| Observing Location | VP |
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| Observational Period | 0830-0845 EDT |
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| Atmospheric Conditions |
| Cloud Cover | Isolated Clouds |
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| Temperature | 56° F |
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| Wind | Calm |
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| Humidity | Moderate |
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| Barometric Pressure | 29.95" Hg
Rising |
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| Feels Like | Slightly Cool |
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Stratus clouds are low on the horizon to the north.
| Transparency | Excellent |
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| Seeing | II |
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| Instruments | Brunton 8x21 compact binocular w/Welco gold shade 14 welder's filter - Charlie |
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| Observing Party | Charlie Ridgway
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| Target | Sunspots |
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| Constellation | Tau |
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| Category | Solar |
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Time
yyyymmdd.hhmm | 20080524.0830 EDT |
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| Comments |
Distance
Light Time | 1.01 AU
8m 25s |
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| Angular Size | 31' 38.0" |
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| Altitude | 31.6° |
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Heliographic Latitude
(B0) | -1.53° |
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Heliographic Longitude
(L0) | 215.24° |
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Parallactic Angle
(P) | -17.96° |
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Carrington rotation number
(CR) | 2070 |
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Nothing Seen
| | Groups | Spots | R |
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| North | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| South | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| R = (Groups * 10) + Spots) |
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| Observing Location | White Plains Rd @ Cross Bronx Expressway, Bronx, NY |
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| Observational Period | 2245-2305 EDT |
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| Atmospheric Conditions |
| Cloud Cover | Isolated Clouds |
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| Temperature | 63° F |
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| Wind | Calm |
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| Humidity | Moderate |
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| Barometric Pressure | 30.03" Hg
Rising |
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| Feels Like | Mild |
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| Instruments | Brunton 8x21 compact binocular - Charlie |
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| Observing Party | Charlie Ridgway
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| Target | Mars |
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| Constellation | Cnc |
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| Category | Planet |
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Time
yyyymmdd.hhmm | 20080524.2245 EDT |
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| Comments | Mars should have been a nice sight in the binodular just to the upper left of M44, but I couldn’t see the cluster. Asellus Australis (Mag 3.94) was easily seen but there was only a hint of something over at Asellus Borealis (Mag 4.66).
Object
Class | Classical Planet |
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| Elongation | 64.1° |
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Distance
Light Time
(from Earth) | 1.84 AU
15m 16s |
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Distance
(from Sun) | 1.66 AU |
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| Angular Size | 5.1" |
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| Magnitude | 1.4 |
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| Central Meridian | 280° |
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| Altitude | 20.6° |
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| Target | Sextans |
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| Constellation | Sex |
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| Category | Constellation |
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Time
yyyymmdd.hhmm | 20080524.2250 EDT |
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| Comments | I had hoped to locate the three main stars of the constellation by using Regulus and 31 Leo (Mag 4.39) as pointers but I couldn’t find 31 Leo so the Mag 4.5 – 5 stars of Sex were out of the question
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Just before the flare was due to occur the street lamp out in that direction went out and I could finally see Denebola (Mag 2.14) and Algieba (Mag 2.01) naked-eye.
Out to the west it appeared darker. I identified Cygnus and Lyra. Overhead I wasn’t able to see alcor.
| Target | Iridium 45 Flare |
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| Constellation | Sex |
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| Category | Satellite |
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Time
yyyymmdd.hhmm | 20080524.2301 EDT |
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| Comments | It appeared big and bright; moving up and to the right at ~45° angle.
| | Heavens
Above | CalSky |
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| Time | 2301:59 EDT | 2301:39 EDT |
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| Alt. | 23° | 23.5° |
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| Az. | 247°
WSW | 246.9°
WSW |
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| Mag. | -7 | -6.0 |
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| Surface | | MMA0 |
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