18 September 2008

Observing Location	CT
Observational Period	0945-1000 EDT
Atmospheric Conditions	Cloud Cover Scattered Clouds Temperature 67° F Wind Light Breeze Humidity Moderate Barometric Pressure 30.17" Hg Rising Feels Like Mild There is a very light haze visible in the binocular. Transparency Good Seeing I
Instruments	Brunton 8x21 compact binocular w/Welco gold shade 14 welder's filter - Charlie
Observing Party	Charlie Ridgway

Target Sunspots Constellation Vir Category Solar Time yyyymmdd.hhmm 20080918.0945 EDT Comments Distance Light Time 1.00 AU 8m 21s Angular Size 31' 53.5" Altitude 33.2° Heliographic Latitude (B0) 7.14° Heliographic Longitude (L0) 107.22° Parallactic Angle (P) 24.67° Carrington rotation number (CR) 2074 Nothing Seen   Groups Spots R North 0 0 0 South 0 0 0 Total 0 0 0 R = (Groups * 10) + Spots)

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Although NASA said on Monday that damage sustained to buildings at the Cape, like the mission control building, might delay the launch of the HST Servicing Mission as of today it is still listed on the NASA web site for launch on 10Oct08. The actual launch date will not be determined until the Flight Readiness Review meeting on 2-3Oct08.

There will be an IMAX movie made of the HST Servicing Mission.

The rollout of Endeavour to Pat 39B to serve as the On Demand Launch Vehicle for a rescue mission to Atlantis has been delayed until midnight tonight because of thunderstorms in the area of the Cape.