Sunspot data for 18 April 2022 of period 2022Q2: (PREV DAY - NEXT DAY)

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This morning we had a narrow band of cirrus over the observatory, just a few hundred metres wide, but it took hours to disappear. After that we had clear skies for a few hours. Transparency was excellent, but the scintillation monitor reported mediocre seeing. I made the following observation:
Observation date/time:   18 April 12:55 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): 0.150ms
Seeing (SSSMon):         4.0-5.0"

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Total number of sunspots:   13

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