Sunspot data for 31 May 2026 of period 2026Q2: (PREV DAY - NEXT DAY)

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today we had some 80% cumuli, but with some large gaps in between. Transparency in them was good, and the scintillation monitor reported reasonable seeing on average. I made the following observation:
Observation date/time:   31 May 2026 07:28 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 (345mm distance, 80mm diameter)
Reference:               Earth's rotation axis
Exposure (transparency): 0.530ms (using 82nm bandwidth green filter)
Seeing (SSSMon):         2.8-3.7" (1.6" at best)

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Total number of sunspots:  19

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