Sunspot data for 3 September 2023 of period 2023Q3: (PREV DAY - NEXT DAY)

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Today started out fully overcast with a thick haze, but around noon it started to clear. Transparency was reasonable, but the scintillation monitor reported poor seeing on average. I made the following observation:
Observation date/time:   3 September 2023 13:07 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): 0.500ms (using 82nm bandwidth green filter)
Seeing (SSSMon):         5.5-6.0" (3.5" at best)

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Total number of sunspots:  16

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