by Jeff Kirk
There is an enormous sunspot visible right now. I looked at it with my homemade solar scope, Dob Sun, fitted with 25mm Kellner eyepiece and a yellow filter (to help the color caused by the green #8 welders glass inside the focusing tube). There are many other smaller spots and groups too. .I also took out one of those solar eclipse filter cards, and yes you can see the big sunspot through those too!
Believe it or not, when I was going in to Fry's in San Jose this morning, I peered up through the fog, saw the circle of the sun through the dissipating clouds, and SAW THAT SUNSPOT with my sunglass-shielded eyes. I could NOT believe it. I'm so glad you corroborated my sighting! Yahoo! Thanks.