Present Values of the Optical Depth as Measured at the CSO

The most recently measured value of 225 GHz optical depth at the CSO is 0.018, at 13:19 UT. Current time is 13:23 UT.

The most recently measured value of 350 micron optical depth at the CSO is 0.9, at 13:04:41 UT on 2009-11-23. With a scaling factor of 24.75, this gives another estimate of 225GHz optical depth of 0.036.

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