23 August 2004

Observing Location	Parkchester, The Bronx, NY I observed the Sun this morning from the intersection of White Plains Rd and Metropolitan Ave.
Atmospheric Conditions	Mostly clear with some haze
Instruments	Brunton 8x21 compact binoculars shade 14 welders glass (gold)
Observing Party	Charlie Ridgway

Target	Sun
Time	23Aug04; 0955 EDT
Category	Sun
Comments	I was only using my compact binoculars and there were no benches to sit on so it was difficult to get a stable view. A line of four sunspots was observed stretching across the center of the Sun's disk from 7:00 to 1:00. The spots in the center of the disk were smaller than those closer to the limb. Those spots were close together and constitute one sunspot group. At that magnification and with lack of image stabilization I couldn't tell anything about the structure of the individual spots.