Sunspot data for 4 October 2025 of period 2025Q4: (PREV DAY - NEXT DAY)

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today started out wet, windy and grey, but it soon cleared to about 50% cumuli. Transparency was good, and the scintillation monitor reported good seeing on average. I made the following observation:
Observation date/time:   04 October 2025 09:04 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 (347mm distance, 80mm diameter)
Reference:               Earth's rotation axis
Exposure (transparency): 0.480ms (using 82nm bandwidth green filter)
Seeing (SSSMon):         2.4-2.7" (1.0" at best)

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Total number of sunspots:  50

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