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                       Acta Astrophys. Tau.
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                    Acta Astrophysica Taurica
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2712-925X</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Kiselev Nikolai Nikolaevich,  Mosсow, settlement Moskovskii, Tat'yanin Park Str., 12, Moscow, Russia.</publisher-name>
        <publisher-loc>RU</publisher-loc>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">107</article-id>
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          <subject>Magnetism and Activity of the Sun - 2024 Conference Proceedings</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title xml:lang="en">On the quality of sunspot images from observations at the STT-2 of CrAO</article-title>
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              <surname>Shtertser</surname>
              <given-names>Nadezhda</given-names>
            </name>
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              <surname>Tsap</surname>
              <given-names>Yurii</given-names>
            </name>
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              <surname>Akhtemov</surname>
              <given-names>Zubeir</given-names>
            </name>
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      <aff id="aff-1">
        <institution content-type="orgname" xml:lang="en">Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Nauchny 298409</institution>
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        <institution content-type="orgname" xml:lang="en">Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Nauchny 298409</institution>
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        <institution content-type="orgname" xml:lang="en">Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Nauchny 298409</institution>
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      <pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-03-22">
        <day>22</day>
        <month>03</month>
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>6</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>31</fpage>
      <lpage>34</lpage>
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        <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-03-12">
          <day>12</day>
          <month>03</month>
          <year>2025</year>
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        <copyright-statement>
					Copyright (c) 2026 Shtertser N., Tsap Y., Akhtemov Z.
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					2026
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        <copyright-holder>
					Nadezhda Shtertser, Yurii Tsap, Zubeir Akhtemov
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          <license-p> The metadata for this submission is licensed under a  Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.  
 Copyright and publishing rights for texts published in  Acta Astrophysica Taurica  is retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to the journal.Texts are free to use with proper attribution and link to the licensing  (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International).  
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      <self-uri xlink:href="https://astrophysicatauricum.org/index.php/aat/article/view/107"/>
      <abstract xml:lang="en">
        <p> We perform a statistical analysis of the quality of sunspot images on a five-point scale obtained during the maxima of cycles 20–25 from April to September 1969–2023. In total, 747 observation days were analyzed taking into account scheduled maintenance works associated with aluminizing the telescope mirrors. The image quality assessments by different observers are shown to be in good agreement. For images assessed by more than three points (275 observation days), it was obtained evidence in favor of a deterioration in the quality of images since 1979. We give reasons for the necessity of conducting timely repair and maintenance works at the solar tower telescope STT-2 of CrAO. </p>
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        <kwd>Sun</kwd>
        <kwd>observations</kwd>
        <kwd>magnetic fields</kwd>
        <kwd>image quality</kwd>
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        <funding-statement xml:lang="en">
                                                    This work was supported by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, state assignment No. 122022400224-7.
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