One can also get a good idea of the spottedness from the SOHO spacecraft images: http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/ The 'MIDI continuum' picture is a good proxy to the visible-light state of the Sun, which as you can see today is immaculate. \Brian -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.