Sunspot data for 23 February 2022 of period 2022Q1: (PREV PERIOD - NEXT DAY)

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Today we had completely clear skies, but quite some wind (5-6Bft). Transparency was good, seeing was reported excellent by the scintillation monitor, but with low frequency undulation. I made the following observation:
Observation date/time:   23 Februari 11:25 UTC
Telescope:               GTT60 (Galileo Type Telescope)
Focal length:            1490mm (plano convex singlet)
Aperture:                60mm
Stop:                    30mm
Eyepiece:                -75mm (plano concave singlet, 24mm aperture)
Observation type:        projection (~343mm distance, 80mm diameter)
Reference:               Earth's rotation axis
Exposure (transparency): 0.180ms
Seeing (SSSMon):         2.0"-2.5"

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Total number of sunspots:   2

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