[AZ-Observing] Re: Naked-eye sunspot?

PAS is having a Solar Party tomorrow 9 - 11 AM 7th St and T-Bird and 
it looks like we will be treated to one and possibly two sunspots. 
That second one looks like it could be a dandy.

I am going to try and glimpse Venus and Saturn too with my 6" 
refractor. Mercury is right next to the Sun and might be seen, except 
it will be too dangerous that close to the Sun without a solar 
filter. I think Venus and Saturn are possible, however. I have the 
positions of Venus for tomorrow morning in Phoenix if anyone would 
like them.

Jeff

At 13:26 -0700 06/28/2007, Brian Skiff wrote:
>      As Jeff Hopkins correctly inferred, my post resulted from perusing
>the current images at the SOHO site:
>
>http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/
>
>...specifically the 'MDI continuum' shot, which is more-or-less a
>visible-light picture.  The four 'EIT' images are at far-ultraviolet
>wavelengths, and so show the high-temperature activity, particularly now
>in the two regions coming onto the visible disc.
>
>\Brian

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