• Can you count the number of sunspots on the attached image of solar dis

    From a a@21:1/5 to All on Thu Nov 3 10:54:41 2022
    Can you count the number of sunspots on the attached image of solar disc ?
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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to mant...@gmail.com on Fri Nov 4 02:54:47 2022
    On Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 10:54:42 AM UTC-7, mant...@gmail.com wrote:
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  • From a a@21:1/5 to StarDust on Fri Nov 4 05:47:01 2022
    On Friday, 4 November 2022 at 10:54:49 UTC+1, StarDust wrote:
    On Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 10:54:42 AM UTC-7, mant...@gmail.com wrote:
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    9 is number of stations, reporting their SSN

    But SSN Index is 88 ;)))))))
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    what is calculated below is not sunspots count

    R = K (10g + s)
    The relative sunspot number is defined as R = K (10g + s), where g is the number of sunspot groups and s is the total number of distinct spots. The scale factor K (usually less than unity) depends on the observer and is intended to effect the conversion
    to the scale originated by Wolf.

    How to get scale factor K for this image ?
    What is a number of groups of sunspots ?

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    There is another site, featuring higher resolution images: 2M, 4M

    from spaceweather.com

    2M labeled sunspots image
    spaceweather.com/images2022/03nov22/hmi1898.gif

    4M no labels sunspots image spaceweather.com/images2022/03nov22/hmi4096_blank.jpg

    Sunspot number: 65

    4M is clear, sharp Sunspot number: 65 ???

    3135 label - 2 sunspots/ groups

    3136 label - 2 sunspots/ groups

    R = K (10g + s) = 65 ?

    what is a number of groups in the image ?


    Relative sunspot number stays for what ?

    I am interested to count raw number of sunspots, raw number of sunspot groups for the given image resolution.





    https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/50939/how-a-sunspot-number-is-calculated-by-an-individual-observer?noredirect=1#comment113760_50939

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