Sun
Categories
- Aurora (38)
- Data Archives (7)
- Observatories (20)
Links
Solar Images from SDAC
http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/images/latest.html
Daily pictures from the SOHO and Yohkoh space platforms, the US National Solar Observatory, and the Mauna Loa Solar Observatory.
Cosmic and Heliospheric Learning Center
Based at NASA/GSFC. Includes sections about the Sun, the cosmic rays and the history of its study.
Stanford Solar Center
http://solar-center.stanford.edu/
Presents a collection of educational activities based on Solar Oscillations Investigation (SOI) and Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) data.
Birmingham Solar Oscillations Network
Who they are and what they do. Also includes background information, results, data.
YPOP Tour of the Sun
http://www.lmsal.com/YPOP/Spotlight/Tour/index.html
Educational information about the Sun.
The Virtual Sun
http://www.michielb.nl/sun/kaft.htm
Virtual tour of the sun which uses images, diagrams, and movies to illustrate subjects such as solar wind, solar flares, the solar surface and sunspots.
How Stuff Works: Sun
http://www.howstuffworks.com/sun.htm
In-depth illustrated description of the Sun, its surface, atmosphere, sunspots, solar prominences and solar flares.
Views of the Solar System: Sun
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/sun.htm
Pictures, animations, general information and data.
AAS Solar Physics Division
http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/aas_spd/
[Greenbelt, Md] Members, organization, news, meetings, contacts.
Analemma
Explains what it is, also with a few simple animations.
The Solar System in Action: Sun
http://www.harmsy.freeuk.com/sun.html
General information about the star presented in a popular language.
Windows to the Univers: Sun
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour.cgi?link=/sun/sun.html
Overview including general information, data, pictures, news, historical and mythological background.
The Sun is a Ball of Iron
Dr. Oliver K. Manuel's posits a new theory of the sun's formation, composition and energy production.
Solar Orbit
The site describes the solar orbit and consequences which result out of this movement of the sun. Detailed description and downloadable program allow you to investigate further details.
Current Solar Data
An unofficial archive of NOAA GOES solar data.
The Analemma Project
http://www.steveirvine.com/analemma.html
An analemma photograph is featured with a detailed description of how it was created.
The Inconstant Sun
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/17jan_solcon.htm?list93257
From NASA Science News, experiment on board shuttle mission STS-107 is monitoring the Sun's variable brightness and its link to terrestrial climate change.
The Michelson Doppler Imager
Provides results and science of an experiment flown on the SOHO spacecraft to study solar oscillations.
Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG)
Extensive information about the group and the project, which aims to conduct a detailed study of solar internal structure and dynamics using helioseismology.
Current Solar Data
Offers real time images and observations of the Sun from a variety of ground and space sources.
The Nine Planets: Sun
http://www.nineplanets.org/sol.html
General information, some statistical data and links.
Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM)
http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/gem/Welcome.html
Offers documents and overview from a series of projects with focus on magnetosphere studies.