{"id":1759,"date":"2013-04-23T06:12:07","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T10:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?page_id=1759"},"modified":"2026-03-22T00:54:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T04:54:18","slug":"solar-views-and-space-weather","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?page_id=1759","title":{"rendered":"The Sun &#038; Space Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This page provides an array of real-time images and data for the sun and solar wind. There are also lots of links to additional solar and space weather resources. See the Aurora &amp; Meteors page for real-time info on the Northern and Southern Lights, which are directly influenced by solar activity.<\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Sun as seen by the <a href=\"http:\/\/soho.nascom.nasa.gov\/\">SOHO<\/a> spacecraft (Find more info in <a href=\"https:\/\/soho.nascom.nasa.gov\/data\/realtime\/image-description.html\">About the Very Latest SOHO Images<\/a>):<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soho.nascom.nasa.gov\/data\/realtime-images.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px none;\" src=\"https:\/\/soho.nascom.nasa.gov\/data\/realtime\/hmi_igr\/512\/latest.jpg\" alt=\"MDI Continuum - SOHO\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSunspots are visible with the <a href=\"http:\/\/soho.nascom.nasa.gov\/data\/realtime-images.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SOHO Michelson Doppler Imager <\/a>\u00a0(MDI)<br \/>\nin a continuum of wavelengths \u00a0near the Ni I 6768 Angstrom line.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/soho.nascom.nasa.gov\/sunspots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/soho.nascom.nasa.gov\/data\/synoptic\/sunspots_earth\/mdi_sunspots.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/soho.nascom.nasa.gov\/sunspots\/\">Sunspots<\/a> are also sharply visible in this magnetogram<br \/>\ntaken with the MDI (Michelson Doppler Imager).<br \/>\n&#8220;<em>The magnetogram image shows the magnetic field in the solar photosphere, <\/em><br \/>\n<em>with black and white indicating opposite polarities<\/em>.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soho.nascom.nasa.gov\/data\/realtime-images.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/soho.nascom.nasa.gov\/data\/realtime\/eit_195\/512\/latest.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>Taken with the <a class=\"content_link\" href=\"http:\/\/umbra.nascom.nasa.gov\/eit\/\">EIT<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/soho.nascom.nasa.gov\/data\/realtime-images.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SOHO Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope <\/a>)<br \/>\nat the 195 Angstrom wavelength, which corresponds to<br \/>\nthe 1.5 million Kelvin temperature.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soho.nascom.nasa.gov\/data\/realtime-images.html\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soho.nascom.nasa.gov\/data\/realtime\/eit_304\/512\/latest.jpg\" alt=\"Extreme Ultraviolet - SOHO\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTaken with the <a class=\"content_link\" href=\"http:\/\/umbra.nascom.nasa.gov\/eit\/\">EIT<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/soho.nascom.nasa.gov\/data\/realtime-images.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SOHO Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope <\/a>)<br \/>\nat wavelength 304 Angstrom emitted from materials<br \/>\nin 60,000 to 80,000 degrees Kelvin range.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/soho.nascom.nasa.gov\/data\/realtime\/c2\/1024\/latest.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/soho.nascom.nasa.gov\/data\/realtime\/c2\/512\/latest.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>The\u00a0<a class=\"content_link\" href=\"http:\/\/lasco-www.nrl.navy.mil\/lasco.html\">LASCO<\/a> (Large Angle Spectrometric Coronagraph) blocks out<br \/>\nlight from the sun&#8217;s disk and thus allows imaging of the corona and<\/div>\n<div>flares from the surface. <a href=\"http:\/\/soho.nascom.nasa.gov\/data\/realtime\/c2\/512\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LASCO C2 images<\/a> display &#8220;<em>the inner solar corona <\/em><br \/>\n<em>up to 8.4 million kilometers (5.25 million miles) away from the Sun.<\/em>&#8220;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/soho.nascom.nasa.gov\/data\/realtime\/c3\/1024\/latest.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/soho.nascom.nasa.gov\/data\/realtime\/c3\/512\/latest.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/soho.nascom.nasa.gov\/data\/realtime\/c3\/512\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SOHO LASCO C3<\/a> images provide a larger field of view than the C2 images.<br \/>\nC3 covers a diameter of about 45 million kilometers (or30 million miles) .<br \/>\nThis represents 32 diameters of the Sun.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/products\/goes-solar-ultraviolet-imager-suvi\"><strong>NOAA GEOS solar imaging<\/strong><\/a>:<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/products\/goes-solar-ultraviolet-imager-suvi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/services.swpc.noaa.gov\/images\/animations\/suvi\/primary\/171\/latest.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Image from the Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) on GOES-R satellite.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong>The sun from <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.hao.ucar.edu\/mlso\"><strong>Mauna Loa Solar Observatory (MLSO)<\/strong><\/a>:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mlso.hao.ucar.edu\/hao\/acos\/fullres\/2025\/03\/23\/20250323_174857_kcor_l2_nrgf_extavg_enhanced.gif\" alt=\"Latest HAO Mk. 4 coronagraph\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/mlso.hao.ucar.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HAO Mk. 4 coronagraph<\/a> will be reactivated in April 2026.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/communities\/radio-communications\">NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/communities\/radio-communications\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/services.swpc.noaa.gov\/images\/swx-overview-small.gif\" alt=\"Solar Weather Overview - NOAA\" width=\"500\" height=\"475\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/communities\/radio-communications\">Solar Weather Overview &#8211; NOAA Radio Communications Dashboard<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Smithsonian public observatory<\/strong>:<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/video.ibm.com\/channel\/smithsonian-public-observatory-project\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phoebe Waterman Haas Public Observatory<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[The observatory\u00a0 channel is offline during the current<br \/>\n&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/airandspace.si.edu\/learn\/programs\/astronomy\"><em>period of revitalization and transformation. <\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<em>While we transform, we are closed to the public.<\/em>&#8220;]<\/p>\n<p>=====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Solar Wind:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/products\/ace-real-time-solar-wind\" target=\"sw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"swimg\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/services.swpc.noaa.gov\/images\/ace-mag-swepam-24-hour.gif\" alt=\"ACE solar wind data\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" border=\"1\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/products\/ace-real-time-solar-wind\">ACE Real-Time Solar Wind Data<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Sunspots and the solar cycle:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sidc.be\/silso\/dayssnplot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sidc.be\/SILSO\/IMAGES\/GRAPHICS\/wolfjmms.png\" alt=\"SILSO: Daily and monthly sunspot number (last 13 years)\" width=\"730\" height=\"438\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily and monthly sunspot number (last 13 years). Credits: <a href=\"http:\/\/sidc.be\/silso\">SILSO graphics<\/a>, Royal Observatory of Belgium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Resources:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>General Solar\/Space Weather:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceweather.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SpaceWeather.com<\/a> &#8211; daily news on solar and space weather developments.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceweatherlive.com\/en\/solar-activity.html\">SolarWeatherLive.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceweather.gc.ca\/index-en.php\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Space Weather Canada<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceweather.gc.ca\/forecast-prevision\/cond-en.php\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Current Space Weather<\/a> &#8211; real-time graphs and data<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceweather.gc.ca\/data-donnee\/index-en.php\">Space weather data and plots<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/solar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Solar Page | Watts Up With That?<\/a> &#8211; big collection of solar images and data displays<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/\">NOAA \/ NWS Space Weather Prediction Center<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/products\/goes-solar-x-ray-imager-sxi\">Products | NOAA \/ NWS SWPC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wdc.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/\">World Data Center (WDC) for Geomagnetism, Kyoto<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Solar Images\/Data:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/soho.nascom.nasa.gov\/data\/realtime-images.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Very latest SOHO images<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/soho.nascom.nasa.gov\/data\/realtime\/image-description.html\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">About the Very Latest SOHO Images<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/soho.nascom.nasa.gov\/data\/realtime\/soho\/soho_fader.html\">Soho image cross fader<\/a> &#8211; Interactive selection of SOHO images.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jsoc.stanford.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joint Science Operations Center HMI-AIA<\/a> &#8211;\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jsoc.stanford.edu\/data\/hmi\/images\/latest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JSOC Latest Images &amp; Movies\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/export\/esaCP\/ASE08Y9KOYC_Protecting_0.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Sun Now<\/a> &#8211; ESA<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sec.noaa.gov\/sxi\/latest.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GOES Solar X-ray imager<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/sun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NASA Science: The Sun <\/a>&#8211; News, images and data about NASA solar and space weather research<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu\/shine\/suntoday.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Sun Today: Directory to the Latest Solar Images and Interplanetary Data &#8211; Berkeley<\/a> &#8211; many images of the sun in visible light, UV, X-Ray, and other wavelengths.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.hao.ucar.edu\/mlso\">Mauna Loa Solar Observatory (MLSO)<\/a>: Reopening in April 2026 after long closure due to volcanic activity nearby.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.hao.ucar.edu\/mlso\/mlso-data-and-movies\">MLSO Data and Movies | High Altitude Observatory<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/heliophysics\/\">NASA Heliophysics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/solarmonitor.org\/\">www.SolarMonitor.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Solar Wind:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/products\/ace-real-time-solar-wind\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ACE Real Time Solar Wind &#8211; NOAA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.srl.caltech.edu\/ACE\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) <\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/izw1.caltech.edu\/ACE\/ASC\/DATA\/browse-plots\/4day_plot_archive\/4day_plot.cgi?LATEST=1\">ACE 4Day Browse Plots<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/umtof.umd.edu\/pm\/index.html\" target=\"view\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Latest 48 hour solar wind data<\/a> &#8211; &#8211; Univ. of Maryland<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geomag.colorado.edu\/online-calculators\/real-time-prediction-disturbance-storm-time-indices-dst\">Real-Time Prediction of Disturbance Storm-Time Indices (Dst) | Geomag<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Sunspots\/Solar Cycle:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/\" target=\"lsview\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NOAA SpaceWeather Prediction Center<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/SolarCycle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Solar Cycle Progression<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swpc.noaa.gov\/Data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Data Library<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hobbyspace.com\/LivingSpace\/Viewers\/spaceWeather.htm\">older web page<\/a>\u00a0 displays real time solar and space weather imagery and data you can select from a menu of online sites:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hobbyspace.com\/LivingSpace\/Viewers\/spaceWeather.htm\" target=\"lsview\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hobbyspace.com\/AAdmin\/Images\/LivingSpace\/iconSw.jpg\" alt=\"Space Weather Viewer\" width=\"100\" height=\"92\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"linkLocal\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hobbyspace.com\/LivingSpace\/Viewers\/spaceWeather.htm\" target=\"lsview\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Sun &amp; Space Weather<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Sun, solar wind, aurora images and data.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page provides an array of real-time images and data for the sun and solar wind. There are also lots of links to additional solar and space weather resources. See the Aurora &amp; Meteors page for real-time info on the Northern and Southern Lights, which are directly influenced by solar activity. === The Sun as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?page_id=1759\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Sun &#038; Space Weather<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1759","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P34aWK-sn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27803,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/","url_meta":{"origin":1759,"position":0},"title":"Welcome to HobbySpace","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 3, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"HobbySpace offers introductory information, news, and links for space related activities and hobbies in which most everyone can participate. 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