Help find solar storms and comets online with NASA's STEREO satellites..

[Fumesucker]

You can help spot solar storms and comets online at solarstormwatch dot com. This is a site and application that lets you see images taken with NASA's STEREO satellites that are constantly watching the sun and the space around it.

It's kind of hard to describe but you basically watch videos of the sun and surrounding space and click on buttons to indicate what you see and then step back and forth through the video to locate just when you saw it..

http://solarstormwatch.com/

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stereo/main/index.html

About STEREO

STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) is the third mission in NASA's Solar Terrestrial Probes program (STP). This two-year mission, launched October 2006, will provide a unique and revolutionary view of the Sun-Earth System. The two nearly identical observatories - one ahead of Earth in its orbit, the other trailing behind - will trace the flow of energy and matter from the Sun to Earth. They will reveal the 3D structure of coronal mass ejections; violent eruptions of matter from the sun that can disrupt satellites and power grids, and help us understand why they happen. STEREO will become a key addition to the fleet of space weather detection satellites by providing more accurate alerts for the arrival time of Earth-directed solar ejections with its unique side-viewing perspective.

[zonkers]

1. So in plain english... NASA wants us to do their work for free.

:P

[Fumesucker]

2. Not NASA.. Scientists who use the data NASA provides..

By no means do all the scientists who use this data work for NASA, they are actually all over the world..

Good try though..

[zonkers]

3. Just a lame morning joke. Actually, I am glad you posted this.

[Fumesucker]

4. That's why I said "good try"..

:hi:

[shireen]

5. and look for comets

i've found several while working on those images. it is a lot of fun!!!
:bounce:

[Fumesucker]

6. Yeah, I've found three of them..

And I think your tag images are from that site..

[shireen]

8. so cool!

i love seeing them.

yes, my signature name below is spelled out in 'galaxy font' from the galaxyzoo SDSS images. :hi:

[shireen]

7. comet example

http://solarstormwatch.com/favourites/1130

it starts to appear about 11:70s into the frame on "STEREO AHEAD"