18 March 2008

Observing Location	Jacobi Hospital, Bronx, NY
Observational Period	0530-0545 EDT
Atmospheric Conditions	Cloud Cover Clear Temperature 37°F Wind 8 MPH Humidity Moderate Barometric Pressure 30.48" Hg Falling Feels Like I am in my constant 72° hospital room so outside conditions are irrelevant. It appeared clear but just before sunrise there was a stripe of cloud across the sky. At sunrise the Sun was sandwiched between the horizon and a deck of overcast stratus. Transparency Good Seeing I
Instruments	Naked-eye - Charlie
Observing Party	Charlie Ridgway

Target ISS Visible Pass Constellation Category Satellite Time yyyymmdd.hhmm 20080318.0530 EDT Comments Not Seen I had an old listing of visible passes in my notebook and used it to search for ISS this morning. It turns out that that data is out of date and I stopped looking before the pass began. I had no idea about directions and guessed at the orientation of Pelham Parkway and that the radio antenna tower on High Island was to the East. I was close since the tower was NNE from here.   Starts Max. Alt. Ends Time 0536 EDT EDT 0524 EDT Alt. 17° 17° 10° Az. NNE NNE ENE Mag 0.4 The updated pass data are   Starts Max. Alt. Ends Time 0547 EDT 0549 EDT 0554 EDT Alt. 11.7° 31.5° horizon Az. 324.5° N 28.5° NNE 105.6° ESE Mag -2.0 -2.5 1.8

0531 EDT	Astronomical Twilight begins
0603 EDT	Astronomical Twilight ends Nautical Twilight begins
0635 EDT	Nautical twilight ends Civil twilight begins
0702 EDT	Civil Twilight ends Sunrise

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Observing Location	Jacobi Hospital, Pelham Parkway S near Eastchester Rd, Bronx, NY Lat.: 40° 51' 23.13" Long.: 73° 50' 47.47"
Observational Period	1000-1015 EDT
Atmospheric Conditions	Cloud Cover Clear Temperature 35°F Wind 17 MPH gusting to 22 MPH Humidity Moderate Barometric Pressure 30.47" Hg Rising Feels Like I am in my constant 72° hospital room so outside conditions are irrelevant. I Transparency Excellent Seeing
Instruments	Brunton 8x21 compact binocular w/Welco gold shade 14 welder's filter - Charlie
Observing Party	Charlie Ridgway

Target Sunspots Constellation Psc Category Solar Time yyyymmdd.hhmm 20080317.1000 EDT Comments Distance Light Time 0.995 AU 8m 17s Angular Size 32' 11.6" Altitude 31.3° Heliographic Latitude (B0) -7.11° Heliographic Longitude (L0) 32.55° Parallactic Angle (P) -24.86° Carrington rotation number (CR) 2067 Nothing Seen   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	Jacobi Hospital, Bronx, NY I am looking through dirty, double-glazed windows with light coming from behind me that I can’t control so am having trouble seeing anything outside.
Observational Period	1845-1900 EDT
Atmospheric Conditions	Cloud Cover Clear Temperature 46°F Wind 13 MPH Humidity Lowd> Barometric Pressure 30.476 Hg Rising Feels Like There is haze on the horizon up to ~5-10°. I am in my constant 72° hospital room so outside conditions are irrelevant. I Transparency Excellent Seeing
Instruments	Brunton 8x21 compact binocular - Charlie
Observing Party	Charlie Ridgway

Target Moon Constellation Cnc Category Lunar Time yyyymmdd.hhmm 20080318.1845 Comments Lunation 1054> Phase Waxing Gibbous Age 10d 5h 30m Distance Light Time (from earth) 382,507 km 1.26s Elongation 134.3° E % Illuminated 91.7% Morning Terminator Colongitude (λ E) 51.5° Evening Terminator Colongitude (λ W) 231.5° Libration in Latitude 00° 04' Libration in Longitude 5° 50' Magnitude -11.6 Angular Size 31.24' Altitude 28.0° Virtual Moon Atlas graphic Terminator In Shadow Feature In Sunlight   Sinus Iridum >>>   Mare Imbrium >>> <<< Aristarchus     Gassendi >>> <<< Grimaldi   <<< Oceanus Procelarum >>>   Schiller >>> There is no earthshine. I can see the rays of Tycho. I don’t detect any libration features on the western limb.