Hawaii Solar Group Image Gallery

The Sun's active latitude in mini-mosaics from the IVM daily magnetic surveys.
Measuring the magnetic field 1000 km up in the solar chromosphere.
The March 2001 sunspot region is the largest of this cycle. An image of the Earth, to scale, is shown at the bottom to illustrate its size.
Flares and eruptions in June 2000 came from this region
A Complicated Sunspot Region
Magnetogram Mosaic
Sunspot group rotating onto the visible disk
Sunspot activity varies rapidly

Transit of Mercury - November 15, 1999 and November 8, 2006
Check the IVM Quicklook sunspot movies
This paired movie shows the difference between averaging the images over time, as in the Quicklook movies, and choosing the single best images.
The corona of the Sun can be seen on the far side of the Sun, as structures rotate along with the Sun, as this movie with Yohkoh Soft X-ray Telescope images alongside model images demonstrates.

Largest sunspot region of this cycle is producing energetic activity (Maui News, March 30, 2001)

Solar activity near the maximum of the 11 year spot cycle is a common story. (Maui News, January 2, 2001)

Solar Waves Offer Hint To What's Inside Sun (New York Times, June 6, 2000) The press release text is here, and the images here.

Science can have a language all its own, and solar science certainly does. Some acronyms need explanation.

Last modified: Wed Jul 11 09:30:02 HST 2007