30 April 2008

Observing Location	E 172 St @ Howard Ave, Bronx, NY Lat.: 40° 49.908’ Long.: -73° 52.471’
Observational Period	1230-1245 EDT
Atmospheric Conditions	Cloud Cover Scattered Clouds Temperature 52°F Wind Gentle Breeze Humidity Moderate Barometric Pressure 30.06" Hg Steady Feels Like Cool Transparency Good Seeing II
Instruments	Brunton 8x21 compact binocular w/Welco gold shade 14 welder's filter - Charlie
Observing Party	Charlie Ridgway

Target Sunspots Constellation Ari Category Solar Time yyyymmdd.hhmm 20080430.1230 EDT Comments Distance Light Time 1.01 AU 8m 22s Angular Size 31' 40.0" Altitude 64.5° Heliographic Latitude (B0) -4.17° Heliographic Longitude (L0) 170.42° Parallactic Angle (P) -24.13° Carrington rotation number (CR) 2069 Nothing Seen. There was nothing on SOHO either.   Groups Spots R North 0 0 0 South 0 0 0 Total 0 0 0 R = (Groups * 10) + Spots)

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Sunspots Observed

There were a few sunspots from Cycle 24 that appeared int eh SOHO images but they were all too small for me to see them with the binocular.

Observing Hours for the Year 2008

	Day			Night			Total
	Hours	Days	Avg	Hours	Days	Avg	Hours	Days	Avg
Jan	2.25	9	0.25	2.75	5	0.55	5.00	13	0.38
Feb	3.25	9	0.36	8.25	7	1.18	11.25	12	0.94
Mar	5.25	10	0.53	8.50	12	0.71	13.75	16	0.86
Apr	6.25	19	0.33	5.75	7	0.82	12.00	19	0.63
TOTAL	17.00	47	0.36	25.25	31	0.81	42.00	60	0.70