Sunspots Observation 2012 January

Year:  2012
Month: January

OBSERVER:      German Morales C.
               Astronomia Sigma Octante

Instr.:  SCT 
    Fl:  2000mm    Aperture:  200mm    Aperture stop used:  90mm

    Method:  Projection    Image diameter: 140mm


Day  UT  Q  g   s   R Ng  Ns  NR Sg  Ss  SR  cR   CV  IS M Cld Remarks     

  1 1900 3  5  28  78  0   0   0  5  28  78  41   68  33   100 cirrus      
  2 1440 3  7  50 120  2  17  37  5  33  83  71  100  57    75 
  3 1330 3  7  48 118  3  19  49  4  29  69  70  100  55    20 
  4 1620 3  8  48 128  4  28  68  4  20  60  70   81  55    50 
  5 1540 3  6  38  98  4  34  74  2   4  24  35   91  44    20 
  6                                                      * 100 
  7                                                      ! 100 raIn        
  8 1420 3  6  48 108  4  43  83  2   5  25  30   90  53    25 
  9 1400 4  4  42  82  3  40  70  1   2  12  35  101  46    10 
 10 1520 3  3  44  74  3  44  74  0   0   0  36   82  47    50 
 11 1550 3  3  20  50  3  20  50  0   0   0   0   61  23   100 cirrus      
 12                                                      * 100 raIN        
 13 1440 3  5  34  84  4  29  69  1   5  15  29   88  39    80 cirrus      
 14 1430 3  8  41 121  5  32  82  3   9  39  58  102  48    30 
 15 1540 4  9  55 145  6  44 104  3  11  41  56  110  63    20 cirrus      
 16 1440 3  9  48 138  6  38  98  3  10  40  26  137  55    15 
 17 1520 3  7  40 110  4  28  68  3  12  42  16  140  46    20 
 18 1700 3  6  32  92  3  25  55  3   7  37  26  122  37    25 
 19 1510 3  5  46  96  3  42  72  2   4  24  72  108  51    20 
 20 1930 3  5  54 104  5  54 104  0   0   0  80  110  59    80 
 21 1510 3  6  64 124  6  64 124  0   0   0  88  141  70    50 
 22 1710 3  5  34  84  5  34  84  0   0   0  16   80  39    95 
 23 1730 2  4  37  77  4  37  77  0   0   0  17   73  41   100 st. cirrus  
 24 1830 3  4  22  62  4  22  62  0   0   0   0   67  25    60 
 25                                                      ! 100 rAIn        
 26 1630 3  3  14  44  3  14  44  0   0   0  14   42  17    65 
 27 1440 2  3   8  38  2   7  27  1   1  11  14   24  10    60 
 28 1410 3  3   8  38  2   7  27  1   1  11  25   24  10    25 
 29 1620 3  3   8  38  2   6  26  1   2  12  12   24  11    75 
 30 1400 3  4  30  70  3  23  53  1   7  17  42   37  34   100 cirrus      
 31 1710 2  5  25  75  3  17  47  2   8  28  63   47  30   100 st. cirrus  


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Sunspots observation summary
Year:  2012
Month: January

OBSERVER:      German Morales C.
               Astronomia Sigma Octante

Monthly Mean     R =  88.7     

                NR =  64.0    SR =  24.7    cR =  38.6

                CV =  83.3    IS =  40.7

                 Q =   3.0   Cld =  60.3%

The Sun has been observed 27 days on 31 possible.
4 cloudy days impede observe the Sun

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Column Headings

UT:     UTC at middle of observation
Q:      Quality seeing
        1 Bad, 2 Poor, 3 Fair, 4 Good, 5 Excelent

R:      Wolf relative number for whole disc
         g: Total Groups,  s: Total Spots
NR:     Wolf Relative number North hemisphere
         Ng: North Groups,  Ns: North Spots
SR:     Wolf Relative number South hemisphere
         Sg: South Groups,  Ss: South Spots
cR:     Wolf Relative number Central
CV:     Classification Value after Malde for whole disc
IS:     Inter Sol index for whole disc

M:   !  Cloudy all day
     *  Cloudy at observation hours
     X  Impossible to make any kind of observation
Cld:    Percentage of cloudy sky

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