From f04c502fc270fd166a54c6f71af0b450ece499e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Spandan Bhattacharya <bhattacharyaspandan26@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2026 19:00:19 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix #1369

---
 exotic/api/colab.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/exotic/api/colab.py b/exotic/api/colab.py
index c7662d0f..c84a50f1 100644
--- a/exotic/api/colab.py
+++ b/exotic/api/colab.py
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ def convert_Mobs_to_utc(datestamp, latitude, longitude, height):
 def find (hdr, ks, obs):
   # Special stuff for MObs and Boyce-Astro Observatories
   boyce = {"FILTER": "ip", "LATITUDE": "+32.6135", "LONGITUD": "-116.3334", "HEIGHT": 1405 }
-  mobs = {"FILTER": "V", "LATITUDE": "+37.04", "LONGITUD": "-110.73", "HEIGHT": 2606 }
+  mobs = {"FILTER": "CV", "LATITUDE": "+31.675467", "LONGITUD": "-110.951376", "HEIGHT": 1268}
 
   if "OBSERVAT" in hdr.keys() and hdr["OBSERVAT"] == 'Whipple Observatory':
     obs = "MObs"
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ def make_inits_file(planetary_params, image_dir, output_dir, first_image, targ_c
             "Obs. Longitude": "%s",
             "Obs. Elevation (meters)": %d,
             "Camera Type (CCD or DSLR)": "CCD",
-            "Pixel Binning": "1x1",
+            "Pixel Binning": "2x2",
             "Filter Name (aavso.org/filters)": "%s",
             "Observing Notes": "%s",
 

From 995cea48511a4f9d3bdcb6ca4198e9d9e501e8c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Spandan Bhattacharya <bhattacharyaspandan26@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2026 19:21:12 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add regression test for #1369

---
 tests/test_colab.py | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 71 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tests/test_colab.py

diff --git a/tests/test_colab.py b/tests/test_colab.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e78c5b84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_colab.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import importlib
+import json
+import sys
+import types
+
+import numpy as np
+from astropy.io import fits
+
+
+def import_colab(monkeypatch):
+    fake_barycorrpy = types.ModuleType("barycorrpy")
+    fake_barycorrpy.utc_tdb = object()
+    fake_ipython = types.ModuleType("IPython")
+    fake_display = types.ModuleType("IPython.display")
+    fake_display.display = lambda *args, **kwargs: None
+    fake_display.HTML = lambda value: value
+
+    monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "barycorrpy", fake_barycorrpy)
+    monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "IPython", fake_ipython)
+    monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "IPython.display", fake_display)
+
+    return importlib.import_module("exotic.api.colab")
+
+
+def test_mobs_defaults_match_exotic_metadata(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    colab = import_colab(monkeypatch)
+    fits_path = tmp_path / "mobs.fits"
+    fits.PrimaryHDU(data=np.zeros((2, 2))).writeto(fits_path)
+
+    with fits.open(fits_path, mode="update") as hdul:
+        hdr = hdul[0].header
+        hdr["OBSERVAT"] = "Whipple Observatory"
+        hdr["DATE"] = "2017-12-20T01:33:43.000"
+        hdr["WEATHER"] = 80
+        hdr["TELTEMP"] = 20.0
+        hdr["CAMTEMP"] = 10.0
+
+    hdr = fits.getheader(fits_path)
+    assert colab.find(hdr, ["FILTER", "FILT"], "MObs") == "CV"
+    assert colab.find(hdr, ["LATITUDE", "LAT", "SITELAT"], "MObs") == "+31.675467"
+    assert colab.find(hdr, ["LONGITUD", "LONG", "LONGITUDE", "SITELONG"], "MObs") == "-110.951376"
+    assert colab.find(hdr, ["HEIGHT", "ELEVATION", "ELE", "EL", "OBSGEO-H", "ALT-OBS", "SITEELEV"], "MObs") == 1268
+
+    image_dir = tmp_path.as_posix()
+    output_dir = f"{tmp_path.as_posix()}/"
+    inits_path = colab.make_inits_file(
+        '"planetary_parameters": {}',
+        image_dir,
+        output_dir,
+        fits_path.as_posix(),
+        "[424, 286]",
+        "[[465, 183], [512, 263]]",
+        "MObs",
+        "RTZ",
+        "",
+        False,
+    )
+    inits = json_loads(inits_path)
+    user_info = inits["user_info"]
+
+    assert user_info["Filter Name (aavso.org/filters)"] == "CV"
+    assert user_info["Obs. Latitude"] == "+31.675467"
+    assert user_info["Obs. Longitude"] == "-110.951376"
+    assert user_info["Obs. Elevation (meters)"] == 1268
+    assert user_info["Pixel Binning"] == "2x2"
+    assert user_info["Secondary Observer Codes (N/A if none)"] == "MOBS"
+
+
+def json_loads(path):
+    with open(path) as inits_file:
+        return json.load(inits_file)