| Observing Location | HoS |
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| Observational Period | 1015-1030 EDT |
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| Atmospheric Conditions |
| Cloud Cover | Hazy |
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| Temperature | 70°F |
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| Wind | Light Breeze |
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| Humidity | High |
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| Feels Like | Very moist and warm |
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There was lots of for and haze obscuring NYC as I passed over the Whitestone Bridge this morning. They are predicting more thunderstorms for this afternoon/tonight.
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| Instruments | Brunton 8x21 compact binocular w/Welco gold shade 14 welder's filter - Charlie |
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| Observing Party | Charlie Ridgway
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| Target | Sunspots |
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| Constellation | Gem |
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| Category | Solar |
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Time
yyyymmdd.hhmm | 20070628.1015 EDT |
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| Comments |
Distance
Light Time | 1.016536AU
8ms |
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| Angular Size | 31'31.0" |
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| Altitude | 51.7° |
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Heliographic Latitude
(B0) | 2.56° |
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Heliographic Longitude
(L0) | 261.83° |
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Position Angle
(P) | -3.97° |
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Carrington rotation number
(CR) | 2058 |
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Helio is giving me problems. Yesterday I had to set the display to Equatorial to get the spot to appear on the disc where I knew it should be. Today that setting places the group too far south and I had to change the display back to AltAzimuth to get a better fit. I am going to have to read the instructions and try to figure out what is going on.
| | Groups | Spots | R |
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| North | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| South | 1 | 1 | 11 |
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| Total | 1 | 1 | 11 |
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| R = (Groups * 10) + Spots) |
- Group 961
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| Heliographic Latitude | -2° |
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| Heliographic Longitude | 212° |
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Carrington rotation number
(CR) | 2058 |
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| Mcintosh System | Axx |
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With the small binocular I am not able to see penumbra today or any smaller spots that may – or may not – be there.
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NASA announced today that it is moving forward the target launch date for the next Shuttle mission by two days, to 7Aug07. The press release doesn’t specify a time, but based on the launch time for 9Aug07 and my previous research into the time of launch of delayed missions I have calculated a new launch time of 1951 EDT. That means Endeavour should fly past NYC at MECO at 1959 EDT. Sunset on that day is not until 2004 EDT so it will probably be hard to locate the Shuttle and differentiate it from planes landing and taking off at Newark Airport. I will give it a try from Pier 17. The launch window that day is 10 minutes long.
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