2 October 2008

Observing Location	CT
Observational Period	1000-1015 EDT
Atmospheric Conditions	Cloud Cover Scattered Clouds Temperature 56° F Wind Gentle Breeze gusting to Strong Breeze Humidity Moderate Barometric Pressure 29.65" Hg Rising Feels Like Mild but Blustery The temperature doesn’t feel bad but the wind is making it feel cooler than it is even though there is no official wind chill effect when the temperature is this high. The clouds are long stripes of cumulous that are moving quickly so I didn’t have to wair long for the sun to become visible. Transparency Good Seeing II
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 20081002.1000EDT Comments Distance Light Time 1.00 AU 8m 19s Angular Size 32' 1.0" Altitude 32.1° Heliographic Latitude (B0) 6.63° Heliographic Longitude (L0) 282.31° Parallactic Angle (P) 26.08° Carrington rotation number (CR) 2075 Nothing seen Yesterday Space Weather indicated that the “proto-sunspots” of Tuesday had dissipated leaving a featureless disk.   Groups Spots R North 0 0 0 South 0 0 0 Total 0 0 0 R = (Groups * 10) + Spots)