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RBN  DXWatch
REAL TIME IONOSPHERE
SuperDARN radar measurements
JPLTEC map total electron content
Auroral RT CSSDP
TIMED MLTI
CAPS    Spacewx.com  TEC  15MHz
CAPS/Earth Space 4D
SONDES
UMLCAR world wide
NGDC dynasondes
PROPAGATION - WEB BASED
VOACAP Point-to-point Area
PROPAGATION SOFTWARE
Miniprop (W6EL) 
ICECAP / ICEAREA / VOACAP / VOAAREA (son of IONCAP) the professional predictor
Guide to using VOACAP very good
HamCap – graphical interface for VOACAP  SSN file to 2018 NEW
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International Beacons
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Watch which beacons are where in realtime
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Solar Rotation – more complex than you’d think
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How can SOHO all of the time?
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ACE Magnetic Field data 7d 3d 24h 6h 2h
Combined data   F:136 A:6 K:2 SSN:114   2012-05-18 17:45:00Z
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Solen SFI, A & SSN SWPC Solar Cycle

Propadex - a propagation index Divide the number shown here by 100 to calculate the number of MHz that MUF is up or down compared to the last 60 days at the current time. Raw data can be found here for Wallops Island ionosonde.

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Cycle 24 predictions: (I) (II) (III)


Did you know:  The Sun is a big ball of plasma mostly made up of hydrogen, helium, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and neon.


Flares & Coronal Holes
EIT Extreme UV195Å
Fe XI, 1.5MK

Flares & Coronal Holes
EIT Extreme UV 284Å
Fe XV, 2MK

Flares & Coronal Holes. Click here for news.
SXI Soft X-ray 6~60Å
4MK

Nancay
0.9m

Not Real Time

Nancay
1.8m

Not Real Time

Flares & Coronal Holes
EIT Extreme UV 171Å
Fe IX/X, 1MK

These real-time images follow around the above graphic, except that:

EIT 284Å is an additional image

VHF/UHF images are not taken in real-time

References:

http://www.edpsciences.org/articles/aa/pdf/2001/42/aah2629.pdf?access=ok


Handy Electromagnetic Spectrum Calculator

Flares & Coronal Holes
EIT Extreme UV 304Å
He II, 20kK~100kK

Flares & Coronal Holes
Nobeyama 1.7cm (17GHz)

Flares & Coronal Holes

Meudon Hα 6563Å

GOES X-ray flux - 5 minutes GOES X-ray flux - 1 minute
GOES-15 X-ray Flux (5 minutes) GOES-15 X-ray Flux (1 minute)

GOES Electron flux - 5 minutes GOES Proton flux - 5 minutes
GOES-13 & 15 Electron Flux (5 minutes) GOES-13 Proton Flux (5 minutes)

Kp index - 3 Hour Combined - 1 minute
K Index (3 hours) Combined (1 minute)
GOES Magnetometers - 1 minute Magnetometer - 1 minute
GOES-13 and 15 Magnetometers (1 minute) Boulder Magnetometer (1 minute)

Solar Wind Click on image for details  NAA 24kHz signal - use for flare detection

 


 POES data and OVATION Aurora Prediction

POES North Pole POES South Pole
North Pole South Pole

NA EU AS
Both SOHO and ACE are located at the L1 point between the Earth and Sun. This is about 1.5m km from Earth (or 932,000 miles).

From this vantage point Solar wind data can be detected about 45 to 60 minutes before reaching Earth.

Earthside - Raben Systems Farside - Raben Systems
Front Side Far Side

Key to solar history above

Server is down Server is down
SoHO (straight-on view) [195Å] (SDO 193Å) STEREO-B - to the East (looking around back of Sun)
Browse Latest Images STEREO B is of most interest to us B: Separation angle with Earth 117.57° = 9.14 days = 219.46 hours
A: Separation angle with Earth 114.96° = 8.94 days = 214.59 hours

STEREO - receiving the data.
Between April and June 2015 the datalink won't reach the Earth. Why? The angle B-Earth is gradually increasing, at the rate of about 0.3 degrees per month. When this gets too large, the signals will have to graze the Sun to reach Earth. If the satellites survive ecllipse and the increasing solar activity, then they will remain extraordinary solar sentinals. Antenna pointing is restricted, so signal recovery may be marginal.

-90°/+90° coverage was achieved in February 2011. With SoHO that should ensure 360° coverage until 2019 - or until instrument failure or de-funding occurs.
 Server is down

    

SOHO Magnetogram - server down SOHO MDI - Sunspot indications - server down
SDO Magnetogram SDO MDI - Sunspot indications

How magnetism varies cycle-to-cycle: NORTH=WHITE, SOUTH=BLACK. [polarity is read from left to right]
Cycle 23: In the sun's northern hemisphere, all spots are S-N. In the southern hemisphere, all spots are N-S. 
Cycle 24: Northern sunspots will become N-S while southern sunspots will become S-N. 
This reversal occurs each time one cycle gives way to the next. It is called Hale's Law.

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