Sunspot data for 26 May 2022 of period 2022Q2: (PREV DAY - NEXT DAY)

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Today the sky was covered with about 40% cumuli, a second layer of very thin cirrocumuli with occasional gaps, and aeroplane contrails. Transparency in the gaps was excellent, and the scintillation monitor reported reasonable seeing. I made the following observation:
Observation date/time:   26 May 09:08 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 (349mm distance, 80mm diameter)
Reference:               Earth's rotation axis
Exposure (transparency): 0.160ms
Seeing (SSSMon):         4.0-5.0"

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Total number of sunspots:   10

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