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Solar Bulletin August, 2001

Solar Bulletin

THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF VARIABLE STAR OBSERVERS - SOLAR DIVISION
Carl E. Feehrer, Editor
9 Gleason Rd.
Bedford, MA 01730
Email: cfeehrer@hotmail.com

ISSN 0271-8480

Volume 57 Number 8August 2001

Table I. Mean Sunspot Numbers for August
[boldface = maximum, minimum]
Table II. August Observers
Day N Raw s.d. K-corrected s.d. s.e.
1 47 93 4.1 73 2.3 0.34
2 35 115 4.4 94 2.7 0.46
3 44 133 4.5 111 2.4 0.36
4 44 164 6.1 132 3.1 0.47
5 45 183 7.4 146 3.7 0.55
6 46 173 6.3 139 2.8 0.41
7 42 171 4.7 140 2.1 0.32
8 45 159 5.3 133 2.4 0.36
9 43 139 5.1 111 2.5 0.38
10 48 129 3.7 106 1.5 0.22
11 43 159 5.2 131 2.8 0.43
12 41 148 5.6 122 3.4 0.53
13 37 120 5.1 95 2.3 0.38
14 50 124 4.5 100 1.9 0.27
15 55 145 4.3 118 2.4 0.32
16 42 162 6.3 124 3.4 0.52
17 42 145 6.0 113 3.8 0.59
18 43 139 5.9 115 2.9 0.44
19 42 137 4.7 110 3.0 0.46
20 41 128 5.4 102 2.0 0.31
21 45 150 5.4 125 2.6 0.39
22 46 159 5.6 126 3.0 0.44
23 40 157 6.5 124 3.4 0.54
24 44 144 7.4 114 3.9 0.59
25 47 133 4.8 107 2.5 0.36
26 36 135 5.2 113 2.9 0.48
27 39 156 6.3 125 2.6 0.42
28 37 155 6.9 123 3.0 0.49
29 45 139 4.4 112 2.8 0.42
30 35 143 5.2 116 3.4 0.57
31 33 155 6.8 126 3.2 0.56
Means: 144.9 117.1  
No. of Observations: 1322
No. of Observers: 71

Reporting Addresses

Sunspot Reports -- email: solar@aavso.org

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FAX (AAVSO): (617) 354-0665

SES Reports -- email: noatak@aol.com

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postal mail: Casper Hossfield PO Box 23, New Milford, NY 10959
FAX: (973) 853-2588 or (407) 482-3963
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AAP
ANDE
ATON
BARH
BATR
BEB
BEDJ
BEGM
BLAJ
BMF
BOSB
BRAB
BRAM
BRAR
BROB
BURS
CAMP
CARJ
CHAG
CKB
CLZ
COMT
CORA
CR
DEMF
DRAJ
DUBF
ELR
FEEC
FERJ
FLET
FUJK
GIOR
GOTS
HALB
HSF
IMPR
JAMD
JEFT
JENJ
KAPJ
KHAR
KNJS
KUZM
LERM
LEVM
MALK
MARE
MARJ
MCE
MILJ
MMI
MUDG
OBSO
RICE
RITA
SCGL
SCHG
SIMC
STEF
STEM
SUZM
SZAK
SZUM
TESD
THR
URBP
VARG
VIDD
WILW
YESH
P.Abbott
E.Anderson
A.Attanasio
H.Barnes
R.Battaiola
R.Berg
J.Bedient
M.Begbie
J.Blackwell
M.Boschat
B.Bose
B.Branchett
M.Bradbury
R.Branch
R.Brown
S.Burgess
P.Campbell
J.Carlson
G.Morales
B.Cudnik
L.Corp
T.Compton
A.Coroas
T.Cragg
F.Dempsey
J.Dragesco
F.Dubois
E.Reed
C.Feehrer
J.Fernandez
T.Fleming
K.Fujimori
R.Giovanoni
S.Gottschalk
B.Halls
C.Hossfield
R.Imperi
D.James
T.Jeffrey
J.Jenkins
J.Kaplan
R.Khan
J&S Knight
M.Kuzmin
M.Lerman
M.Leventhal
K.Malde
E.Mariani
J.Maranon
E.Mochizuki
J.Miller
M.Moeller
G.Mudry
IPS Obs.
E.Richardson
A.Ritchie
G.Schott
G.Scholl
C.Simpson
G.Stefanopoulis
G.Stemmler
M.Suzuki
K.Szatkowski
M.Szulc
D.Teske
R.Thompson
P.Urbanski
A.Vargas
D.Vidican
W.Wilson
H.Yesilyaprak

Table III. Means of Raw Group Counts (RG) and Ratios of Spots to Groups (S:G) in August 2001
Day RG S:G Day RG S:G Day RG S:G Day RG S:G
1 5.8 6.0 9 8.1 7.2 17 11.0 3.2 25 7.5 7.7
2 6.7 7.2 10 7.6 6.9 18 9.2 5.1 26 7.5 8.0
3 7.6 7.5 11 9.4 6.9 19 8.7 5.8 27 9.1 7.1
4 8.4 9.5 12 8.9 6.6 20 7.4 7.3 28 8.5 8.2
5 9.0 10.3 13 7.1 6.9 21 8.5 7.6 29 7.5 8.5
6 8.6 10.1 14 7.9 5.7 22 8.6 8.5 30 6.9 10.7
7 9.1 8.8 15 10.7 3.6 23 8.9 7.6 31 7.8 9.9
8 9.3 7.1 16 12.6 2.9 24 8.5 6.9 Mn. 8.5 7.3

Figure 1
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Fig.1 Comparison of Ri (provisional) and Ra estimates for July.

(Ri Source: http://sidc..oma.be/index.php3)

Smoothed Mean Sunspot Number (Rsm) for February 2001: 110.6

Figure 2
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Fig.2 Monthly Ra and Smoothed Mean Sunspot Numbers (Waldmeier method).

Figure 3
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Fig.3 Maximum, mean, and minimum Ra Values for Each Month from January 2000 to Present.

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