Right, Brian. An even better indication of solar activity comes from the MDI Magnetogram which shows magnetic activity, whether there's sunspots or not. These are two images I check regularly, especially whena sked if there's anything going on on the Sun. :-) Steve and Rosie Dodder sdodder@xxxxxxxxxxx Visit my web site at http://www.stargazing.net/Astroman >From: Brian Skiff <bas@xxxxxxxxxx> > > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE small business Web site and more from Microsoft® Office Live! http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/aub0930003811mrt/direct/01/ -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.