31 May 2008

Observing Location	VP
Observational Period	0815-0830 EDT
Atmospheric Conditions	Cloud Cover Overcast Temperature 67° F Wind Calm gusting to Light Breeze Humidity High Barometric Pressure 29.94" Hg Falling Feels Like Mild Clouds and haze of varying density are moving across the sun from SW to NE. They are predicting heavy thunderstorms and tornadoes for this afternoon and the air already feels moist. Chances of seeing the launch of STS-124 this afternoon seem to be nil. Transparency Poor Seeing II
Instruments	Brunton 8x21 compact binocular w/Welco gold shade 14 welder's filter - Charlie
Observing Party	Charlie Ridgway

Target Sunspots Constellation Tau Category Solar Time yyyymmdd.hhmm 20080531.0815 EDT Comments Distance Light Time 1.01 AU 8m 26s Angular Size 31' 35.7" Altitude 29.2° Heliographic Latitude (B0) -0.69° Heliographic Longitude (L0) 122.76° Parallactic Angle (P) -15.49° Carrington rotation number (CR) 2070 Nothing Seen. It is doubtful that I would have been able to have seen any spots smaller than Jupiter sized ones through the moving clouds.   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
May	6.50	18	0.36	2.25	5	0.45	8.75	18	0.49
TOTAL	23.50	65	0.36	27.50	36	0.76	51.00	79	0.65

Climate Summary for May 2008