16 February 2007

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there's really no such thing as bad weather. Only different kinds of good weather. John Ruskin

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Middle of Winter

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Observing Location	VP
Observational Period	1114-1130 EST
Atmospheric Conditions	Cloud Cover Clear with a light haze Temperature Wind Gentle Breeze gusting to Light Breeze Humidity Low Feels Like Cold It isn't as blue out again today as it should be. It seems like the ice is melting a bit, probably due to the heaps of salt and chemicals that are everywhere. It isn't as solid as I thought yesterday. I have seen places where it has been broken up and the top half is solid ice while the botton half is more snow-like. It isn't supposed to get melting warm any time soon and there is a chance of more snow tomorrow but it doesn't sound like anything significant. Transparency Good Seeing I
Instruments	Brunton 8x21 compact binocular w/Welco gold shade 14 welder's filter - Charlie
Observing Party	Charlie Ridgway

Target Sunspots Constellation Aqr Category Solar Time yyyymmdd.hhmm 20070216.1115 EST Comments Distance Light Time 0.988AU 8m13s Angular Size 32'23" Heliographic Latitude (B0) -6.89° Heliographic Longitude (L0) 204.64° Position Angle (P) -17.81° Carrington rotation number (CR) 2053/td> Nothing was seen again today.   Groups Spots R North 0 0 0 South 0 0 0 Total 0 0 0 R = (Groups * 10) + Spots)