COMET PIECE DID pass near the ring..

From SpaceWeather.Com:  THIS WAS LAST NIGHT, SUNDAY NIGHT !!!!!!

Mon May 8th at approximately 0300 UT (11 pm EDT on May 7th), fragment C of dying comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 passed very close to the Ring Nebula in Lyra. The view through backyard telescopes was wonderful, but we had high thin clouds here, unfortunately. Here is a view as publicized on spaceweather.com . Click on this for its magnificence!   Our own John Lanoue shot the comet a day before, you can find his photo at toddgross.com/astrophotography