17 May 2008

Observing Location	VP
Observational Period	0800-0815 EDT
Atmospheric Conditions	Cloud Cover Clear Temperature 50° F Wind Gentle Breeze gusting to Moderate Breeze Humidity High Barometric Pressure 29.58" Hg Rising Feels Like Warm It feels a lot warmer than the thermometer indicates. The benches are mostly wet from the rain overnight. 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 Tau Category Solar Time yyyymmdd.hhmm 20080517.0800 EDT Comments Distance Light Time 1.01 AU 8m 25s Angular Size 31' 40.6" Altitude 25.1° Heliographic Latitude (B0) -2.34° Heliographic Longitude (L0) 308.13° Parallactic Angle (P) -20.16° Carrington rotation number (CR) 2070 Yesterday there were three tiny, as yet unnumbered groups widely scattered over the Sun’s visible disk in the SOHO images. If they are still there they are still too small for me to see them at 8x with hand-held binoculars.   Groups Spots R North 0 0 0 South 0 0 0 Total 0 0 0 R = (Groups * 10) + Spots)