Are You Keeping an Eye on SDO Keeping an Eye on the Sun?

By Nancy Atkinson - July 9, 2010 at 9:20 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy

Have you been checking out the Solar Dynamics Observatory website and seeing all the amazing, high resolution images of our closest star? If not, you should. Above is a great new video of SDO's capabilities and latest images. If you want to see what the Sun looks like right now, go to

SDO's homepage

. And here's a link to the

SDO image browser

where you can see the different images in different wavelengths from the AIA (Atmospheric Imaging Assembly) and HMI (Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager). If you choose the date range option, you can see a "movie" of the Sun's activity. For example, check out the enormous coronal hole in the northern hemisphere seen last week in AIA 193 (date range 6/28 to 7/3), allow all the images to download and then press "Play." Completely awesome. The

SDO website

should be part of your daily internet routine!