| Observing Location | CDLD |
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| Observational Period | 0930-0945 EDT |
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| Atmospheric Conditions |
| Cloud Cover | Clear |
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| Temperature | 58° F |
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| Wind | Calm |
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| Humidity | Moderate |
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| Barometric Pressure | 30.19" Hg
Steady |
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| Feels Like | Mild |
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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 | 20080529 EDT |
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| Comments |
Distance
Light Time | 1.01 AU
8m 26s |
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| Angular Size | 31' 36.3" |
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| Altitude | 43.4° |
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Heliographic Latitude
(B0) | -0.92° |
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Heliographic Longitude
(L0) | 148.53° |
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Parallactic Angle
(P) | -16.20° |
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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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The shuttle is still on schedule for liftoff on Saturday. It looks like there might be a chance to see it flying near the ISS on Sunday and it will be four minutes behind ISS on Saturday night but that is a very poor pass. I will have to crunch the data tomorrow when there is more information available on CalSky.
There was a great image posted on Space Weather today that shows the Phoenix lander parachuting to the surface of Mars taken from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. It is amazing that things like this can be done.
the image
