| Observing Location | PSC |
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| Observational Period | 1030-1045 EST |
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| Atmospheric Conditions |
| Cloud Cover | Broken Clouds |
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| Temperature | 47°F |
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| Wind | Calm
gusting to
Light Breeze |
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| Humidity | Moderate |
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| Barometric Pressure | 30.06" Hg
Rising |
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| Feels Like | Mild |
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It is really comfortable out and is supposed to get up into the 50s again today.
There are mares tales and some cirrus that are morphing into stratus.
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| Instruments | Brunton 8x21 compact binocular w/Welco gold shade 14 welder's filter - Charlie |
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| Observing Party | Charlie Ridgway
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| Target | Sunspots |
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| Constellation | Sgr |
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| Category | Solar |
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Time
yyyymmdd.hhmm | 20080112.1030 EST |
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| Comments |
Distance
Light Time | 0.983 AU
8m 11s |
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| Angular Size | 32' 34.6" |
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| Altitude | 24.5° |
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Heliographic Latitude
(B0) | -4.25° |
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Heliographic Longitude
(L0) | 167.78° |
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Position Angle
(P) | -3.26° |
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Carrington rotation number
(CR) | 2065 |
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Nothing Seen
| | Groups | Spots | R |
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| North | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| South | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| R = (Groups * 10) + Spots) |
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I found an interesting poem on sunspots but it can only be appreciated when it is seen in landscape mode which can’t be done within the confines of the blog, so I have put the MS Word file on the server.
