Timmy Telescope Solar Astronomy Education

Solar Information Boards

Over the years we have developed these materials based on questions from the public. Feel free to download and print for your own use.

Current Information Boards 1 | 1a |2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Information about our sun
Board #1- How we observe the sun directly
  1. Caution Safe Solar Viewing pdf
  2. Lagrange Points pdf | more information
  3. Solar Filters – It’s All About the Wavelength! pdf | more information |
  4. Safe Solar Viewing with Three Filters. [Credit: T.Ramakers] pdf
  5. Layers of the Sun pdf |
  6. What you can see during a total Eclipse jpg
back to topfeatures to look for on the Sun
Board #1a- Features to look for on the Sun
  1. Features to look for in Full Spectrum "white" Light pdf
  2. Features to look for in Hydrogen-alpha Light pdf
  3. Solar Features to look for in Calcium-K pdf
back to topInformation about our sun
Board #2- Information about our sun
  1. Core Fusion jpg
  2. Sun's Structure pdf | more information
  3. Solar Features pdf
  4. Life Cycle of a Star jpg | more information
  5. Size Comparison of our Sun to other planets jpg
  6. Size Comparison of our Sun to other stars jpg
  7. Coronal Hole pdf |
  8. Predicted lifecycle of our Sun jpg |
back to topSolar Wind and Solar Clouds
Board #3- Solar Wind and Solar Clouds
  1. Solar Magnetic Field Lines pdf [Credit: K Schrijver & A.] | Understanding the Magnetic Sun |
  2. Solar Wind pdf credit: NASA/SDO | more information
  3. Sunspots and Proms pdf
  4. Auroras pdf
  5. Solar Proms and Filaments [bottom of image 3]
  6. Sunspots and Solar Proms pdf [Credit: David Evans]
  7. Solar Prom and Filament pdf [Credit: T.Ramakers/SDO]

    8. Source of the High-Speed Solar Wind

back to topSolar Cycles
Board #4- Solar Cycles
  1. Solar Cycle Variations pdf | more information
  2. Grain Market and Solar Cycles pdf [Credit: Bill Fordham]
  3. Solar Minimum- Solar Maximum jpg
  4. Global Temperatures and Sunpot Cycles [top] pdf | What Is the Sun's Role in Climate Change?
  5. Analema by A.Ayiomamitis [author permission granted]
  6. Hathaway Sunspot Number Prediction [updated monthly] | more information
back to topSolar Magnetic Cycles
Board #5- Solar Magnetic Cycles
  1. Solar Magnetic Pole Reversals jpg | The Sun's Magnetic Field Flips
  2. Improving Predictions of the Sun's Solar Cycle pdf
  3. Solar Cycle #23 pdf | more information- Q10
  4. Butterfly Diagram [updated monthly-scroll down to Butterfly Diagram for current image]
  5. 400 Years of Sunspot Observations pdf
  6. Monthly Averaged Sunspot Numbers-Zurich [updated monthly]|
back to topSolar Eruptions and Sunspots
Board #6- Solar Eruptions and Sunspots
  1. M Class Solar Flare pdf
  2. CME- Coronal Mass Ejections pdf | NASA explains the difference between CMEs and Solar Flares
  3. Flare Classification pdf |
  4. Structure of an active sunspot pdf [top photo credit: C. Viladrich] [bottom photo credit: Max-Planck-Institut]
  5. Magnetic Fields pdf | The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip
  6. [top photo] Solar Tornados pdf [credit: Wedemeyer-Böhm] more information about solar tornadoes | [ bottom photo] Sunspot Size Comparison to Earth pdf [credit: D. Evans]

    7. SOHO's MDI shows view beneath sunspots

For Spanish Speakers: [courtesy of Marcy Malavasi & Abi Malavassi]