10 July 2008

Observing Location	CDLD
Observational Period	0930-0945 EDT
Atmospheric Conditions	Cloud Cover Isolated Clouds Temperature 73° F Wind Gentle Breeze Humidity Moderate Barometric Pressure 29.94" Hg Steady Feels Like Warm The humidity has dropped considerably from what it has been of late but is still sensible. Transparency Excellent Seeing I
Instruments	Brunton 8x21 compact binocular w/Welco gold shade 14 welder's filter - Charlie
Observing Party	Charlie Ridgway

Target Sunspots Constellation Gem Category Solar Time yyyymmdd.hhmm 20080710.0930 EDT Comments Distance Light Time 1.02 AU 8m 27s Angular Size 31' 30.9" Altitude 42.1° Heliographic Latitude (B0) 3.92° Heliographic Longitude (L0) 312.63° Parallactic Angle (P) +1.79° Carrington rotation number (CR) 2072 This is the first time I can remember seeing a positive parallactic andle (P) since I have been making observations. Nothing Seen Active Region Explorer had been showing a cluster of spots about to rotate onto the Earth-facing side of the Sun but they appear to have dissipated since yesterday.   Groups Spots R North 0 0 0 South 0 0 0 Total 0 0 0 R = (Groups * 10) + Spots)

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Observing Location	PSC
Observational Period	2000-2100 EDT
Atmospheric Conditions	Cloud Cover Isolated Temperature 72° F Wind Light Breeze Humidity Moderate Barometric Pressure 30.17" Hg Rising Feels Like Mild The air feels a lot dryer tonight than it has of recent. The air appears to be very stable as I did not remark any boiling on the limb of the Moon. Transparency Excellent Seeing I
Instruments	SAR: Coulter CT-100 Newtonian reflector - Charlie Celestron Omni 20mm (21x) Celestron Omni 2x Barlow
Observing Party	Charlie Ridgway

Target Moon Constellation Category Lunar Time yyyymmdd.hhmm 20080710.2000 EDT Comments Lunation 1058 Phase Waxing Gibbous Age 7d 22h 40m Distance Light Time (from earth) 397,627 km 1.32s Elongation 99.5° E % Illuminated 58.6% Morning Terminator Colongitude (λ E) 4.9° Evening Terminator Colongitude (λ W) 184.9° Libration in Latitude 7° 07' Libration in Longitude 5° 0'2 Magnitude -10.4 Angular Size 30.05' Altitude 28° 49' Virtual Moon Atlas graphic Vallis Alpes 166 Terminator In Shadow Feature Diameter/Length; Class In Sunlight   Nansen 104 >>> <<< Plato 109; 5   <<< Mons Pico 25     >>>   Mons Piton 25 >>>   Cassini 56; 5 >>>   Aristillus 55 >>>   Autolycus 39; 1 >>>   Montes Spitzbergen 60 >>>   Archimedes 82; 5 >>> <<< Montes Archimedes 163 >>>   Mons Hadley 25 >>>   Apollo 15 >>>   Murchison 57; Very Old >>>   Flammarion 74; Extremely Old >>>   Herschel 40; 1 >>>   Ptolemaeus 57; 5 >>>   Alphonsus 108; 5 >>>   Arzachel 96; 3 >>>   Purbach 115; 5 >>>   Walther 128; 4 >>> <<< Lexell 62; Very Old   <<< Orontius 105; 3     Nasireadin 52; 1 >>> Valles Alpes looked like a dark needle laying on a flat table. There was little indication of Montes Alpes. Around 2100 EDT I was able to see Virgo naked eye And in the scope I was able to see 69 Vir on one edge of the FoV and the Moon on the other. I had more people stop to look through the scope here tonight than normally stop up at MO. I had about a half-dozen adults and a similar number of kids look and more unescorted kids who were too small to reach the eyepiece who wanted to look.