[South Florida DX Association] What's happening on the far side of the Sun?

[Bill Marx]

 Space Weather News for Jan. 31, 2005
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> FAR SIDE OF THE SUN: Remember giant sunspot 720? On Jan. 20th it exploded,
> sparking bright auroras over Europe and the most intense proton storm in
> 15 years. Since then the 'spot has been transiting the far side of the
> sun, carried around by our star's 27-day rotation.
>
> Although sunspot 720 is on the sun's far side now, it's not out of sight.
> Using a technique called helioseismic holography, solar physicists can
> take pictures of the sun's far side--and they've seen sunspot 720 there.
> If the active region holds together a while longer, it could turn to face
> Earth again in early- to mid-February.
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> COMET MACHHOLZ:  With the bright Moon waning, now is a good time to see
> Comet Machholz again. Step outside after sunset and face north. You'll
> find the comet near the W-shaped constellation Cassiopeia. It looks like a
> faint fuzzball, barely visible to the unaided eye but an easy target for
> binoculars or a small telescope.