Sunspot data for 4 May 2022 of period 2022Q2: (PREV DAY - NEXT DAY)

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Today we had some cumuli, but most of all cirrus and cirrostratus with occasional clearances. Transparency in between was good, but the scintillation monitor reported poor seeing. I made the following observation:
Observation date/time:   04 May 07:55 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 (348mm distance, 80mm diameter)
Reference:               Earth's rotation axis
Exposure (transparency): 0.180ms
Seeing (SSSMon):         6.0-7.0"

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Total number of sunspots:   20

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