Catalog of Naked-Eye Observations of Sunspot from 1988 to 2007 P. Begeni, M. Csataryova University of Prešov, Faculty of Arts and Natural Sciences, The Slovak republic Last update: 24 April 2008 This catalog containts non-telescopic sunspot observations from 1988 to 2007. This compilation is based on naked-eye observations of sunspots observed by independend observers and employees of Observatory Kysucke Nove Mesto (Slovak Republic). Independend observers have sent their observations by mail to P. Begeni (one of authors), a few observers have sent them to Observatory Valasske Mezirici (Czech Republic). Observatory Kysucke Nove Mesto has archived their observations themself. ============================================================================================= Shortcuts: BEG - Group of observations compiled by P. Begeni KYS - Group of observations observed by Observatory Kysucke Nove Mesto ============================================================================================= Column Fmt Description --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 5 I5 ID - Internal number of observation ID up to 10000 related to BEG group (see above for shortcuts meaning) ID from 10000 to 20000 - KYS group ID from 80000 to 90000 - BEG group - observations without visible sunspots ID over 90000 - KYS group - observations without visible sunspots 6 IX Blank 7 I1 Sequence number of sunspot within one observation (0 - without visible sunspots) 8 IX Blank 9-12 I4 Year 13-14 I2 Month 15-16 I2 Day 17-20 I4 Universal time of observation 21 IX Blank 22 I1 Observing conditions from 1 to 5: 1 - good observing conditions - clear sky ... 5 - bad observing conditions - lot of clouds 23 IX Blank 24-25 A2 Location - code - see below for geographic coordinates 26-27 A2 Observer - code - see below for details 28 A1 Using filter (Y/N) 29 IX Blank 30 I1 Number of sunspots (0 - without visible sunspots) 31 IX Blank 32 I1 Size of sunspot: 1 - small sunspot 2 - middle sunspot 3 - large sunspots 4 - specific shape (elipse, belt, etc.) - only for ID<10000 (BEG group) 33 IX Blank 34-36 I3 Position of sunspot - x-coordinate - oriented to zenith 0 - centre of sun disk, 25 - edge of sun disk positive number for west direction (right) negative number for east direction (left) 37 IX Blank 38-40 I3 Position of sunspot - y-coordinate - oriented to zenith 0 - centre of sun disk, 25 - edge of sun disk positive number for zenith direction (up) negative number for nadir (horizon) direction (down) 41 IX Blank 42-43 A2 Decsription of shape: el - elliptical sunspot db - double sunspot eg - elongated sunspot be - sunspot as belt ir - irregular shape of sunspot 44 IX Blank 45-48 I4 Internal sequence number of sunspot - only for ID>10000 (KYS group) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Locations: ========== CO A2 Code of location NAME A30 Location name COUNTRY A8 Country (Slovakia - Slovak Republic, Czech - Czech Republic) LATITUDE A9 Geographic coordinates - Latitude LONGITUDE A9 Geographic coordinates - Longitude ELEV I4 Elevation above sea-level Note: For more details of locations see file locations.txt CO NAME COUNTRY LATITUDE LONGITUDE ELEV -- ------------------------------ -------- --------- --------- ---- Bb Banska Bystrica Slovakia 48°44.0'N 19°09.0'E 362 Bd Brandys n.Labem-Stara Boleslav Czech 50°11.4'N 14°40.0'E 169 Bi Bitov Czech 48°56.1'N 15°43.2'E 428 Bn Brno Czech 49°12.2'N 16°35.0'E 305 Bo Borovany Czech 48°53.9'N 14°38.5'E 522 Bp Brodek u Prerova Czech 49°29.0'N 17°20.4'E 205 Br Brocna, Skuhrov nad Belou Czech 50°14.0'N 16°15.0'E 379 By Bystrice nad Olsi Czech 49°38.1'N 18°43.8'E 340 Ch Chotusice Czech 49°56.9'N 15°23.5'E 224 Ck Cerveny Kostelec Czech 50°28.6'N 16°05.1'E 414 Cm Chomoutov Czech 49°38.7'N 17°14.0'E 219 Cs Caslav Czech 49°54.7'N 15°23.7'E 231 Dc Decin Czech 50°46.4'N 14°11.8'E 135 Dr Drna Slovakia 48°15.9'N 20°07.1'E 198 Ev Evan Czech 50°22.7'N 14°01.4'E 286 Hb Hlubocky Czech 49°38.4'N 17°24.9'E 382 Hl Hlohovec Slovakia 48°25.2'N 17°47.9'E 231 Hr Hradec Kralove Czech 50°12.7'N 15°50.7'E 223 Hs Hostakov Czech 49°13.9'N 15°58.3'E 450 Iv Ivan Czech 49°25.5'N 17°14.7'E 208 Jc Jicin Czech 50°26.2'N 15°21.1'E 287 Je Jelsava Slovakia 48°37.5'N 20°14.4'E 318 Jh Jihlava Czech 49°24.0'N 15°35.4'E 525 Jr Jiretin pod Jedlovou Czech 50°52.5'N 14°34.4'E 458 Km Kysucke Nove Mesto Slovakia 49°18.5'N 18°46.0'E 430 Lb Lubina Slovakia 48°47.4'N 17°44.0'E 277 Ls Losov Czech 49°37.0'N 17°21.0'E 219 Md Medlov Czech 49°47.2'N 17°03.9'E 286 Mi Michalovce Slovakia 48°45.5'N 21°55.4'E 113 Mk Mikulov Czech 48°48.3'N 16°38.3'E 242 Ml Medzilaborce Slovakia 49°16.3'N 21°54.2'E 325 Na Nachod Czech 50°25.0'N 16°09.8'E 346 Nh Nove Hrady Czech 48°47.4'N 14°46.7'E 541 Ni Nitra Slovakia 48°18.4'N 18°05.2'E 151 Np Napajedla Czech 49°10.3'N 17°31.0'E 200 Nz Nove Zamky Slovakia 47°59.1'N 18°09.5'E 119 Ol Olomouc Czech 49°35.6'N 17°15.0'E 219 Op Opava Czech 49°56.0'N 17°54.0'E 257 Pa Pardubice Czech 50°02.3'N 15°46.8'E 237 Pl Pilsen Czech 49°44.9'N 13°22.5'E 300 Pm Police nad Metuji Czech 50°32.0'N 16°13.9'E 441 Po Polna Czech 49°29.3'N 15°43.0'E 490 Pr Prelovice Czech 50°04.4'N 15°36.8'E 220 Ps Presov Slovakia 49°00.0'N 21°15.0'E 255 Pt Prostejov Czech 49°28.1'N 17°06.0'E 223 Ra Rakova Slovakia 49°26.6'N 18°44.2'E 428 Ro Roztoky Slovakia 49°22.8'N 21°30.0'E 437 Rs Rimavska Sobota Slovakia 48°22.9'N 20°00.9'E 208 Sa Sany Czech 50°07.1'N 15°15.0'E 196 Sr Sternberk Czech 49°43.6'N 17°17.7'E 268 Ss Stary Smokovec Slovakia 49°08.4'N 20°13.4'E 990 St Starkov Czech 50°31.9'N 16°09.0'E 441 Sv Svidnik Slovakia 49°18.3'N 21°34.1'E 230 Sz Sazavka Czech 49°44.1'N 15°25.2'E 497 Te Teplice Czech 50°38.0'N 13°49.0'E 228 Tl Tatranska Lomnica Slovakia 49°10.8'N 20°14.5'E 850 Tn Trutnov Czech 50°33.6'N 15°54.8'E 414 To Tover Czech 49°38.3'N 17°19.3'E 247 Tr Trinec Czech 49°40.7'N 18°40.4'E 306 Uk Ulicske Krive Slovakia 48°59.5'N 22°26.3'E 279 Up Upice Czech 50°30.5'N 16°00.7'E 416 Vk Velky Krtis Slovakia 48°12.9'N 19°20.3'E 200 Vm Valasske Mezirici Czech 49°28.6'N 17°58.4'E 294 Vp Valasska Polanka Czech 49°15.8'N 17°59.8'E 388 Vs Vsetin Czech 49°20.3'N 17°59.6'E 348 Vy Vyskov Czech 49°16.2'N 16°59.6'E 254 Zh Ziar nad Hronom Slovakia 48°35.1'N 18°51.6'E 265 Zi Zilina Slovakia 49°13.4'N 18°44.4'E 342 Zv Zvolen Slovakia 48°35.0'N 19°08.0'E 293 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Observers: ========== CO A2 Code of observer NAME A30 Location name COUNTRY A8 Country (Slovakia - Slovak Republic, Czech - Czech Republic) Note: For more details of observers see file observers.txt CO NAME COUNTRY -- -------------------- -------- Be Bezakova Magda Slovakia Bg Begeni Peter Slovakia Br Brezina Emil Czech Bu Bulickova Lucie Czech Ce Cervenak Alan Czech Dl Dlouha Marketa Czech Do Doslikova Martina Czech Ds Dusek Jiri Czech Du Durech Jozef Czech Dv DV Slovakia Fa Fabian Peter Slovakia Gm Golombek Czech Gn Gondor Andrej Slovakia Ha Halirova Michaela Czech Hd Hudec Jaroslav Czech Hl Hlous Petr Czech Ho Horky Jan Czech Jp Pieronova Jana Slovakia Ju Jurcikova Mirka Czech Ka Kasparova Jana Czech Ki Kijasev Viktor Slovakia Kk Koukala Petr Czech Kn Konecny Jiri Czech Kr Korcakova Daniela Czech Kt Krticka Jiri Czech Kv Vlckova Kristina Slovakia Lo Lovic Stanislav Slovakia Lu Luptovec Marian Slovakia Ma Masiar Jan Slovakia Mc Mackova Marcela Czech Mk MK Slovakia Ms Masnicak Jozef Czech Mt Matejka Pavel Czech Nd Nedved Tomas Czech Nj Nejeschleba Tomas Czech Pz Pozar Marian Slovakia Rn Reznicek Miroslav Czech Rt Rathousky Jiri Czech Rz Rezek Tomas Czech Ss Sesevickova Lubomira Slovakia St Szturc Richard Czech Vc Vaclik Frantisek Czech Vl Vlckova Daniela Slovakia Vn Vanko Martin Slovakia We Werner Tomas Czech OT Others 14 observers Chzech or Slovakia - a few observations or unidentified observers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------