15 June 2008

Observing Location	PSC
Observational Period	1615-1645 EDT
Atmospheric Conditions	Cloud Cover Broken Clouds Temperature 77° F Wind Light Breeze Humidity High Barometric Pressure 29.78" Hg Falling Feels Like Warm and Close The air feels very moist and my skin is clammy. The pages of my book are warping from the moisture they are absorbing. I had to wair a good while for a break in the clouds to pass in front of the Sun to be able to make an observation. The various densities of swirling cloud looked interesting passing in front of the Sun. Most of the clouds dissipated down to scattered clouds after I had made my observation and was sitting there reading. The humidity seemed to decrease also and I don’t know whether to attribute that to a frontal passage or if it was just a perception thing with me sitting there in the bright, hot Sun. Transparency Poor Seeing III
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 20080615.1615 EDT Comments Distance Light Time 1.01 AU 8m 27s Angular Size 31' 32.2" Altitude 45.3° Heliographic Latitude (B0) 1.27° Heliographic Longitude (L0) 266.58° Parallactic Angle (P) -8.86° Carrington rotation number (CR) 2071 Nothing seen. In the SOHO image there appears to be another group rotating onto the sun.   Groups Spots R North 0 0 0 South 0 0 0 Total 0 0 0 R = (Groups * 10) + Spots)