Good day all,
Since our discussion about the accuracy
of shadows on Saturn I've taken note of the sunspots I can
see with telescope or binoculars and compared that with the
sunspot count and positions from Space.com and with SNP.
Todays count is 160+ although I never see any of the real
small ones. My observations are pretty similar to pics.
posted by NASA Science News or Space.com but not with SNP.
Today in fact spot #'s 9193 & 9190 among others are easily
spotted with binoculars but I don't see them in SNP.
Accurate depictions by SN are not necessary for my
observations and future predictions by any program regarding
sunspots would be guess work at best. But does SN use past
data to show the spots that are there. I have gone
days/weeks/months into the past and notice that the spots do
change. I also notice that the sun appears to rotate
clockwise or counter clockwise as I go back or forward in
time which suggests we would not see the backside of the
sun. Since this is Starry "Night" and not "Sunny" Day I may
be off topic. I was just wondering whether or not SN shows
the sun with any accuracy past or present.
Don J. Signori
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