Sunspot data for 16 September 2022 of period 2022Q3: (PREV DAY - NEXT DAY)

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Today was a windy day with plenty rain and about 60-80% cumuli. Transparency was mediocre, and the scintillation monitor reported good seeing on average. I made the following observation:
Observation date/time:   16 September 15:20 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): 0.230ms
Seeing (SSSMon):         2.0-3.0" (1.5" at best)

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Total number of sunspots:   13

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