Sunspot data for 11 March 2023 of period 2023Q1: (PREV DAY - NEXT DAY)
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Today started out with a deteriorating hazy sky, but later in the morning it cleared, only leaving us with some scattered cirrus. Transparency was excellent, but the scintillation monitor reported mediocre seeing on average. I made the following observation:
Observation date/time: 11 March 11:18 UTC Telescope: GTT60 (Galileo Type Telescope) Focal length: 1490mm (plano convex singlet) Aperture: 60mm Stop: 30mm Eyepiece: -75mm (plano concave singlet, 24mm aperture) Observation type: projection (341mm distance, 80mm diameter) Reference: Earth's rotation axis Exposure (transparency): 0.450ms (using 82nm bandwidth green filter) Seeing (SSSMon): 3.0"-3.5" (1.5" at best) =================================================================== Total number of sunspots: 23 | |
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