There was a clear spell of sky in the late afternoon leading up to sunset. I had not been out for a while, mostly due to weather. I could see just two small sunspots, which was 2 small sunspots more than I had seen for a week. Needless to say, despite the optimistic weather forecast, I was unable to see more than the odd star winning a short battle with the clouds but losing the war.
Sunspots March 14th
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Hi Philip. A very nice solar sketch with the short session that the clouds allowed you. Thanks for sharing your latest solar artwork with us Philip and the center active region looks like AR3255 in the bulls eye target.
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Re: Sunspots March 14th
Nice observation and drawing Philip. Good for today's (3/21/2023) VROD award
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Congratulations on the VROD !
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Re: Sunspots March 14th
nice , Congratulations on the VROD , thx .
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Congratulations on the well deserved VROD Philip!
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Well done. Congrats on your VROD .
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