Could you check 10 sunspots on 5 Jan 2023, Royal Observatory of Belgium counted: 47

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American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Fri, 01/06/2023 - 13:04
January data

Hi Darius,

January data is not complete, until the end of the month. You can see here the difference between December's last few days and beginning of January by the number of counts, (last column), these data only go to January 4th: 

 

2459943, 2022-12-29,35,18
2459944, 2022-12-30,42,18
2459945, 2022-12-31,43,20
2459946, 2023-01-1,45,9
2459947, 2023-01-2,42,9
2459948, 2023-01-3,60,5
2459949, 2023-01-4,50,6

Rodney

Affiliation
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
solar observation for 5 January

Hi Darius,

I don't know if this is what you're looking for, but I hope it helps.

Observer: Steve Toothman

Observer Code: TST

Telescope: 4" Newtonian

Magnification: 62x

Filter: Thousand Oaks white light

 

Date   Time   Seeing   g/s    w 

05       19:03   fair        4/16  56

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American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO)
Thank you Steve.

g/s      w…

Thank you Steve.

g/s      w

4/16    56

vs.

https://www.sidc.be/uset/data/drawings/2023/01/usd202301051000.jpg

Observer: Frederic Clette

g/s     w

6/47   107

 

I suspect, he watched partly cloudy image of the solar disc and red/orange pixels from image by NOAA turned black