21 September 2006

20 September 2006

When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes; when you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it seems like two hours. That's relativity
Albert Einstein


Observing LocationPAC
Observational Period1230-1245 EDT
Atmospheric ConditionsMostly clear with a few scattered cotton balls, Mild with a light breeze.
TransparencyGood
SeeingGood
InstrumentsCanon 15x50 IS binocular w/Baader AstroSolar filter film - Charlie
Observing PartyCharlie Ridgway

Target Sunspots
ConstellationVir
CategorySolar
Time20060920.1230 EDT
Comments
Heliphraphic Latitude
(B0)		 +7.10°
Heliographic Longitude
(L0)		 7.30°
Position Angle
(P)		 +24.90°
Carrington rotation number
(CR)		2047

I recovered group 910 today and it is really small. It is the only thing I can see.

Group 910
Heliographic Latitude -13°
Heliographic Longitude 331°
McIntosh SystemAxx
The spot is small and was not immediately seen. It if too small to are a penumbra if any exists.

 Groups SpotsR
North0 0 0
South1 1 11
Total1 1 11
R = (Groups * 10) + Spots)


Observing LocationTotL
Observational Period
Atmospheric ConditionsI had planned to go to the park tonight but when I came home from dinner the sky was obscured by heavy clouds and there was a strong, cool, moist wind blowing and it felt like rain. When I looked out of my bedroom window later in the night I saw stars to the east. Both Kin and Peter reported seeing clear skies and lots of stars and Kin, who made his observation from TotL, corroborated my wind observation. The cloud cover is as CSC said it would be but they also said the clearing would not occur until 2200 EDT and it didn't seem like a good idea to head downtown for such a short duration observing period if it did occur, when I plan to get up at 0300 EDT tomorrow morning to go down to CSP to observe the last crescent Moon.
Transparency
Seeing
Instruments
Observing Party

posted by Charlie at 14:13

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