Sunspot data for 29 October 2023 of period 2023Q4: (PREV DAY - NEXT DAY)
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Today we had an hour of sunshine on an otherwise grey day. Transparency was good, and the scintillation monitor reported reasonable seeing on average. I made the following observation:
Observation date/time: 29 October 2023 12:11 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 (348mm distance, 80mm diameter) Reference: Earth's rotation axis Exposure (transparency): 0.500ms (using 82nm bandwidth green filter) Seeing (SSSMon): 2.5-3.0" (1.5" at best) =================================================================== Total number of sunspots: 14 | |
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