by geckzilla » Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:13 pm
Nice! I know sunspots have been fairly rare lately so I went ahead and cross checked against SOHO's MDI:
That's a nice sonnenflecken.
With any luck the next solar maximum will happen in 5-6 years, though some say it will be an exceptionally long minimum so it could take longer. Don't expect it tomorrow.
Here is SOHO's website with near realtime data:
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/rea ... mages.html
It's kind of a maze to navigate, unfortunately. But you can figure it out eventually.
Nice! I know sunspots have been fairly rare lately so I went ahead and cross checked against SOHO's MDI:
[img]http://www.geckzilla.com/apod/20090601_1600_mdiigr_512.jpg[/img]
That's a nice sonnenflecken. :)
With any luck the next solar maximum will happen in 5-6 years, though some say it will be an exceptionally long minimum so it could take longer. Don't expect it tomorrow.
Here is SOHO's website with near realtime data:
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime-images.html
It's kind of a maze to navigate, unfortunately. But you can figure it out eventually.