| Observing Location | PKR |
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| Observational Period | 1645-1700 EDT |
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| Atmospheric Conditions |
| Cloud Cover | Scattered Clouds |
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| Temperature | 79° F |
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| Wind | Light Breeze |
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| Humidity | Moderate |
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| Barometric Pressure | 29.94" Hg
Rising Rapidly |
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| Feels Like | Hot |
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The sky has cleared off and there are only a few fair weather cumulus clouds around. The wind feels great when it blows but it is really hot when it doesn’t
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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 | Leo |
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| Category | Solar |
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Time
yyyymmdd.hhmm | 2008 EDT |
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| Comments |
Distance
Light Time | 1.01 AU
8m 25s |
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| Angular Size | 31' 39.8" |
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| Altitude | 41.8° |
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Heliographic Latitude
(B0) | 6.86° |
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Heliographic Longitude
(L0) | 140.01° |
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Parallactic Angle
(P) | 17.69° |
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Carrington rotation number
(CR) | 2073 |
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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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SpaceWeather has a brief article today about how observers in Norway detected the passage of a solar wind gust on 18Aug08 UTC by watching the earth’s magnetic flux. I have built a solar wind indicator that would do this but have never gotten it completed to the point that I have tested it and wasn’t looking at it at the time the gust passed by.
Robert Stammes graphic via spaceweather.com
