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Astronomy & Astrophysics Dictionaries & Glossaries

Astronomy, Astrophysics & Astrobiology Journals & e-Prints

Astro-Physical Units ~ Julian Date Conversion

Astronomical Clocks
Equation of Time, System Civil Time, Civil Time, Standard Time,
Coordinated Universal Time, International Atomic Time, Terrestrial Time (Dynamical),
Local Mean Solar Time, Local Mean Solar Time, Local Apparent Solar (Sundial) Time,
True Obliquity of the Ecliptic, Nutation in Longitude, Earth's Orbital Eccentricity, etc.

Astronomical Data,
Sunset, Sunrise, Moon Phases in Real-Time, etc.

Today's Space Weather in Real-Time

Solar Activity, Sun Daily Images, Sunspots, Solar Wind, Solar Storms, etc.

Auroral Activity

Cosmic Rays ~ Earth Orientation ~ Energetic Particles ~ Microlensing

Heliosphere ~ Ionosphere ~ Magnetopause & Bow Shock

Magnetosphere & Geo-Magnetic

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Astronomy & Astrophysics Dictionaries & Glossaries

ASTRONOMY DICTIONARIES

ASTRONOMY DICTIONARY - Eric W. Weisstein and Wolfram Research, Inc. Multimedia Astronomy Dictionary (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Eric Weisstein's World of Science

DICTIONARY OF NOMENCLATURE OF CELESTIAL OBJECTS - Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS, Strasbourg), France Multimedia Dictionary of Nomenclature of Celestial Objects - Astronomy Dictionary (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Astronmonical Catalogues

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF STANDARD PLANETARY INFORMATION FORMULAS AND CONSTANTS - New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, JPL & NASA Multimedia Encyclopedia of Standard Planetary Information, Formulas and Constants - Astronomy Dictionary (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see NASA's Planetary Data System

EXTRASOLAR PLANETS ENCYCLOPEDIA - J. Schneider, Paris-Meudon-Nançay Observatory Multimedia Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia - Astronomy Dictionary (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Paris-Meudon-Nançay Observatory

ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS DICTIONARIES

HANDBOOK OF SPACE ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS - Martin V. Zombeck and hosted by the Harvard University Multimedia Space Astronomy Dictionary and Astrophysics Dictionary (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see ADS DIgital Library or Astrophysics

Astronomy, Astrophysics Astrobiology Journals & e-Prints

ASTRONOMY, ASTROPHYSICS & SPACE SCIENCE E-PRINTS

ASTROPHYSICS E-PRINTS - arXiv.org Multimedia Astrophysics e-Prints (Text & Images). For more information see arXiv.org

ASTROPHYSICS DATA SYSTEM: ABSTRACTS - NASA and Harvard University Multimedia Astrophysics Abstracts (Text & Images).

INSTRUMENTATION AND DETECTORS E-PRINTS - arXiv.org Multimedia Instrumentation & Detectors e-Prints (Text & Images). For more information see arXiv.org

SPACE PHYSICS E-PRINTS - arXiv.org Multimedia Space Physics e-Prints (Text & Images). For more information see arXiv.org

ASTRONOMY, ASTROPHYSICS, ASTROBIOLOGY JOURNALS

APS JOURNALS ONLINE - American Physical Society Multimedia Physics Journals (Text & Images). For more information see American Physical Society

ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS - The European Southern Observatory (ESO), Published by: EDP Sciences Multimedia Astronomy & Astrophysics Journal (Text & Images). For more information see the The European Southern Observatory

ASTRONOMY & GEOPHYSICS - Royal Astronomical Society; Published by Blackwell Science and Munksgaard Multimedia Astronomy & Geophysics Journal (Text & Images). For more information see Royal Astronomical Society

GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL - Royal Astronomical Society; Published by Blackwell Science and Munksgaard Multimedia Geophysical Journal (Text & Images). For more information see Royal Astronomical Society

PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC - The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) and published by The University of Chicago Press Multimedia Astronomy Journal (Text & Images). For more information see The Astronomical Journal Home Page; The University of Chicago Press or the The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP)

THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL - American Astronomical Society Multimedia Astronomy and Astrophysics Journal (Text & Images). For more information see the American Astronomical Society

THE JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION - British Astronomical Association Multimedia Astronomy Journal (Text & Images). For more information see British Astronomical Association

Astro-Physical Units & Conversion

UNIT CONVERSION RELATED CENTERS

FOR UNIT CONVERSION CALCULATORS & APPLETS SEE THE MATHEMATICS CENTER: UNIT CONVERSION CALCULATORS & APPLETS

ASTRO-PHYSICAL CALCULATORS & APPLETS

ASTR0-PHYSICAL CALCULATOR - C. Dolan, Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
Astro-Physical Calculator includes:
Scientific, Technical, Programming and Logic functions
Physical Constants
"...Velocity of light; Planck constant; Gravitational constant;
Electron charge; Mass of electron; Mass of proton;
Mass of neutron; Mass of hydrogen; Avagadro's number;
Boltzmann constant; Rydberg constant; etc..."
Astronomical Constants
"...Astronomical unit; Parsec; Light year; Solar mass; etc..."
Planetary Data
"...Mass; Radius; Period; Eccentricity; etc..."

For more information see Java Applets & Javascript; Chris Dolan's Home Page or the Department of Astronomy

ASTRONOMICAL DISTANCE CALCULATORS & APPLETS

ASTRONOMICAL DISTANCES - D.P. Hamilton, Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland
Astronomical Distances Calculator
"...You are in a spaceship leaving Earth to explore the Universe! How fast do you want to travel?..."
For more information see Astronomy Workshop Tools; Astronomy Workshop or the Department of Astronomy

COSMIC DISTANCE SCALES - INTERACTIVE - M. Masetti & K. Mukai, High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC), Exploration of the Universe Division (EUD), Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA VERY EXTENSIVE.
Cosmic Distance Scales
"...will give an impression of how immense our Universe is by employing a method used many times in "Power of 10" films - that is, starting with an image of the Earth and then zooming out towards the furthest visible reaches of our Universe..."
For more information see Education; High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC); Exploration of the Universe Division (EUD) or the Goddard Space Flight Center

SOLAR SYSTEM DISTANCE CONVERTER - CALCULATOR - Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous, Johns Hopkins' Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
Solar System Distance Calculator
"...Converts between km, miles, Astronomical Units, and light travel time..."
For more information see Site Index or Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous

CALCULATE THE VELOCITY OF THE LOCAL STANDARD OF REST

V_LSR CALCULATOR: CALCULATE THE VELOCITY OF THE LOCAL STANDARD OF REST - E.M. Murphy, The Far Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE), Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University & NASA
V_LSR Calculator: Calculate the Velocity of the Local Standard of Rest
"...will calculate the radial velocity of the observer with respect to a given RA and DEC on the date of observation for a number of popular standards of rest..."
For more information see FUSE Planning Tools or The Far Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE)

Julian Date Conversion

JULIAN CALCULATORS & APPLETS

XTIME - A DATE/TIME CALCULATOR - High Energy Astrophysics Sciences Archive Research Center (HEASARC), NASA VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
xTime - A Date/Time Calculator: input one of the following:
Calendar Time Formats
Calendar date, ISO 8601 date, Year and day number, Julian Day; Modified Julian Day..."
Mission-Specific Time Formats
"...RXTE seconds since 1994.0; RXTE mission day number; RXTE decimal mission day; Swift/GLAST seconds since 2001.0; Swift/GLAST mission day number; etc..."

For more information see Tools or the High Energy Astrophysics Sciences Archive Research Center (HEASARC), NASA

ASTRONOMICAL TIME CALCULATOR - L. Bogan, Department of Physics, Arcadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada VERY EXTENSIVE.
Astronomical Time Calculator includes:
"...Local Time Zone; Julian Day; Julian Day 0h UT; Equation of Time; Longitude Correction; Local Siderial Time..."
For more information see Astronomy Pages or Larry Bogan's Home Page

HELIOCENTRIC JULIAN DAY - Dan Bruton, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stephen F. Austin State University & Midnight Kite Solutions
The Heliocentric Julian Day Calculator recalculates
"...astronomers recalculate Julian Days as if we were observing the star from the center of the Sun, i.e., a Heliocentric Julian Day..."
For more information see Java; Midnight Kite Solutions or Dan Bruton's Home Page

JULIAN DATE, SUN COORDINATES, MOON COORDINATES - CALCULATOR - E.M. Murphy, FUSE - The Far Spectroscopic Explorer, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University & NASA
Julian Date Calculator
"...uses the STARLINK set of astronomical subroutines. The low precision formula for the geocentric coordinates of the Sun is from the 1995 Astronomical Almanac and its precision is 0.01 degrees from 1950 to 2050..."
For more information see FUSE Planning Tools or FUSE - The Far Spectroscopic Explorer

JULIAN DAY - Dan Bruton, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stephen F. Austin State University & Midnight Kite Solutions For more information see Java; Midnight Kite Solutions or Dan Bruton's Home Page

TIME CONVERSION TOOL (JULIAN DATE CALCULATOR) - Solar System Dynamics Group, JPL
Time Conversion Tool - Julian Date Calculator is used
"...to convert from calendar date/time format to Julian date and visa versa. Optionally convert between selected world time zones and determine the day-of-week for the specified date..."
For more information see SSD-JPL; Observer's Tool Corner or Solar System Dynamics Group

Astronomical Clocks

ASTRONOMICAL CLOCKS CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ETC.

ASTROCLOCK: ASTRONOMICAL CLOCK - J. MacKinnon, Raymond, Maine VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.
AstroClock: Astronomical Clock calculates in real time
"...Equation of Time,
System Civil Time,
Civil Time,
Standard Time,
Coordinated Universal Time,
Universal Time 1,
International Atomic Time,
Terrestrial Time (Dynamical),
Greenwich Mean Sidereal Time,
Greenwich Apparent Sidereal Time,
Julian Day (JD),
Modified Julian Day (MJD),
Julian Day (JDE),
Modified Julian Day (MJDE),
Local Mean Solar Time,
Local Apparent Solar (Sundial) Time,
Local Mean Sidereal Time,
Local Apparent Sidereal Time..."
AstroClock: Astronomical Clock displays
"...Mean Obliquity of the Ecliptic;
True Obliquity of the Ecliptic,
Nutation in Longitude,
Nutation in Obliquity,
Earth's Orbital Eccentricity,
Equation of the Equinoxes, etc..."
For more information see Jeff MacKinnon's World Wide Web Gateway

Astronomical Data, Sunset/Sunrise, Moon Phases, etc.

ASTRONOMICAL DATA CALCULATORS & APPLETS

ASTRONOMICAL CALCULATORS & TABLES - United States Naval Observatory (USNO) VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.
Astronomical Applications
"...computes, from fundamental astronomical reference data, the position, brightness, and other observable characteristics of celestial bodies, as well as the circumstances of astronomical phenomena. This information is of critical importance to navigation, military operations planning, scientific research, surveying, accident reconstruction, architecture, and everyday activities..."
For more information see Astronomical Applications or the United States Naval Observatory (USNO)

Examples from over "20" Astronomical Calculators & Tables include

Duration of Daylight/Darkness Table for One Year
Duration of Daylight Table
"...provides, for each calendar date, the total time that any portion of the Sun is above the horizon..."
Duration of Darkness Table
"...provides, for each calendar date, the total time that the entire Sun is below the horizon..."

Sun and Moon Data for One Day
Sun and Moon Data for One Day
"...obtain the times of sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, transits of the Sun and Moon, and the beginning and end of civil twilight, along with..."

Lunar Eclipse Computer
Lunar Eclipse Computer
"...The table of local circumstances gives the local time of each eclipse "event" that is visible from the location..."

SUN, MOON AND EARTH (JAVA APPLET) - J. Giesen English & German/Deutsch. VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.
Sun, Moon & Earth Calculator
"...displays the positions of the Sun and Moon on the horizon for any date, time and location, and on a world map with day and night regions. The times of rise and setting,..."
For more information see GeoAstro Applets; Astro Applets; Astronomy and related stuff or Juergen Giesen's Physik und Astronomie

Examples from over "20" GeoAstro Calculators & Applets include

Sun Plotter Applet

Analemma Sundial Applet

Sun position (polar coordinates) Applet

SOLAR POSITION CALCULATOR - C. Cornwall, A. Horiuchi & C. Lehman, Surface Radiation Research Branch (SRRB), Air Resources Laboratory, NOAA VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Solar Calculators or the Surface Radiation Research Branch

PHOTOPERIOD CALCULATORS & APPLETS

PHOTOPERIOD CALCULATOR: COMPUTATION OF DAYLENGTHS, SUNRISE/SUNSET TIMES, TWILIGHT AND LOCAL NOON - J. Lammi, Finland VERY EXTENSIVE.
Photoperiod Calculator output values include
"...Daylength; Begin of Nautical Twilight; Begin of Civil Twilight;
Sunrise Time; Sunset Time;
End of Civil Twilight; End of Nautical Twilight;
Maximum Height Angle; Declination of Sun;
Sun Altitude & Azimuth; Solar power at Noon;
For more information see J. Lammi's Home Page

SUN'S ANGLE CALCULATORS & APPLETS

SUN ANGLE CALCULATOR - C. Gronbeck, Sustainable By Design VERY EXTENSIVE.
Sun Angle Calculator
"...calculates a number of solar angles based on location, date, and time. It is useful in building design..."
For more information see Tools or Sustainable By Design

SUN'S PATH CALCULATORS & APPLETS

SUN PATH CALCULATOR (SHOCKWAVE) - C. Gronbeck, Sustainable By Design VERY EXTENSIVE.
Sun Path Calculator
"...displays the path of sun in the sky. It can be used to graphically determine solar altitude and azimuth angles; it's also a general educational.."
For more information see Tools or Sustainable By Design

SUNRISE - SUNSET CALCULATORS & APPLETS

SUNRISE - SUNSET CALCULATOR - GMD-Radiation Group (G-Rad), NOAA/ESRL Global Monitoring Division, Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), NOAA VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
Sunrise Calculator - Sunset Calculator includes
"...Equation of Time; Solar Declination; Apparent Sunrise; Solar Noon; Apparent Sunset..."
For more information see GMD-Radiation Group (G-Rad); Global Monitoring Division or the Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), NOAA

SUNRISE - SUNSET (JAVA APPLET) - Pangolin Communications, Auckland, New Zealand
Sunrise Calculator - Sunset Calculator includes:
"...Sun Rise & Set; Civil Twilight & Nautical Twilight..."
For more information see Alamanac On-line or Pangolin Communications

SUNRISE - SUNSET CALCULATOR FOR AM STATIONS IN THE U.S. - D. Bickel, Audio Services Division, Mass Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) VERY EXTENSIVE.
Sunrise Calculator - Sunset Calculator for AM Stations in the U.S.:
"...These values are important to those AM stations who must reduce power, cease operations, or change to directional operation during the nighttime hours, as well as the stations protected by the changed operation..."
For more information see Radio Tools or the Audio Services Division

Today's Space Weather

TODAY'S SPACE WEATHER CALCULATORS, APPLETS & DATABASES (ALL INCLUSIVE)

TODAY'S SPACE WEATHER: REAL-TIME & NEAR REAL-TIME SPACE WEATHER DATA - Space Weather Prediction Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.
Space Weather Prediction Center
"...continually monitors and forecasts Earth's space environment; provides accurate, reliable, and useful solar-terrestrial information; conducts and leads research and development programs to understand the environment and to improve services; advises policy makers and planners;..."
Current Space Weather Conditions include:
"...Geomagnetic Storms;
Solar Radiation Storms;
Radio Blackouts;
GOES X-ray Flux 1-min data;
Satellite Environment Plot;
GOES X-ray Flux 5-min data;
GOES Magnetometer;
GOES Proton Flux;
GOES ElectronFlux;
Estimated Planetary Kp;
D-region Absorption Prediction Model;
ACE RTSW MAG, EPAM, SWEPAM, SIS;
Auroral Activity from NOAA POES; etc..."
For more information see the Space Weather Prediction Center

TODAY'S SPACE WEATHER DATA - Space Weather Prediction Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.
Space Weather Data and Products includes:
"...Alerts and Forecasts;
SWPC Reports and Summaries;
Space Weather Models;
Solar and Geomagnetic Indices;
Instrument Measurements; etc..."
For more information see the Space Weather Prediction Center

TODAY'S SPACE WEATHER - IPS Radio & Space Services, Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources, Australian Government, Australia Multimedia Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.
IPS Radio & Space Services Space Weather includes
"...Solar Wind Speed;
X-Ray Flux;
X-Ray Flux Value;
X-Ray Flares;
Latest Culgoora Spectrograph;
Latest Culgoora H-Alpha Image;
Geomagnetic Warning;
K-Index;
pc3 Index;
GEOSTAT Alert;
Geomagnetic Alert;
Aurora Alert;
Polar Cap Absorption; etc..."
For more information see the IPS Radio & Space Services

ACE - REAL TIME - DATA - ACE, ACE Science Center, JPL, NASA VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.
ACE Browse Data
"...are designed for monitoring large scale particle and field behavior and for selecting interesting time periods. The data are automatically generated from the spacecraft data stream using simple algorithms provided by the instrument investigators..."
For more information see ACE Science Center, JPL

Examples for the ACE Browse Parameter's include

Magnetic Field Experiment (MAG)

Ultra Low Energy Isotope Spectrometer (ULEIS)

Electron, Proton, and Alpha Monitor (EPAM)

Solar Energetic Particle Charge Analyzer (SEPICA)

CURRENT SPACE WEATHER - Rice Space Institute, Department of Space Physics & Astronomy, Rice University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
Current Space Weather includes:
"...most recent K_p Index, Solar Wind Observations, NOAA/SEC Forcast, etc..."
For more information see Space Weather Dials Interpretation Guide or the Rice Space Institute

CURRENT SOLAR WIND CONDITIONS (DIALS ONLY) - Rice Space Institute, Department of Space Physics & Astronomy, Rice University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
Current Solar Wind Conditions includes:
"...Density; Speed; Pressure; Temperature; Magnitude; Polar Angle;
Azimuth; Convection; Alfven Speed; Sound Speed; Thermal Energy;
Log[Beta]; Alfven Mach; Mach Number; etc..."
For more information see Space Weather Dials Interpretation Guide or the Rice Space Institute

Solar Activity, Sun Daily Images, Sunspots, Solar Wind, etc.

DAILY SUN REPORTS, CHARTS, NEWS, DATABASES

SOLAR RADIO BURSTS, SOLAR WIND, SOLAR STORMS, ETC.

Solar Radio Bursts

SOLAR RADIO BURSTS - EVERY 3 SECONDS - Culgoora Solar Observatory, New South Wales, Australia Multimedia Solar Radio Bursts Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.

Solar Activity

DAILY SOLAR ACTIVITY REPORTS - Big Bear Solar Observatory Multimedia Daily Solar Activity Reports Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.

DAILY SOLAR ACTIVITY CHART - NICT Space Environment Information Service, Japan Multimedia Daily Solar Activity Reports Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.

Solar Wind - Solar Storms

SOLAR STORMS (STEREO) - Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, NASA Multimedia Daily Images and Plots (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.
Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO)
"...consists of two space-based observatories - one ahead of Earth in its orbit, the other trailing behind. With this new pair of viewpoints, scientists will be able to see the structure and evolution of solar storms as they blast from the Sun and move out through space..."

CURRENT SOLAR WIND DATA - The SoHO/CELIAS/MTOF/PM Sensors, Live from College Park Maryland Multimedia Solar Wind Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
Solar Wind Data
"...the latest 48 hours of solar wind data brought to you by the CELIAS/MTOF Proton Monitor on the SOHO Spacecraft..."
For more information see The SoHO/CELIAS/MTOF/PM Sensors

REAL-TIME VOYAGER 2 SOLAR WIND SPEED PLOTS & SOLAR WIND DYNAMIC PRESSURE PLOTS - Voyager Plasma Science Experiment, Space Plasma Group, MIT Multimedia Voyager 2 Solar Wind Speed Plots & Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure Plots (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.
The Plasma Science Experiment on Voyager 2
"...measures that speed every 192 seconds, and that information is returned to Earth over the Deep Space Net, analyzed, and plotted here within a few days of receipt..."
For more information see Voyager Plasma Science Experiment Home Page

SUNSPOTS DATABASE

SUNSPOT INDEX - Solar Influences Data Analysis Center (SIDC), Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, Beligum Multimedia Sunspots Index (Text & Images). VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see the Department of Solar Physics

PROTON AND HELIUM INTENSITIES

PROTON AND HELIUM INTENSITIES - Space Research Laboratory, Department of Physics, Turku University, Finland Multimedia Two-hour averaged Proton and Helium Intensities (Text & Images). VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see the Space Research Laboratory

MAGNETIC MAPS OF THE WHOLE SUN

MAGNETIC MAPS OF THE WHOLE SUN - SOHO Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI) Project, Stanford University Multimedia Magnetic maps of the WHOLE Sun (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see the SOHO Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI) Project

DAILY SUN IMAGES, VIDEOS, DATABASES, ETC.

DAILY SUN IMAGES - Global High-Resolution H-alpha Network Multimedia Daily Sun Images Database (Text, Images & Videos/Movies). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.

DAILY SUN IMAGES - Mauna Loa Solar Observatory, Boulder, Colorado Multimedia Daily Sun Images Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.

DAILY SUN IMAGES - The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), The Netherlands Multimedia Daily Solar Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.

DAILY SUN MOVIES & IMAGES: GOES SOLAR X-RAY IMAGER - NOAA/NGDC Solar-Terrestrial Physics, National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), NOAA Multimedia Daily Sun Images Database (Text, Images & Videos/Movies). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see NOAA/NGDC Solar-Terrestrial Physics (Space Weather)

DAILY SUN IMAGES: SOHO SUMMARY DATABASE - The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), NASA Multimedia Daily SOHO Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.

DAILY SUN MOVIES - TRACE, Lockheed Martin & the Solar Physics Branch, NASA Multimedia Daily Sun Images Database (Text, Images & Videos/Movies). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.

DAILY SUN IMAGES: SOHO SYNOPTIC DATABASE - The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), NASA Multimedia Daily SOHO Synoptic Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.

DAILY SUN IMAGES & SUN QUAKES - The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), The Netherlands Multimedia Daily Sun Images Database (Text, Images & Videos/Movies). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.

DAILY SUN IMAGES - Big Bear Solar Observatory Multimedia Daily Sun Images Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.

DAILY SUN IMAGES - C.E.K. Mees Solar Observatory, Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii Multimedia Daily Sun Images Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.

DAILY SUN IMAGES - Solar Data Analysis Center, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Multimedia Daily Sun Images Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.

Auroral Activity

AURORAL DATABASES, AURORAL ACTIVITY IN NEAR-REAL TIME

AURORAL ACTIVITY - Space Weather Prediction Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Multimedia Aurora Activity Databases (Text, Images & Videos/Movies). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.
Auroral Activity
"...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..."
"...When displayed in geographic coordinates, the statistical patterns of auroral particle power input provide a "best-guess" estimate of the locations, geographic extents, and intensities of aurora at the time of the satellite pass that provided the estimate of auroral activity. Energetic auroral particles (primarily electrons) not only produce the visible aurora but also greatly influence the properties of the ionosphere and are connected..."
For more information see Space Weather Now; Space Weather Prediction Center Data or the Space Weather Prediction Center

Cosmic Rays

COSMIC RAYS CALCULATORS, APPLETS & DATABASES

APATITY NEUTRON MONITOR - Apatity Cosmic Ray Station, Polar Geophysical Institute, Russia VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
Apatity Neutron Monitor
"...There are two kinds of Apatity NM count rate data: with Large dead time (LDT) and Small dead time (SDT). The size of LDT, 1200 microseconds, is chosen so that to block the channel on a lifetime of multiplicity neutrons in the neutron monitor..."
For more information see the Polar Geophysical Institute

OULU NEUTRON MONITOR - Cosmic Ray Station, Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory, University of Oulu, Finland VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
Oulu Neutron Monitor
"...Real-time Oulu NM count rate. This plot is updated every hour..."
For more information see the Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory

REAL-TIME COSMIC RAY VARIATIONS: MOSCOW NEUTRON MONITOR IN REAL-TIME - Moscow Neutron Monitor, Solar-Terrestrial Physics Division of IZMIRAN, Russia VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
Moscow Neutron Monitor
Cosmic Rays Variation Charts include:
"...1-Minute; Hourly; Daily; Monthly; etc..."

For more information see Solar-Terrestrial Physics Division of IZMIRAN

Earth Orientation

EARTH ORIENTATION CALCULATORS, APPLETS & DATABASES

EARTH ORIENTATION - United States Naval Observatory (USNO) VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.
International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Rapid Service/Prediction Center Service for Earth Orientation Parameters:
"...Earth orientation refers to the direction in space of axes which have been defined on the Earth. It is usually measured using five quantities:
two angles which identify the direction of the Earth's rotation axis within the Earth,
an angle describing the rotational motion of the Earth, and
two angles which characterize the direction of the Earth's rotation axis in space..."

EARTH ORIENTATION - Earth Orientation Center, International Earth Rotation Service (IERS) Multimedia Earth Orientation Databases, Bulletins, Lessons (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.

Examples of Earth Orientation Databases include

Operational combined series C04: 1962 - current week, 1 day sampling

Operational EOP series : selection, graphics, numerical analysis

Compute the Earth rotation matrix: Earth orientation matrix on line (with prediction)

Energetic Particles

ENERGETIC PARTICLES CALCULATORS, APPLETS & DATABASES

REAL-TIME ENERGETIC PARTICLE DATA - Space Weather Center, NOAA Multimedia Relative Intensities of NOAA POES Energetic Particles Data (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Space Weather Center

Gravitational Lensing - Microlensing Real-Time Data

GRAVITATIONAL LENSING CALCULATORS, APPLETS & DATABASES

MICROLENSING CALCULATORS, APPLETS & DATABASES

THE OPTICAL GRAVITATIONAL LENSING EXPERIMENT - Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE), Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory, Warsaw, Poland VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see the Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory

MICROLENSING ALERTS - MOA (Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics), University of Canterbury, New Zealand Multimedia Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see MOA (Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics), New Zealand or University of Canterbury

Heliosphere Real-Time Data

HELIOSPHERE CALCULATORS, APPLETS & DATABASES

HELIOWEB - Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF), Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Multimedia Heliocentric Trajectories for Selected Spacecraft, Planets, and Comets Databases (Text & Images).
Heliocentric Trajectories for Selected Spacecraft, Planets, and Comets:
"...Positions are available in Solar Ecliptic (SE) and Heliographic (HG) (rotating and inertial) systems for 12 Spacecraft, 2 Planets and 8 Comets. They can be obtained at desired time period, time resolution..."
For more information see Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF) or the Goddard Space Flight Center

COHOWEB - Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF), Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.
COHOWeb
"...Deep space hourly merged magnetic field, plasma, and ephemerides data..."
For more information see Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF) or the Goddard Space Flight Center

OMNIWEB - Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF), Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Multimedia Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.
OMNIWeb
"..."Near-Earth" solar wind magnetic field and plasma data, energetic proton fluxes (1-60 MeV), and geomagnetic and solar activity indice..."
For more information see Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF) or the Goddard Space Flight Center

Ionosphere

IONOSPHERE CALCULATORS, APPLETS & DATABASES

REAL-TIME GLOBAL IONOSPHERIC TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT (TEC) - Ionospheric and Atmospheric Remote Sensing, JPL VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.
"...Global maps of ionospheric total electron content (TEC) are produced in real-time (RT) by mapping GPS observables collected from ground stations. These maps are produced to test real-time data acquisition..."
For more information see Ionospheric and Atmospheric Remote Sensing

REAL-TIME IONOSPHERIC DATA - SuperDARN, Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.
"...Several of the northern hemisphere radars have been equipped with high speed data links that have allowed them to be connected to the internet and modifications to the Radar Operating System has been made so that radar data can be downloaded in real-time anywhere in the world...."
For more information see SuperDARN

Magnetopause & Bow Shock

MAGENETOPAUSE CALCULATORS, APPLETS & DATABASES AND

BOW SHOCK CALCULATORS, APPLETS & DATABASES

REAL-TIME MAGENETOPAUSE AND BOW SHOCK MODEL - Polar Ionospheric X-ray Imaging Experiment (PIXIE) VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
"...Real time data from the ACE spacecraft (top two panels) are used to predict the shape and location of these boundaries at the present time and into the near future..."
For more information see Polar Ionospheric X-ray Imaging Experiment (PIXIE)

Magnetosphere & Geo-Magnetic

MAGNETOSPHERE NEAR REAL-TIME DATA

SPACE WEATHER NOW - Space Weather Prediction Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see the Space Weather Prediction Center Data or the Space Weather Prediction Center

CURRENT SPACE WEATHER: GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY FORCASTS & REVIEWS - Canadian Space Weather Forecast Centre, Canada Multimedia Geomagnetic Activity Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Canadian Space Weather Forecast Centre

CURRENT GEO-MAGNETIC STORM LEVEL - Space Physics Research Group, U.C. Berkeley Multimedia Current Geo-Magnetic Storm Level Database (Text & Images). VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Real Time Dst Estimate Web Pages or Space Physics Research Group

CURRENT GEOMAGNETIC CONDITIONS - IPS Radio & Space Services, Department of Industry Science and Resources, Australian Government, Australia Multimedia Current Geomagnetic Conditions Database (Text & Images). VERY EXTENSIVE.. For more information see the IPS Radio & Space Services

ELECTRON AND ION VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION IN THE EARTH'S POLAR MAGNETOSPHERE (HYDRA) - Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Iowa Multimedia Hydra/DDEIS Spectrogram Survey Tool Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see HYDRA Home Page

ESTIMATED VALUE OF MAGNETIC DECLINATION - National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), NOAA Multimedia Estimated Value of Magnetic Declination Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Geomagnetism or the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)

GEOMAGNETISM REAL-TIME DATA - Geology Division, United States Geological Survey (USGS) Multimedia Geomagnetism Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.
Geomagnetism Real-Time Data
"...plots for today and the previous seven days are available..."
For more information see the Geology Divisions or the United States Geological Survey

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD DATA PLOT - NICT Space Environment Information Service, Japan Multimedia Geomagnetic Field Data Plot Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see NICT Space Environment Information Service

MAGNETOGRAMS IN REAL TIME - International Real-time Magnetic Observatory Network Multimedia Real-Time Magnetograms Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE.
"...The INTERMAGNET programme exists to establish a global network of cooperating digital magnetic observatories, adopting modern standard specifications for measuring and recording equipment,..."
For more information see Intermagnet

MAGNETOSPHERIC PLASMA ANALYZER (MPA) SPECTROGRAM - Los Alamos Magnetospheric Plasma Analyzer, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Multimedia Magnetospheric Plasma Analyzer Database in Real-Time (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see MPA Data or The Los Alamos Magnetospheric Plasma Analyzer Home Page

OMNIWEB - Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF), Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Multimedia Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.
"..."Near-Earth" solar wind magnetic field and plasma data, energetic proton fluxes (1-60 MeV), and geomagnetic and solar activity indice..."
For more information see Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF) or the Goddard Space Flight Center

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