Sunspot data for 6 March 2024 of period 2024Q1: (PREV DAY - NEXT DAY)
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Today started out grey, but it soon cleared to about 80% cumuli under a hazy sky. Transparency was poor, and the scintillation monitor had trouble reporting seeing (very poor on average, but visually it was fine). I made the following observation:
Observation date/time: 06 March 2024 10:44 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 (344mm distance, 80mm diameter) Reference: Earth's rotation axis Exposure (transparency): 0.900ms (using 82nm bandwidth green filter) Seeing (SSSMon): 6.5-8.0" (2.5" at best) =================================================================== Total number of sunspots: 20 | |
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