ASO Solar Observations.

Sunspots Observation 2012 March

Year:  2012
Month: March

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 1430 3  3   8  38  2   7  27  1   1  11  38   18  10    20 
  2 2030 3  2   4  24  2   4  24  0   0   0  12   14   6   100 st. cirrus  
  3 1340 3  4  23  63  3  15  45  1   8  18   0   73  27    10 
  4 1650 3  5  47  97  4  34  74  1  13  23   0  111  52    80 
  5 1240 3  5  52 102  3  28  58  2  24  44  26  128  57    15 
  6 1930 3  4  64 104  2  44  64  2  20  40  49  112  68    80 
  7                                                      ! 100 RAin        
  8 1830 3  4  51  91  3  39  69  1  12  22  91   92  55    75 
  9 2040 3  4  71 111  3  52  82  1  19  29  73   98  75    30 
 10 1240 4  4  55  95  3  43  73  1  12  22  36  113  59     0 
 11 1540 3  6  55 115  4  45  85  2  10  30   0   85  61    15 
 12 1440 3  6  47 107  4  40  80  2   7  27   0   88  53    60 cirrus      
 13 1310 3  4  34  74  3  30  60  1   4  14  20   80  38    20 
 14 2050 3  4  37  77  3  35  65  1   2  12  57   70  41    90 st. cirrus  
 15 1630 3  4  25  65  2  20  40  2   5  25  65   46  29    75 
 16 1740 3  5  23  73  3  15  45  2   8  28  47   50  28     5 
 17 1640 3  3  22  52  1   6  16  2  16  36  33   36  25     0 
 18 1220 3  3  18  48  1   2  12  2  16  36  12   54  21     0 
 19 1300 3  5  23  73  3   7  37  2  16  36   0   69  28     0 
 20                                                      ! 100 
 21 1300 4  5  23  73  1   2  12  4  21  61  22   56  28     0 
 22 1500 3  3  10  40  0   0   0  3  10  40   0   33  12   100 cirrus      
 23                                                      ! 100 
 24 1250 3  3  10  40  0   0   0  3  10  40  12   27  13    75 
 25 1520 4  5  30  80  2  15  35  3  15  45  37   68  35     0 
 26 1410 4  6  31  91  2  15  35  4  16  56  47   66  37     0 
 27                                                      ! 100 RAIN        
 28 1720 3  5  27  77  1   9  19  4  18  58  49   62  32    40 
 29 1600 4  8  42 122  3  13  43  5  29  79  60   80  50    30 
 30 1930 3  4  20  60  1   9  19  3  11  41  28   55  24    50 
 31 1320 3  5  25  75  2  13  33  3  12  42  24   74  30    20 


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Sunspots observation summary
Year:  2012
Month: March

OBSERVER:      German Morales C.
               Astronomia Sigma Octante

Monthly Mean     R =  76.6     

                NR =  42.7    SR =  33.9    cR =  31.0

                CV =  68.8    IS =  36.8

                 Q =   3.2   Cld =  44.8%

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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