Sunspot data for 12 December 2022 of period 2022Q4: (PREV DAY - NEXT DAY)

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Today we had clear skies. Transparency was reasonable, but the scintillation monitor reported mediocre seeing on average. I made the following observation: 
Observation date/time:   12 December 12:01 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 (340mm distance, 80mm diameter)
Reference:               Earth's rotation axis
Exposure (transparency): 0.250ms
Seeing (SSSMon):         3.5-4.0" (2.0" at best)

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Total number of sunspots:   30

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