The Sun Today: Directory to the Latest Solar Images and Interplanetary Data

The observations below have been collected from a number of Web sites that can be reached for detailed information and caveats by clicking on the highlighted labels. The images are generally the most recent available, but are not usually for the same time.

Visible Light Images

White light image from Big Bear Solar Observatory (California)

SDO-HMI Intensity gram from SDAC at GSFC

White light image from NSO GONG

H-alpha image from Big Bear Solar Observatory (California)

H-alpha image from Mauna Loa Solar Observatory (Hawaii)

Helium I image from Mauna Loa Solar Observatory (Hawaii)

He I 10830 Å image from SOLIS at the National Solar Observatory, Kitt Peak (Arizona)

Fe I line (5250.2 angstrom) image from Mt. Wilson Observatory (California)

Na I line (5895.9 angstrom) image from Mt. Wilson Observatory (California)

Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) AIA 4500 Å image from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center SDAC

Extreme Ultraviolet Images

width= STEREO behind EUVI 195 from the STEREO mission homepage

width= STEREO ahead EUVI 195 from the STEREO mission homepage

SOHO Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) Fe XII 195 Å image from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center SDAC

SOHO Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) Fe IX,X 171 Å image from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center SDAC

SOHO Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) Fe XV 284 Å image from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center SDAC

SOHO Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) He II 304 Å image from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center SDAC

Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) AIA 193 Å image from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center SDAC

width= Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) AIA 304 Å image from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center SDAC

Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) AIA 131 Å image from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center SDAC

Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) AIA 221 Å image from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center SDAC

Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) AIA 171 Å image from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center SDAC

Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) AIA 335 Å image from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center SDAC

Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) AIA 94 Å image from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center SDAC

Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) AIA 1600 Å image from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center SDAC

Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) AIA 1700 Å image from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center SDAC

Proba2 EUV image from Royal Observatory of Belgium - ESA

X-Ray Images and X-ray Flux

GOES-15 X-ray image from NOAA/SWPC Boulder, CO

X-Ray image from Hinode, JAXA

width= Soft X-ray image from the EVE SAM pinhole camera from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center SDAC

Hinode/ XRT from JAXA

GOES X-Ray flux from NOAA

Magnetograms

Magnetogram-based synoptic map from NSO/GONG

CaII 8542 Å magnetogram from National Solar Observatory, Kitt Peak (Arizona)

photosphere 6302 Å longitudinal magnetogram from SOLIS at the National Solar Observatory, Kitt Peak (Arizona)

chromosphere 8542 Å longitudinal magnetogram from SOLIS at the National Solar Observatory, Kitt Peak (Arizona)

Farside magnetic fields obtained with helioseismology from NSO GONG

Fe I line magnetogram from Mt. Wilson Observatory (California)

Na I line magnetogram from e>a href="http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~obs/intro.html"> Mt. Wilson Solar Observatory

Magnetogram from Wilcox Solar Observatory (California)

Magnetogram from the HMI experiment on SDO

Doppler Images

Fe I dopplergram from Mt. Wilson Observatory (California)

Na I dopplergram from Mt. Wilson Observatory (California)

Radio Images

17 GHz image from Nobeyama Radioheliograph (Japan)

Corona and Coronal Holes Images

SOHO LASCO white light image (C2) from the LASCO homepages

SOHO LASCO white light image (C3) from the LASCO homepages

FeXIV image from AFRL-NSO Sacramento Peak (New Mexico)

FeX image from AFRL-NSO Sacramento Peak (New Mexico)

FE XIV Corona Holes from National Solar Observatory, Sacramento Peak, CA

MK4 corona from Mauna Loa Solar Observatory (Hawaii)

SOHO LASCO (C2) from the SOHO homepages

SOHO LASCO (C3) from the SOHO homepages

STEREO behind from the STEREO mission homepage

STEREO ahead from the STEREO mission homepage

STEREO behind from the STEREO mission homepage

STEREO behind from the STEREO mission homepage

He I 10830 Å inferred coronal holes from SOLIS at the National Solar Observatory, Kitt Peak (Arizona)

Sunspots and Active Regions

Active solar regions map - Earth side view from Reben System Inc.

Active solar regions map - far side view from Reben System Inc.

Fe XV 284 Å from NOAA Space Weather Prediction Centre

Sunspot drawing from SIDC, Royal Observatory of Belgium

Sunspot number from IPS, Sydney, Australia

Sunspot drawing from Mt. Wilson Solar Observatory (California)

Active Region Maps from Mees Solar Observatory (Hawaii)

Solar Wind and Energetic Particle Information

IMPACT solar energetic particle data from the STEREO science centre

STEREO IMPACT / PLASTIC Beacon and ACE Realtime solar wind data from the STEREO science centre

SOHO Latest 2-day interval plasma parameters from the University of Maryland experiment

SOHO Latest 2-week plasma parameters from the University of Maryland experiment

ACE Real Time Solar Wind 24-h from NOAA/SWPC

ACE RTSW (magnetic field, speed, pressure) from NOAA/SWPC

ACE RTSW magnetic field from NOAA/SWPC

ACE RTSW plasma from NOAA/SWPC

ACE RTSW low energy electrons & protons from NOAA/SWPC

ACE RTSW high energy protons from NOAA/SWPC

Link to WIND MFI and SWF data from NASA WIND spacecraft

Potential-Field Source-Surface models

Link to Line-Of-Sight field plot from NSO/GONG

Link to Line-Of-Sight coronal hole plot from NSO/GONG

Link to synoptic field plot from NSO/GONG

If you wish to add your observations to this page please contact jgluhman@ssl.berkeley.edu

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