| Observing Location | PSC |
|---|
| Observational Period | 1055-1110 EDT |
|---|
| Atmospheric Conditions | Mostly clear and sunny; Light haze; mild temperatures; light to moderate breeze. The fainter spots would sometimes disappear when a wisp of cloud passed.
| Transparency | Good |
|---|
| Seeing | Good |
|---|
|
|---|
| Instruments | Canon 15x50 IS binocular w/Baader AstroSolar filter film - Charlie |
|---|
| Observing Party | Charlie Ridgway
|
|---|
| Target | Sunspots |
|---|
| Constellation | Leo |
|---|
| Category | Solar |
|---|
| Time | 20060910.1055 EDT |
|---|
| Comments |
| Heliphraphic Latitude(B0) | +7.25° |
|---|
| Heliographic Longitude (L0) | 140.53° |
|---|
Position Angle
(P) | +23.20° |
|---|
Carrington rotation number
(CR) | 2047 |
|---|
I am not sure how many groups are there today but it looks like group 907 that was there for a day earlier in the week has reformed. That is borne out by the Active Regions Explorer. Space Weather is showing an old image again so can't be relief upon. They are only showing spots 904 and 908. I am going to call it two groups because it just looks too big to be one. 909 is really loose enough that I could interpret it as three groups of single spots. The groups appear to be farther from the equator today.
- 904
-
| Heliographic Latitude | -17° |
|---|
| Heliographic Longitude | 127° |
|---|
| McIntosh System | Cao |
|---|
The group continues to make slow progress toward the meridian and does not appear to be evolving any.
- 907
-
| Heliographic Latitude | -15° |
|---|
| Heliographic Longitude | 152° |
|---|
| McIntosh System | Axx |
|---|
This is a small faint solitary spot about as far away from group 904 as the individual spots of group 904 are from one another. The group is between groups 904 and 907 and is not much past the meridian.
- 909
-
| Heliographic Latitude | -17° |
|---|
| Heliographic Longitude | 176° |
|---|
| McIntosh System | Bxo |
|---|
This is a loose group of two faint spots without penumbra. It is a large group although, because of the small size if the constituent spots, it doesn't occupy much disc area.
| | Groups | Spots | R |
|---|
| North | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|
| South | 3 | 5 | 35 |
|---|
| Total | 3 | 5 | 35 |
|---|
| R = (Groups * 10) + Spots) |
|
|---|
|
| Observing Location | The Quadrangle, Queens College, Jamaica, NY
Lat: 40°44'8.94", Long: -73°49'26.30"
This was the first Aftrobomy Night held by Queens Colllege. |
|---|
| Observational Period | |
|---|
| Atmospheric Conditions | Completely overcast. It had been good all day and all of a sudden at 1600 EDT the sky was obscured.
|
|---|
| Instruments | |
|---|
| Observing Party | |
|---|
Queens College had scheduled their first public astronomy night for tonight. All of the weather forecasts I checked except for CSC said it would be clear tonight. CSC went their own way saying it would be a lousy night for astronomy and they ended up being the ones who were right. Kin went out there and said the college went ahead with the program even though they could only point the telescopes at a couple of stars.
<< Home