SPACE WEATHER OBSERVATORY · ☀ THE SUN
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AIA 0171 · 171Å–304Å false color per channel
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Alpha
Beta
Beta‑Gamma(‑Delta)
Delta config (X‑flare capable)
Markers sit at each region's measured position — size ~ spot area, color = magnetic class, pulsing ring = delta, dashed = foreshortened near the limb.
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AR —

Area
Spot class
Magnetic class
Spot count
C / M / X flares (region total)
SDO cutout (zoomed, current channel)
This region's flares · 7d
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GOES X-Ray Flux

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long (0.1–0.8nm) channel · GOES primary
−6hnow

Flares · last 7d

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Solar Wind Now

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Speed
Density
Bt (total field)
Bz (GSM)
negative Bz (south-pointing) couples better to Earth's field

Planetary Kp

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current 3-hour index
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F10.7cm Flux & Regions

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solar flux units (sfu)
Numbered regions today
Total spot count
Largest region
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CME Propagation — our model run (HUXt)

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Our own run of the open HUXt solar-wind model (Owens et al. 2020, University of Reading) driven by NASA DONKI CME cone fits — MODELED — solar wind speed, not imagery. Cone CMEs carry no magnetic field, so arrival severity stays unknown until the wind reaches L1. Cross-check: NOAA's WSA‑Enlil.

Far Side of the Sun

Direct Solar Orbiter imaging, helioseismic mapping (GONG) and STEREO‑A EUVI of the hemisphere we can't see from Earth.
GONG far-side helioseismic map
GONG far‑side (helioseismic)
STEREO-A EUVI 195 latest image
STEREO‑A EUVI 195Å
Solar Orbiter EUI/FSI 174 A full-disk EUV image from its off-Earth vantage
Solar Orbiter EUI 174Å
Solar Orbiter PHI/FDT line-of-sight magnetogram from its off-Earth vantage
Solar Orbiter PHI magnetogram

Coronagraph Watch — CMEs leaving the Sun

Eruptions in the corona, watched by NOAA's operational CCOR‑1 (on GOES‑19) and SOHO/LASCO — with automatic CME detections from SIDC's CACTus pipeline. A wide, fast CME aimed at Earth typically arrives in 1–4 days; the propagation-model panel below turns these into arrival estimates.
Latest CCOR-1 coronagraph frame (GOES-19)
CCOR‑1 (GOES‑19)
Latest SOHO LASCO C3 coronagraph frame
SOHO LASCO C3
Solar Orbiter Metis coronagraph, polarized brightness — off-angle CME view
SolO Metis coronagraph · off‑angle
GONG H-alpha latest frame — filament watch
GONG H‑α · filament watch
Dark filaments in H‑α are suspended prominence material — when one erupts, it can leave as a CME without any flare. A filament that vanishes between days is worth watching in the coronagraphs.

Heliosphere · CME Cones

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drag to orbit · scroll to zoom — cones are DONKI-measured CME geometry · click a cone or a row below · our 2‑D propagation model ↑
slow (<500 km/s) moderate fast / Earth‑directed
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