Sunspot data for 8 June 2025 of period 2025Q2: (PREV DAY - NEXT DAY)

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Today started out wet and grey, but at the end of the afternoon we had clear but hazy skies. Transparency was poor, but the scintillation monitor reported good seeing on average. I made the following observation:
Observation date/time:   08 June 2025 17:00 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 (348mm distance, 80mm diameter)
Reference:               Earth's rotation axis
Exposure (transparency): 0.830ms (using 82nm bandwidth green filter)
Seeing (SSSMon):         2.5-3.0" (1.5" at best)

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Total number of sunspots:  19

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