| Observing Location | SIBL |
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| Observational Period | 1230-1245 EDT |
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| Atmospheric Conditions |
| Cloud Cover | Clear |
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| Temperature | 85°F |
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| Wind | Light Breeze |
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| Humidity | Moderate |
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| Feels Like | Hot and humid |
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There are no clouds visible but it seems a little hazy.
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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 | 20070801.1230 EDT |
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Distance
Light Time | 1.014917 AU
8ms |
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| Angular Size | 31'34.0" |
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| Altitude | 66.9° |
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Heliographic Latitude
(B0) | 5.80° |
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Heliographic Longitude
(L0) | 170.69° |
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Position Angle
(P) | 10.92° |
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Carrington rotation number
(CR) | 1259 |
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Space Weather is not showing anything on the Sun although Active Region Explorer is still showing Group 965 to be present.
The Sun is still in Cancer and midway between Mercury and Saturn and Venus.
Cartes du Ciel graphic
| | Groups | Spots | R |
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| North | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| South | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| R = (Groups * 10) + Spots) |
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I subscribed to a podcast of old time SciFi radio broadcasts and today listened to a vintage broadcast of Space Patrol. The show was about the theft of the top secred D ray, whatever that was. The show was sponsored by Wheat Chex, Rice Chex and Instant Ralston, who offered a Space Binocular premium. It sounds like a good idea for astronomy observing. Just needs a little more power. Learn about it here (6:13, 5.69 MB).
| Observing Location | TotLeast & TotLwest |
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| Observational Period | 2100-2300 EDT |
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| Atmospheric Conditions |
| Cloud Cover | Clear |
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| Temperature | 81°F |
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| Wind | Calm |
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| Humidity | High |
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| Feels Like | Very close |
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I was downtown at Madison Square Park for a concert and it felt comfortable there. On getting off the bus at 77 St I was immediately struck by how hot and humid it was there. It seemed to feel cooler as I approached and entered the park. There was no air movement again tonight so the mosquitoes were out again and seemed to be more bothersome at TotLwest, possibly because there are more trees there for them to alight on during their no-fly hours.
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| Instruments | Brunton 8x21 compact binocular - Charlie |
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| Observing Party | Charlie Ridgway
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All I had with me tonight was my compact binocular so I spent an hour sitting on a bench at TotLeast participating in a weekly amateur radio net and looking at Jupiter through the binocular and the rest of the sky naked eye. After the net I moved over to TotLwest where the Moon was just rising between two of the buildings and I watched it for about an hour. The compact binoculars are too small and light for me to hold them steady so I couldn’t do any serious observing with them. I was able to briefly catch glimpses of ω Oph, but could not locate any of the Galilean moons of Jupiter. On the Moon I could pick out the maria and a few of the major features like the rays of Tycho and Copernicus, but could not tell what craters the terminator was passing through.
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