Thursday, June 19, 2008

19 June 2008

Observing LocationCDLD
Observational Period0915-0930 EDT
Atmospheric Conditions
Cloud CoverScattered Clouds
Temperature62.1° F
WindLight Breeze
HumidityHigh
Barometric Pressure29.88" Hg
Rising
Feels LikeWarm

It doesn’t feel as moist as the Relative Humidity indicates. There are cumulus clouds around but the forecast is for little possibility of rain before mid-day tomorrow.

TransparencyGood
SeeingI
Instruments Brunton 8x21 compact binocular w/Welco gold shade 14 welder's filter - Charlie
Observing PartyCharlie Ridgway

Target Sunspots
ConstellationTau
CategorySolar
Time
yyyymmdd.hhmm
20080618.11.30 EDT
Comments
Distance
Light Time
1.01 AU
8m 27s
Angular Size31' 31.8"
Altitude40.7°
Heliographic Latitude
(B0)
1.60°
Heliographic Longitude
(L0)
230.73°
Parallactic Angle
(P)
-7.67°
Carrington rotation number
(CR)
2071

Nothing seen. Group 999 is still in the SOHO images but is not big enough for me to see with the binocular.

 Groups SpotsR
North0 0 0
South0 0 0
Total0 0 0
R = (Groups * 10) + Spots)