Sunspot data for 20 March 2022 of period 2022Q1: (PREV DAY - NEXT DAY)

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Today we had a nice weather system above the Netherlands which covered us completely in clouds. In the afternoon the centre came over the observatory through which a watery Sun became visible. Transparency was very poor, seeing was reported good by the scintillation monitor. I made the following observation:
Observation date/time:   20 March 15:35 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): 0.880ms
Seeing (SSSMon):         2.0"

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Total number of sunspots:   3

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