Sunspot data for 9 April 2025 of period 2025Q2: (PREV DAY - NEXT DAY)

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Today we had 90% cumuli. Transparency in between was excellent, but the scintillation monitor reported poor seeing on average. I made the following observation:
Observation date/time:   09 April 2025 13:50 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 (343mm distance, 80mm diameter)
Reference:               Earth's rotation axis
Exposure (transparency): 0.380ms (using 82nm bandwidth green filter)
Seeing (SSSMon):         5.0-5.5" (3.5" at best)

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Total number of sunspots:  30

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