| Observing Location | Hudson River Park
Lat.: 40.775674°
Long.: -73.992251° |
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| Observational Period | 1015-1030 EDT |
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| Atmospheric Conditions |
| Cloud Cover | Clear |
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| Temperature | 56° |
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| Wind | Calm |
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Wind Chill
Heat Index | °F |
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| Humidity | Moderate |
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| Barometric Pressure | " Hg
Steady |
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| KNYC METAR | |
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| Feels Like | Cool |
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| Instruments | Naked-eye - Charlie |
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| Observing Party | Charlie Ridgway
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| Target | Sunspots |
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| Constellation | Psc |
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| Category | Solar |
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Time
yyyymmdd.hhmm | 20100318.1015 EDT |
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| Comments |
Distance
Light Time | 0.995 AU
8m 17s |
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| Angular Size | 31' 11.3" |
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| Altitude | 33.9° |
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Heliographic Latitude
(B0) | -7.09 ° |
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Heliographic Longitude
(L0) | 104.09° |
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Parallactic Angle
(P) | -24.93 ° |
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Carrington rotation number
(CR) | 2094 |
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There are two spots there, SOHO says so. I didn’t expect to see anything without binoculars but was out in the sun so looked anyway
| | 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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| Observing Location | Hudson River Park
Lat.: 40.770551°
Long.: -73.995520° |
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| Observational Period | 1300-1315 EDT |
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| Atmospheric Conditions |
| Cloud Cover | Clear |
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| Temperature | 66° |
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| Wind | Calm |
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Wind Chill
Heat Index | °F |
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| Humidity | Low |
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| Barometric Pressure | " Hg
Falling |
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| KNYC METAR | |
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| Feels Like | Mild |
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| Instruments | Naked-eye - Charlie |
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| Observing Party | Charlie Ridgway
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| Target | Sunspots |
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| Constellation | Psc |
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| Category | Solar |
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Time
yyyymmdd.hhmm | 20100318.1300 EDT |
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| Comments |
Distance
Light Time | 0.995 AU
8m 17s |
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| Angular Size | 31' 11.2" |
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| Altitude | 49.2° |
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Heliographic Latitude
(B0) | -7.09 ° |
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Heliographic Longitude
(L0) | 102.14° |
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Parallactic Angle
(P) | -24.95° |
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Carrington rotation number
(CR) | 2094 |
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Still 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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| Observing Location | TotL |
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| Observational Period | 1830-2130 EDT |
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| Atmospheric Conditions |
| Cloud Cover | Clear
increasing to
Scattered Clouds |
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| Temperature | 62° F |
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| Wind | Calm |
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Wind Chill
Heat Index | °F |
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| Humidity | Low |
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| Barometric Pressure | " Hg
Steady |
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| KNYC METAR | |
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| Feels Like | Cool |
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| Instruments | West Marine Raiatea 7x50 binocular - Charlie
Galileoscope - Marcos |
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| Observing Party | Charlie Ridgway
Marcos Rivera
Tom Clabough
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This was Marcos’ first session with his Galileoscope so it was mostly helping him to get accustomed to how it works.
We looked at
- Moon and saw mare Crisium, Proclus and earthshine
- M42 and noted nebulosity
- Venus which was just a dot of light but definitely planetary
Naked eye we observed two ISS passes, an Iridium flare, Pherkad and Mizar.
We moved down to TPO for the second ISS pass and from there observed Saturn which appeared to have a thin line bisecting the planet – the rings – and M45 which overflowed the eyepiece.
