   • Create a virtual environment: python -m venv venv
   • Start the virtual environment: venv/Scripts/activate
   • Check install tooling is up to date python -m pip install -U pip wheel setuptools
   • Install the requirements pip install -r requirements.txt
2. create .env file or just cp .env.example .env with parameters :
   • Q_LIMIT: default minimum q for reporting
   • FREQ_SEC: interval in seconds to collect data from IRF and NOA web sites (minimum: 60)
   • TIME_ZONE: time zone of application with IRF timezone which is UTC (default: 0, if app is running on server with shift from UTC then set time_zone. For example, in timezone (UTC +2)) (TODO: be calculated based on latest timestamp in kiruna snapshot)
   • BOT_TOKEN: token of telegram bot
   • BOT_CHAT_ID: chat_id for logging info
   • NIGHT_TIME: optional night time start/end (for ex : 17:5)
3. start observer python start_observer.py