2 August 2005

Observing Location	PSC
Observational Period	1710-1725 EDT
Atmospheric Conditions	Hot with fair weather cumulus clouds. No boiling evident. Transparency Very Good Seeing Excellent
Instruments	Canon 15x50 Image Stabilized binocular with Baader AstroSolar filter film - Charlie
Observing Party	Charlie Ridgway

Target	Sunspots
Constellation	Cnc
Category	Solar
Time	1710 EDT
Comments	792 NE quadrant. This remains a large complex group that is more space between components than it is spots themselves. There is one dominant spot and a few smalelr ones around it. I am not seeing penumbra but lots of the faint discoloration that is often between the penumbra and the void area. No void area was detected today. 794 SE quadrant. I think this spot will rival 792. It is already large and has a solid umbra and I suspect a penumbra will soon be visible. The spot is surrounded by a void area. 795 NE quadrant. This is the smallest group visible. It is a single spot with neither penumbra nor void area.   Groups Spots R Northern Hemisphere 2 6 26 Southern Hemisphere 1 1 11 Total 3 7 37 NOAA Boulder Sunspot Number 102 R = 10 * Groups + Spots

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Observing Location	CSP We are here tonight because Peter wants to use it as a place to observe the last waning crescent moon on Thursday morning and wanted to scout out an observing location.
Observational Period	2130-2330 EDT
Atmospheric Conditions	It was hot and humid. The atmosphere wasn't very transparent but got a little better as the night wore on. Transparency Poor Seeing Good
Instruments	Canon 15x50 Image Stabilized binocular - Charlie TeleVue Ranger - Peter Tacahashi 22x60 binocular - Peter Fujinon 7x50 binocular - Peter Celestron 7x50 binocular - Kin Orion SkyView Pro 6LT EQ Reflector - Derik 4" refractor - Derik Binocular - Derik
Observing Party	Charlie Ridgway Peter Tagatac Kin Lee Derik Snow

Target	Summer Triangle
Constellation
Category	Asterism
Time	2Aug05; 2145 EDT
Comments	The Summer Triangle looks small tonight compared to what I am used to seeing from TotL. The whold sky looks much larger. It is because there are no trees blocking our horizon. But there is a lot of light pollution here.

Target	Sco Doubles
Constellation	Sco
Category	Double Stars
Time	2Aug05; 2235 EDT
Comments	&omega1 Sco and ω2Sco This naked-eye double is so wide that it isn't all that obvious under magnification. It lies inside the line of the left claw. The two stars are fairly equal in magnitude and uniform and nondescript in color. ν Sco This is a close double that I have been seeing for some time but it is not marked as such in Planetarium. Peter confirmed it. I didn't make notes about PA, magnitude difference or color difference. I seem to remember the secondary being very orange. Dschubba A small secondary is at the 12:00 position. It is much dimmer ad looks a little orange in my binocular and didn't really split. The split was easy in Peter's 22x60s.

Target	Phercad Major and Phercad Minor
Constellation	UMi
Category	Double Star
Time	2Aug05, 2245 EDT
Comments	A very wide double. They are so far separated that it doesn't really look like a double in the binocular.

Target	ο Cyg
Constellation	Cyg
Category	Double Star
Time	2Aug05; 2255 EDT
Comments	I was able to see a point of light there naked-eye but could not tell that it was a double and did not but the binocular on it.

Target	Alberio
Constellation	Cyg
Category	Double Star
Time	2Aug05; 2310 EDT
Comments	Following on the theme I put the binocular on Alberio. It was too high to spend a lot of time observing in the binocular but it was an easily split double with nice color contrast.