| Observing Location | PSC |
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| Observational Period | 1115-1200 EDT |
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| Atmospheric Conditions |
| Cloud Cover | Clear |
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| Temperature | 72° F |
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| Wind | Light Breeze
gusting to
Moderate Breeze |
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| Humidity | Moderate |
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| Barometric Pressure | 29.99" Hg
Falling |
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| Feels Like | Warm |
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The wind is gusting wuite strongly every minute or so. There is no boiling around the Sun’s limb but seeing is adversely affected by the wind buffeting the scope.
| Transparency | Excellent |
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| Seeing | II |
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| Instruments | SAR: Coulter CT-100 Newtonian reflector - Charlie
- CelEDTron Omni 20mm (21x)
- CelEDTron Omni 2x Barlow
- w/Baader AstroSolar filter film
w/Baader AstroSolar filter film
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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 | 20080526 EDT |
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| Comments |
Distance
Light Time | 1.01 AU
8m 25s |
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| Angular Size | 31' 37.3" |
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| Altitude | 64.2° |
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Heliographic Latitude
(B0) | -1.27° |
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Heliographic Longitude
(L0) | 187.13° |
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Parallactic Angle
(P) | -17.23° |
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Carrington rotation number
(CR) | 2070 |
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Nothing Seen
| | Groups | Spots | R |
|---|
| 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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I brought the Blackberry 7101 and my Brunton Eclipse with me today to compare the GPS fixes. The Brunton was able to find satellites and get a fix several minutes faster than the Blackberry and the Blackberry lost satellites while the Brunton was still getting fixes. They use different ways of telling you how accurate the fixes are so I can’t directly compare them but have graphed the several fixes I was able to get with each devise.
| Latitude | Longitude |
|---|
| Brunton Eclipse |
|---|
| 40° 50.187’ | -73° 51.513’ |
| 40° 50.174’ | -73° 51.1498’ |
| 40° 50.170’ | -73° 51.481’ |
| Blackberry 7101 |
|---|
| 40° 50.1924’ | -73° 51.5028’ |
| 40° 50.1828’ | -73° 51.5272’ |
| Actual Location |
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| 40° 50.1726’ | -73° 51.5078’ |
I can't be sure with this much data, but it looks like the Blackberry might be a little more accurate while the Brunton seems to be more reliable
