Thursday, May 8, 2008

7 May 2008

Observing LocationTXM
Observational Period1300-1315 EDT
Atmospheric Conditions
Cloud CoverScattered Clouds with Haze
Temperature73°F
WindLight Breeze
HumidityLow
Barometric Pressure29.93" Hg
Falling
Feels LikeVery Warm

The sky is blue but has a bit of a disky brown tinge to it. The clouds ate cirrus.

TransparencyGood
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
20080507.1300 EDT
Comments
Distance
Light Time
1.01 AU
8m 24s
Angular Size31' 44.6"
Altitude67.0°
Heliographic Latitude
(B0)
-3.44°
Heliographic Longitude
(L0)
77.62°
Parallactic Angle
(P)
-22.71°
Carrington rotation number
(CR)
2069

Neither SOHO nor I are seeing anything today.

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