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Live telescope context, current solar imagery and aurora camera links collected in one compact view. Solar images update from official SOHO realtime products; aurora visibility depends on darkness, weather and geomagnetic activity.

NOAA Space Weather
The Sun (EUV) Loading frames
NOAA SWPC GOES-19 SUVI

The Sun (EUV)

GOES-19 SUVI thematic map with current solar EUV structure, including coronal holes, active regions, filaments and prominence areas.

The Aurora Loading frames
NOAA SWPC Northern Hemisphere

The Aurora

Current northern OVATION aurora plot from NOAA SWPC, matching the main aurora panel on the NOAA homepage.

Coronal Mass Ejections Loading frames
NOAA SWPC GOES-19 CCOR-1

Coronal Mass Ejections

Latest GOES-19 CCOR-1 coronagraph image for monitoring coronal mass ejections leaving the Sun.

Live Solar Images
SOHO EIT 284
ESA / NASA SOHO EIT

SOHO EIT 284

Extreme ultraviolet image of the solar corona at 28.4 nm, highlighting hot plasma around 2,000,000 C.

SOHO EIT 195
ESA / NASA SOHO EIT

SOHO EIT 195

Current 19.5 nm ultraviolet view used for solar weather mapping, active regions and coronal holes.

SOHO LASCO C2
ESA / NASA SOHO LASCO

SOHO LASCO C2

Coronagraph view close to the Sun, useful for spotting coronal mass ejections as they leave the corona.

SOHO LASCO C3
ESA / NASA SOHO LASCO

SOHO LASCO C3

Wide-field coronagraph image showing the extended corona, solar wind structures and occasional comets.

NOAA Aurora Forecast
Northern Hemisphere
NOAA SWPC Aurora 30 Minute

Northern Hemisphere

Short-term OVATION forecast for the northern polar region, showing likely aurora location and intensity for roughly the next 30 to 90 minutes.

Southern Hemisphere
NOAA SWPC Aurora 30 Minute

Southern Hemisphere

Short-term OVATION forecast for the southern polar region, useful for checking aurora australis activity around Antarctica and southern high latitudes.

Helioforecast Aurora Maps
Helioforecast Global

Global Aurora Forecast

Global OVATION Prime 2010 aurora model animation based on NOAA L1 solar wind data. The map updates roughly every 10 minutes on Helioforecast.

Helioforecast Europe

Europe Aurora Forecast

Regional aurora forecast animation for Europe, useful for checking potential visibility across northern and central Europe.

Helioforecast North America

North America Aurora Forecast

Regional aurora forecast animation for Canada and North America, showing recent modeled auroral energy flux.

Newell Coupling
Helioforecast Solar wind coupling

Newell Coupling

Latest Newell coupling function plot, a compact indicator of how efficiently solar wind energy can couple into Earths magnetosphere.

Explore.org Live Cameras
Explore.org Churchill, Manitoba

Aurora Borealis - Northern Lights

Live northern lights camera from the Churchill Northern Studies Centre in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

Explore.org Fairbanks, Alaska

Fairbanks Aurora Camera

Live aurora camera at the UAF Robert G. White Large Animal Research Station facing the northern sky in Fairbanks, Alaska.

YouTube YouTube Live

Aurora Live Camera

Additional live aurora stream on YouTube for checking current northern lights visibility.

YouTube YouTube Live

Aurora Sky Live

Additional YouTube livestream for watching current aurora and night sky conditions.

Explore.org Juneau, Alaska

Mendenhall Glacier and Mountain Goat Cam

Live view of Mendenhall Glacier, Mendenhall Lake, Nugget Falls and the surrounding mountain goat habitat in Alaska.