Real Time Images of the Sun
SOHO EIT 304
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SOHO EIT 284 Animated
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LASCO/C2
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The sun is constantly monitored for sun spots and coronal mass ejections. EIT (Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope) images the solar atmosphere at several wavelengths, and therefore, shows solar material at different temperatures. In the images taken at 304 Angstrom the bright material is at 60,000 to 80,000 degrees Kelvin. In those taken at 171 Angstrom, at 1 million degrees. 195 Angstrom images correspond to about 1.5 million Kelvin, 284 Angstrom to 2 million degrees. The hotter the temperature, the higher you look in the solar atmosphere.
Solar activity decayed to low levels with numerous C-class flares observed, particularly from Region 4366 (N14W33, Fkc/beta-gamma-delta). This region produced the largest flare of the period, an impulsive C6.9/Sf event at 06/1021 UTC. This region remains the largest and most magnetically complex group on the disk, showing some minor intermediate spot growth. Region 4366 produced seven C-class flares. Region 4371 (S23E20, Dai/beta-delta) continued to slowly grow and produced an impulsive C2.1/Sf flare at 06/1754 UTC. Both Regions 4362 (S17W35, Cao/beta) and 4372 (S23, L=254)) produced C-class activity, but showed little spot change. All other regions were unchanged. New Region 4373 (N10E66, Hsx/alpha) emerged on the disk. A large, partial halo CME was observed in the NE beginning at 05/2336 UTC. This event originated on the far-side of the disk and is not considered to have any Earth-directed component. No other CMEs were observed.
Solar Activity Forecast
Issued: 2026 Feb 07 0030 UTC
Moderate to high solar activity is expected due to M-class flaring (R1-R2, Minor-Moderate) for 07-09 Feb, with a chance for X-class flares (R3-Strong or greater) due to the complexity of Regions 4366 and 4371. Energetic
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Auroral Activity Extrapolated from NOAA POES
Northern Hemi Auroral Map
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Southern Hemi Auroral Map
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Instruments on board the NOAA Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) continually monitor the power flux carried by the protons and electrons that produce aurora in the atmosphere. SWPC has developed a technique that uses the power flux observations obtained during a single pass of the satellite over a polar region (which takes about 25 minutes) to estimate the total power deposited in an entire polar region by these auroral particles. The power input estimate is converted to an auroral activity index that ranges from 1 to 10.
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