The Sun Now!

Overview of the Sun

White Light Daily Views

Continuum intensity image of the Sun taken by the HMI instrument on board the SDO satellite annotated (1024x1024) (updated daily) or unannotated (4096x4096) (updated every 12 min.):

H-alpha Daily Views

The Sun in H-alpha from GONG (original data):

Comparison between Daily Views (side by side views)

SDO Continuum: Annotated (left), Latest HMI Intensitygram - Flattened (right):

SDO Continuum: Annotated (left), H-alpha (right):

Mirrored SDO Continuum: Annotated (left), Mirrored H-alpha (right):

SDO Continuum: Annotated (left), Magnetogram (right):

SDO Continuum: Annotated (left), Magnetogram with calculated field lines of the solar magnetic field (right):

SDO Continuum: Annotated (left), HMI Active Region Patch (right):

Latest Sunspot Number

Daily and monthly sunspot number (reported are the last 13 years). Image from the SILSO (Sunspot Index and Long-term Solar Observations):

Sun images mirrored and rotated

See also Interesting Links about the Sun

Page by Ernesto Nicola