Sunspot data for 31 August 2023 of period 2023Q3: (PREV DAY - NEXT DAY)

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Today we had some 30% cumuli, topped with some cirrus. In between transparency was good, but the scintillation monitor reported mediocre to poor seeing on average. I made the following observation:
Observation date/time:   31 August 2023 14:00 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 (351mm distance, 80mm diameter)
Reference:               Earth's rotation axis
Exposure (transparency): 0.450ms (using 82nm bandwidth green filter)
Seeing (SSSMon):         4.5-5.0" (3.0" at best)

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Total number of sunspots:  15

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