5 October 2005

Observing Location	Virginia Park (formerly Westchester Ave and White Plains Road) Buses were my main problem here today. One of the LNG buses pulled into the stop and the extended top blocked the Sun. The next bus was an articulated one and it stopped just to the right of the Sun so its exhause was pouring out across the Sun's disk and by the time the bus had pulled out the portion of the Sun where the sunspot was had set behind the buildings.
Observational Period	1810-1825 EDT
Atmospheric Conditions	It was warm and humid with heavy haze and no wind. There was some boiling. Transparency Fair Seeing Good
Instruments	Canon 15x50 Image Stabilized binocular - Charlie
Observing Party	Charlie Ridgway

Target	Sunspots
Constellation	Vir
Category	Solar
Time	5Oct05; 1810 EDT
Comments	813 SE quadrant. The group is getting into the center of the Sun. I am sure there are more spots there but in these conditions and without a tripod I can only see three.   Groups Spots R Northern Hemisphere 0 0 0 Southern Hemisphere 1 3 13 Total 1 3 13 NOAA Boulder Sunspot Number 31 R = 10 * Groups + Spots