Sunspot data for 16 April 2024 of period 2024Q2: (PREV DAY - NEXT DAY)

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Today started out wet and grey, but later in the morning the sky cleared to about 80% cumuli with scattered showers. Transparency in between was excellent, and the scintillation monitor reported reasonable seeing on average. I made the following observation:
Observation date/time:   16 April 2024 08:31 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 (346mm distance, 80mm diameter)
Reference:               Earth's rotation axis
Exposure (transparency): 0.430ms (using 82nm bandwidth green filter)
Seeing (SSSMon):         2.5-3.0" (1.5" at best)

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Total number of sunspots:  45

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