9 June 2005

Observing Location	Parkchester South Condominium Oval, The Bronx, NY
Observational Period	1710-17825 EDT
Atmospheric Conditions	Hazy, Hot and Humid. It was another 90&167; day with obvious haze lit up in front of the sun. Winds were moderate and clouds but increasing in the west toward sunset. No atmospheric boiling was observed on the upper and lower limbs of the sun. Transparency Fair Seeing Good
Instruments	Canon 15x50 Image Stabilized binoculars with Baader AstroSolar filter film - Charlie
Observing Party	Charlie Ridgway

Target	Sunspots
Constellation	Tau
Category	Solar
Time	9Jun2005; 1710 EDT
Comments	772 Group 772 is almost on the western limb near the equator. This is probably the last day I will be able to see it. There is a void area surrounding the group. 773 Sunspot 773 is a lone spot as far as I can tell, just below the equator and a short distance from the western limb. I can not detect any penumbra but the spot is big enough that it probably has one. There is a void ring around the spot. 775 This is the only northern hemisphere group. It is just approaching the meridian. There are two spots with a continuous penumbra around them and a small isolated spot trailing them. There is a void area in the granularity on the meridian side of the two spots with the penumbras. 776 776 continues to grow and looks like it is separating into two sunspot groups. The trailing area of penumbra has condensed into three spots. The main body of the group is composed of two spots with a shared penumbra and an isolated spot without penumbra preceding them. These three spots are surrounded by a void area. SpaceWeather.com is still saying M- or X-class flares are possible from either 775 or 776.   Groups Spots R Northern Hemisphere 1 3 13 Southern Hemisphere 3 9 39 Total 4 12 52 NOAA Boulder Sunspot Number 100 R = 10 * groups + spots The Boulder Sunspot Number keeps going up while my sunspot number keeps going down.