11 June 2008

Observing Location	VP
Observational Period	1115-1130 EDT
Atmospheric Conditions	Cloud Cover Scattered Clouds Temperature 78.1° F Wind Gentle Breeze Humidity Moderate Barometric Pressure 30.06" Hg Rising Feels Like Hot The breeze is making it somewhat bearable. Wispy cirrus clouds appear to be lowering. Transparency Good Seeing I
Instruments	Brunton 8x21 compact binocular w/Welco gold shade 14 welder's filter - Charlie
Observing Party	Charlie Ridgway

Target Sunspots Constellation Tau Category Solar Time yyyymmdd.hhmm 20080611.1115 EDT Comments Distance Light Time 1.01 AU 8m 27s Angular Size 31' 33.3" Altitude 62.9° Heliographic Latitude (B0) +0.54° Heliographic Longitude (L0) 348.75° Parallactic Angle (P) -11.49° Carrington rotation number (CR) 2071 Space Weather is showing Group 998 (that number sounds familiar, like it is on its second rotation) on the trailing limb but it is too small for me to see it.   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	MO
Observational Period	2115-2330 EDT
Atmospheric Conditions	Cloud Cover Clear Temperature 81° F Wind Light Breeze Humidity Moderate Barometric Pressure 30.07" Hg Rising Feels Like Mild After three days of hot and humid weather this feels wonderful and cooler than it really is. 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 Mars Constellation Leo Category Planet Time yyyymmdd.hhmm 20080611.2130 EDT Comments Mars looks like a bright, slightly golden comet with the tails pointing to the lower right. HIP 46232 it to the lower right. It is faint and maybe slightly bluish although Planetarium indicates that it is red. Object Class Classical Planet Elongation 57.1° Distance Light Time (from Earth) 1.98 AU 16m 27s Distance (from Sun) 1.66 AU Angular Size 4.73" Magnitude 1.6 Central Meridian 87° Altitude 27.4°

Target Saturn Constellation Leo Category Planet Time yyyymmdd.hhmm 20080611.2130 EDT Comments I played with the back can of SAR a bit and got better collimation that got rid of most of the coma. The planet resolved into a round disk with a short line passing through it 10:00 to 4:00. The upper portion of the line appears to be broken next to the planet but according to Starry Night Starter the shadow on the ring should be on the trailing edge of the rings which would be to the lower tight in my scope. Object Class Classical Planet Elongation 57.1° E Distance Light Time (from Earth) 9.58 AU 1h 20m Distance (from Sun) 9.31 AU Angular Size 17.3" x 15.4" Ring Angular Size 39.2" x 6.3" Ring Inclination 9.2° Magnitude +0.7 Altitude 32.5° Starry Night Starter graphic

Target Moon Constellation Vir Category Lunar Time yyyymmdd.hhmm 20080611.2150 EDT Comments Lunation 1057 Phase Waxing Gibbous Age 8d 6h 26m Distance Light Time (from earth) 393,487 km 1.32s Elongation 106.7° E % Illuminated 64.6% Morning Terminator Colongitude (λ E) 10.8° Evening Terminator Colongitude (λ W) 190.8° Libration in Latitude 5° 38' Libration in Longitude 6° 09' Magnitude -10.6 Angular Size 30.37' Altitude 35° 48' Virtual Moon Atlas graphic Terminator In Shadow Feature Diameter/Length (km); Class In Sunlight   Prothagoras 21; Young >>>   Archytas 31; 1 >>>   Timaeus 32; 2 >>>   Birmingham 92; Extremely Old >>>   Epigenes 55; 5 >>>   Plato 109; 5 >>> <<< Montes Tenberiffe 182 >>>   Mons Pico 25 >>> <<< Timocharis 33; 1   <<< Eratosthenes 88; 1 >>> <<< Stadius 65; 5   <<< Copernicus 93; 1     Davy 34; 5 >>> <<< Kundt 10     Lassell 23; Old >>>   Thesbit 56; 2 >>>   Rupes Recta 134 >>>   Birt 16; 1 >>>   Deslandres 256 >>>   Hell 33; Young >>>   Lexell 62; Very Old >>>   Ball 41; 2 >>>   Sasserides 90; Extremely Old >>> <<< Tycho     Maginus 194; 3 >>> <<< Clavius 245; Young >>>   Moretus 111; 1 >>> There appears to be a faint ring on the floor of Mare Imbrium below Montes Recti (90 km), Montes Tenerife (182 km), and Mons Pico (25 km) that looks to me as though there might be a drowned crater there, it being the inner wall and the above mentioned features an outer wall – like the Altai Scarp and Mare Nectaris. Dorsum Grabau (121 km) is faintly visible Bancroft (13 km) is visible. I see a color/shade/texture difference at the location of Feuillee (9 km) and Beer (9 km) but I can’t resolve it into individual craters. Mons Wolf (35 km) was seen Montes Appeninus (401 km) look like a string of four individual mountains (Mons Wolf being the southern terminal one) Vallis Alps (166 km) is visible as a faint gray line Cassini (56 km) is hardly visible. The following features in Montes Appeninus were identified: Promontorium Deville (20 km) Promontorium Agassiz (20 km) Mons Blanc (25 km) Mons Piton (25 km) Piazzi Smyth (13 km) Kirch (11 km) Montes Spitzenbergen (60 km) Conon (21 km)