Links to Sites Related to Solar Physics

Links on this page are to sites that hold information on the Sun, our nearest star.
Observations are made at X-ray, ultra-violet, optical and radio wavelengths.

Solar Images:

Recent (and other) Images available from Observatories:

Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO), California, USA.
Mauna Loa Solar Observatory (MLSO), Hawai'i, USA.
Mees Solar Observatory, Hawai'i, USA.
National Solar Observatory/ Sacramento Peak, New Mexico, USA.
National Solar Observatory/ Kitt Peak, Arizona, USA.
Wilcox Solar Observatory (WSO), California, USA.
Mt. Wilson Observatory, 150-Foot Solar Tower, California, USA.
Space Environment Center, Current Solar Images, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
Catania Astrophysical Observatory, Italy
Estacion de Observacion Solar, Universidad de Sonora, Mexico
Hiraiso Observatory, Japan.
Learmonth Solar Observatory, Western Australia
Nobeyama Solar Radio Observatory, Japan

Images held in Data Archives, etc.:

BASS 2000 Image Archive, Meudon/Bagneres, France (FTP interface)
National Solar Observatory Archive/ Kitt Peak, Tuscon, Arizona.
SoHO Synoptic Database, at GSFC, Maryland.
Solar Data Analysis Center, Latest Images, at GSFC, Maryland.
Space Environment Center, Image Archive, Boulder, Colorado.
Yohkoh/SXT Image Gallery, at Lockheed Martin, Palo Alto, California.
Yohkoh Data Archive Centre (YDAC), at MSSL/UCL, Dorking, England.

Solar Forcasting:

Space Weather Operations branch of the Space Environment Center in Boulder, Colorado - Today's Solar Weather.
Meudon Solar Forecast Center, located at Meudon Observatory, near Paris, France - includes daily and weekly bulletins.
Hiraiso Solar Terrestrial Research Center/CRL, Japan.
Australian Space Forecast Centre, located in Sydney, New South Wales.

Solar Spacecraft:

Yohkoh
SoHO
Ulysses
CGRO - the BATSE instrument.

Home Pages of Centres, Organizations, Groups, Observatories, etc.:

NSSDC - National Space Science Data Center, Solar Physics (at GSFC).
SDAC - Solar Data Analysis Center (at GSFC).
YDAC - Yohkoh Data Archive Centre (at MSSL/UCL, UK).
SOHO - ESA/NASA SoHO Project (at GSFC).
BASS 2000 - French Solar Data Base (Meudon/Bagneres, France)
SEC - Space Environment Center (Boulder, Colorado).
JOSO - Joint Organization for Solar Observation.
Lockheed - Solar Group at Lockheed Martin, Palo Alto.
MSSL - Solar Group at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UK.
Stanford - Solar Physics Research Group at Stanford University
Institute for Astronomy - Solar Group at University of Hawai'i
Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO).
High Altitude Observatory (HAO) (incl. MLSO).
National Solar Observatory (NSO) (Kitt Peak, Sac Peak, GONG), USA.
Mt. Wilson Observatory.

Other Relevant Indices:

NGDC GOLD - NOAA NGDC Solar-Terrestrial Physics Division
NSSDC - National Space Science Data Center, Space Physics (at GSFC).

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