Sunspot data for 8 August 2022 of period 2022Q3: (PREV DAY - NEXT DAY)

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This morning we had 50% cumuli east of us and only thin cirrus to the west, the observatory being right under this division. Transparency in between was excellent, but the scintillation monitor reported poor seeing on average. I made the following observation:
Observation date/time:   08 August 10:01 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 (349mm distance, 80mm diameter)
Reference:               Earth's rotation axis
Exposure (transparency): 0.160ms
Seeing (SSSMon):         5.0-5.5" (3.5" at best)

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Total number of sunspots:   7

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