Real Time Images of the Sun
SOHO EIT 304
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SOHO EIT 284 Animated
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LASCO/C2
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The sun is constantly monitored for sun spots and coronal mass ejections. EIT (Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope) images the solar atmosphere at several wavelengths, and therefore, shows solar material at different temperatures. In the images taken at 304 Angstrom the bright material is at 60,000 to 80,000 degrees Kelvin. In those taken at 171 Angstrom, at 1 million degrees. 195 Angstrom images correspond to about 1.5 million Kelvin, 284 Angstrom to 2 million degrees. The hotter the temperature, the higher you look in the solar atmosphere.
Solar activity was at low levels with only C-class flares. Region 4345 (S17W28, Eai/beta-delta) continued to show development, as well as region Region 4342 (N14W32, Dai/beta-delta). Region 4348 (S18W59, Bxo/beta) developed new life with a resurgence of flux emergence in its intermediary region, while Region 4352 (S02W05, L=14) fully decayed to plage this reporting period. A new region rapidly developed in the NE and was numbered: Region 4353 (N17E10, Cri/gamma). A filament just NE of disk center erupted around 22/0130 UTC. An associated narrow CME became visible in LASCO C2 imagery at 22/0236 UTC. Analysis indicates no Earth-directed component, with the CME passing ahead and above Earths orbit.
Solar Activity Forecast
Issued: 2026 Jan 22 1230 UTC
Solar activity is likely (60%) to be at moderate (R1/R2, Minor/Moderate) levels, with a slight chance (15%) for X-class flares (R3-Strong) on 22-24 Jan, primarily due to the magnetic potential of Regions 4341, 4342, and 4345. Energetic
Real Time Solar X-ray and Solar Wind
Solar Cycle Progression
Solar Cycle chart updated using the latest ISES predictions. |
Real-Time Solar Wind
Real-Time Solar Wind data broadcast from NASA's ACE satellite. |
The Solar Cycle is observed by counting the frequency and placement of sunspots visible on the Sun. Solar minimum occurred in December, 2008. Solar maximum is expected to occur in May, 2013.
Solar X-ray Flux This plot shows 3-days of 5-minute solar x-ray flux values measured on the SWPC primary and secondary GOES satellites. |
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Auroral Activity Extrapolated from NOAA POES
Northern Hemi Auroral Map
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Southern Hemi Auroral Map
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Instruments on board the NOAA Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) continually monitor the power flux carried by the protons and electrons that produce aurora in the atmosphere. SWPC has developed a technique that uses the power flux observations obtained during a single pass of the satellite over a polar region (which takes about 25 minutes) to estimate the total power deposited in an entire polar region by these auroral particles. The power input estimate is converted to an auroral activity index that ranges from 1 to 10.
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