Thursday, February 4, 2010

4 February 2010

Observing LocationBryant Park
Observational Period1315-1330 EST
Atmospheric Conditions
Cloud CoverClear
Temperature34° F
WindLight Breeze
Wind Chill Effect28° F
HumidityLow
Barometric Pressure30.32" Hg
Falling
Feels LikeCool

TransparencyExcellent
SeeingGood
InstrumentsWest Marine 7x50 Raiatea binocular with Baader AstroSolar filter film- Charlie
Observing PartyCharlie Ridgway

Target Sunspots
ConstellationCap
CategorySolar
Time
yyyymmdd.hhmm
20100204.1315 EST
Comments
Distance
Light Time
0.986 AU
8m 12s
Angular Size31' 30.0"
Altitude32.9°
Heliographic Latitude
(B0)
-6.27 °
Heliographic Longitude
(L0)
295.67°
Parallactic Angle
(P)
-13.60°
Carrington rotation number
(CR)
2093

SOHO says there is a group there that is just one big spot but it isn’t a big enough spot for me to see it at 7x hand held.

 Groups SpotsR
North 00 0
South0 0 0
Total0 0 0
R = (Groups * 10) + Spots)