20 September 2008

Observing Location	VP
Observational Period	0915-0930 EDT
Atmospheric Conditions	Cloud Cover Isolated Clouds Temperature 57° F Wind Calm gusting to Light Breeze Humidity High Barometric Pressure 30.34" Hg Steady Feels Like Cool Fair weather cumulus clouds. There appears to be some light haze around. 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 20080920.0915 EDT Comments Distance Light Time 1.00 AU 8m 21s Angular Size 31' 54.5" Altitude 27.5° Heliographic Latitude (B0) 7.09° Heliographic Longitude (L0) 81.10° Parallactic Angle (P) 24.95° Carrington rotation number (CR) 1074 Nothing Seen The sun is completely clear on Space Weather. Active Region Explorer is showing the pore that used to be Group 1001 just rotating onto the Sun’s backward facing disk.   Groups Spots R North 0 0 0 South 0 0 0 Total 0 0 0 R = (Groups * 10) + Spots)