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Post [SUN] Radar Image Source: Solar and Heliospheric Observatory


Some may be interested in this source for real-time images of the sun. If you want to keep your eye on sun spots and solar flares - this is for you!

The images are provided by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. The images are here, and an explanation of what they are can be found here.

Simply paste the following into your radars.txt file (found in your WeatherPanel installation folder):

Code:
Sun - EIT 171 (512x512)
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/eit_171/512/latest.jpg
Sun - EIT 195 (512x512)
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/eit_195/512/latest.jpg
Sun - EIT 284 (512x512)
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/eit_284/512/latest.jpg
Sun - EIT 304 (512x512)
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/eit_304/512/latest.jpg
Sun - MDI Continuum (512x512)
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/mdi_igr/512/latest.jpg
Sun - MDI Magnetogram (512x512)
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/mdi_mag/512/latest.jpg
Sun - LASCO C2 (512x512)
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/c2/512/latest.gif
Sun - LASCO C3 (512x512)
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/c3/512/latest.gif
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