Sunspot data for 26 August 2022 of period 2022Q3: (PREV DAY - NEXT DAY)

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Today started out fully overcast, but in the afternoon the sky cleared a bit to about 80% cumuli in two layers. Transparency in between was excellent, and the scintillation monitor reported good seeing on average. I made the following observation:
Observation date/time:   26 August 14:08 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 (352mm distance, 80mm diameter)
Reference:               Earth's rotation axis
Exposure (transparency): 0.160ms
Seeing (SSSMon):         3.5" (2.5" at best)

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Total number of sunspots:   22

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