Huge SunSpot

[Whitters]

SUNSPOT 609: Yesterday, sunspot group 609 was almost invisible; today it's many times wider than Earth and visible without a telescope. If you want to see this fast-growing spot, you can, but never stare directly at the sun.  Avoid eye damage using the safe solar observing techniques described at Spaceweather.com.

COMET NEAT AND THE BEEHIVE: Comet NEAT is still bright enough to see with the unaided eye from dark-sky sites. Tonight and tomorrow, the comet glides by the Beehive star cluster in Cancer.  The Beehive is about as bright as Comet NEAT, and the pair will make an attractive target for photographers or amateur astronomers with small telecopes.

Visit http://spaceweather.com for sky maps, movies and more information.

[Rick]

Not had any luck spotting NEAT yet, myself. Anyone else?