Saturday, April 26, 2008

25 April 2008

Observing LocationTXM
Observational Period0930-0945 EDT
Atmospheric Conditions
Cloud CoverScattered Clouds
Temperature62°F
WindCalm
HumidityLow
Barometric Pressure30.12" Hg
Falling
Feels LikeWarm

The clouds are nearly at the Broken level of coverage but they are light cirrus and maybe some haze. The wind is dead calm so you got the whole effect of the sun.

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

Target Sunspots
ConstellationAri
CategorySolar
Time
yyyymmdd.hhmm
20080425.0930 EDT
Comments
Distance
Light Time
1.01 AU
8m 22s
Angular Size31' 50.5"
Altitude38.2°
Heliographic Latitude
(B0)
-4.67°
Heliographic Longitude
(L0)
238.14°
Parallactic Angle
(P)
-24.94°
Carrington rotation number
(CR)
2069

Nothing Seen

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