Sunspot data for 18 August 2025 of period 2025Q3: (PREV DAY - NEXT DAY)

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Today started out grey, but in the afternoon it cleared to about 20%. Transparency in between was good, but the scintillation monitor reported very poor seeing on average. I made the following observation:
Observation date/time:   18 August 2025 14:45 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 (350mm distance, 80mm diameter)
Reference:               Earth's rotation axis
Exposure (transparency): 0.380ms (using 82nm bandwidth green filter)
Seeing (SSSMon):         6.0-7.5" (5.0" at best)

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Total number of sunspots:  4

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