Astro-Physical
Units & Conversion
UNIT CONVERSION RELATED CENTERS
ASTR0-PHYSICAL CALCULATOR
Scientific, Technical, Programming
and Logic functions
".Velocity
of light; Planck constant; Gravitational
constant;
Astronomical
Constants
".Astronomical
unit; Parsec; Light year; Solar
mass; etc."
Planetary
Data
".Mass;
Radius; Period; Eccentricity; etc."
CALCULATE THE VELOCITY
OF THE LOCAL STANDARD OF REST
JULIAN CALCULATORS & APPLETS
XTIME - A DATE/TIME CALCULATOR - High Energy
Astrophysics Sciences Archive Research Center
(HEASARC), NASA
Calendar Time Formats
Calendar date, ISO 8601 date, Year and
day number, Julian Day; Modified Julian
Day."
Mission-Specific Time Formats
High
Energy Astrophysics Sciences Archive
Research Center (HEASARC), NASA
ASTRONOMICAL TIME CALCULATOR - L. Bogan,
Department of Physics, Arcadia University,
Nova Scotia, Canada
CONVERSION OF JULIAN DATE TO CALENDAR
DATE AND VICE VERSA (JAVA APPLET) -
Dieter Egger, Alpha-World, Forschungseinrichtung
Satellitengeodäsie, Bundesrepublik
Deutschland (Germany) For more information
see
Astro Applets ;
Applets ;
Site Map or
Dieter Egger's Home Page
HELIOCENTRIC JULIAN DAY - Dan Bruton,
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Stephen F. Austin State University &
Midnight Kite Solutions
Astronomical
Data, Sunset/Sunrise, Moon Phases, etc.
ASTRONOMICAL DATA CALCULATORS & APPLETS
ASTRONOMICAL CALCULATORS - Astronomical Applications
Department, U.S. Naval Observatory .
".computes,
from fundamental astronomical reference
data, the position, brightness, and other
observable characteristics of celestial
bodies, as well as the circumstances of
astronomical phenomena. This information
is of critical importance to navigation,
military operations planning, scientific
research, surveying, accident reconstruction,
architecture, and everyday activities."
For
more information see
Site Map or
Astronomical Applications Department
Examples from over "20" Astronomical Calculators
& Tables include
Duration of Daylight/Darkness Table for
One Year
".provides,
for each calendar date, the total time
that any portion of the Sun is above
the horizon."
Duration
of Darkness Table
".provides,
for each calendar date, the total time
that the entire Sun is below the horizon."
Sun and Moon Data for One Day
".obtain
the times of sunrise, sunset, moonrise,
moonset, transits of the Sun and Moon,
and the beginning and end of civil twilight,
along with."
Lunar Eclipse Computer
".The
table of local circumstances gives the
local time of each eclipse "event" that
is visible from the location."
SUN, MOON AND EARTH (JAVA APPLET) - J. Giesen
English & German/Deutsch
".displays
the positions of the Sun and Moon on the
horizon for any date, time and location,
and on a world map with day and night regions.
The times of rise and setting,."
For
more information see
GeoAstro Applets ;
Astro Applets ;
Astronomy and related stuff or
Juergen Giesen's Physik und Astronomie
Examples from over "20" GeoAstro Calculators
& Applets include
SOLAR POSITION CALCULATOR - C. Cornwall, A.
Horiuchi & C. Lehman, Surface Radiation Research
Branch (SRRB), Air Resources Laboratory, NOAA
. For more information see
Solar Calculators or the
Surface Radiation Research Branch
Today's
Space Weather
TODAY'S SPACE WEATHER CALCULATORS, APPLETS
& DATABASES (ALL INCLUSIVE)
TODAY'S SPACE WEATHER: REAL-TIME & NEAR
REAL-TIME SPACE WEATHER DATA - Space Weather
Prediction Center, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) .
".continually
monitors and forecasts Earth's space environment;
provides accurate, reliable, and useful
solar-terrestrial information; conducts
and leads research and development programs
to understand the environment and to improve
services; advises policy makers and planners;."
Current
Space Weather Conditions include:
".Geomagnetic
Storms;
For
more information see the
Space Weather Prediction Center
TODAY'S SPACE WEATHER DATA - Space Weather
Prediction Center, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) .
".Alerts
and Forecasts;
For
more information see the
Space Weather Prediction Center
TODAY'S SPACE WEATHER - IPS Radio & Space
Services, Department of Industry, Tourism
and Resources, Australian Government, Australia
Multimedia Databases (Text & Images)
".Solar
Wind Speed;
For
more information see the
IPS Radio & Space Services
ACE - REAL TIME - DATA - ACE, ACE Science
Center, JPL, NASA .
".are
designed for monitoring large scale particle
and field behavior and for selecting interesting
time periods. The data are automatically
generated from the spacecraft data stream
using simple algorithms provided by the
instrument investigators."
For
more information see
ACE Science Center, JPL
CURRENT SPACE WEATHER - Rice Space Institute,
Department of Space Physics & Astronomy,
Rice University
".most
recent Kp Index, Solar Wind
Observations, NOAA/SEC Forcast, etc."
For
more information see
Space Weather Dials Interpretation Guide
or the
Rice Space Institute
CURRENT SOLAR WIND CONDITIONS (DIALS ONLY)
- Rice Space Institute, Department of Space
Physics & Astronomy, Rice University
".Density;
Speed; Pressure; Temperature; Magnitude;
Polar Angle;
For
more information see
Space Weather Dials Interpretation Guide
or the
Rice Space Institute
DAILY SUN REPORTS, CHARTS, NEWS, DATABASES
SOLAR RADIO BURSTS, SOLAR WIND, SOLAR STORMS,
ETC. Solar Radio Bursts
SOLAR RADIO BURSTS - EVERY 3 SECONDS - Culgoora
Solar Observatory, New South Wales, Australia
Multimedia Solar Radio Bursts Database (Text
& Images). Solar Activity
DAILY SOLAR ACTIVITY REPORTS - Big Bear
Solar Observatory Multimedia Daily Solar
Activity Reports Database (Text & Images).
DAILY SOLAR ACTIVITY CHART - NICT Space
Environment Information Service, Japan
Multimedia Daily Solar Activity Reports
Database (Text & Images). Solar Wind - Solar Storms
SOLAR STORMS (STEREO) - Solar Terrestrial
Relations Observatory, NASA Multimedia
Daily Images and Plots (Text & Images)
".consists
of two space-based observatories - one
ahead of Earth in its orbit, the other
trailing behind. With this new pair of
viewpoints, scientists will be able to
see the structure and evolution of solar
storms as they blast from the Sun and
move out through space."
CURRENT
SOLAR WIND DATA - The SoHO/CELIAS/MTOF/PM
Sensors, Live from College Park Maryland
Multimedia Solar Wind Database (Text & Images).
".the
latest 48 hours of solar wind data brought
to you by the CELIAS/MTOF Proton Monitor
on the SOHO Spacecraft."
For
more information see
The SoHO/CELIAS/MTOF/PM Sensors
REAL-TIME VOYAGER 2 SOLAR WIND SPEED PLOTS
& SOLAR WIND DYNAMIC PRESSURE PLOTS -
Voyager Plasma Science Experiment, Space
Plasma Group, MIT
".measures
that speed every 192 seconds, and that
information is returned to Earth over
the Deep Space Net, analyzed, and plotted
here within a few days of receipt."
For
more information see
Voyager Plasma Science Experiment Home Page
SUNSPOT INDEX - Solar Influences Data Analysis
Center (SIDC), Royal Observatory of Belgium,
Brussels, Beligum Multimedia Sunspots
Index (Text & Images) For more information
see the
Department of Solar Physics
PROTON AND HELIUM INTENSITIES - Space
Research Laboratory, Department of Physics,
Turku University, Finland Multimedia
Two-hour averaged Proton and Helium Intensities
(Text & Images) For more information
see the
Space Research Laboratory
MAGNETIC MAPS OF THE WHOLE SUN - SOHO
Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI) Project,
Stanford University Multimedia Magnetic
maps of the WHOLE Sun (Text & Images).
For more information see the
SOHO Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI)
Project
DAILY SUN IMAGES - Global High-Resolution
H-alpha Network Multimedia Daily
Sun Images Database (Text, Images
& Videos/Movies)
DAILY SUN IMAGES - Mauna Loa Solar
Observatory, Boulder, Colorado
Multimedia Daily Sun Images Database
(Text & Images)
DAILY SUN IMAGES - The Solar and Heliospheric
Observatory (SOHO), The Netherlands
Multimedia Daily Solar Database (Text
& Images)
DAILY SUN MOVIES & IMAGES: GOES SOLAR
X-RAY IMAGER - NOAA/NGDC Solar-Terrestrial
Physics, National Geophysical Data
Center (NGDC), NOAA Multimedia
Daily Sun Images Database (Text, Images
& Videos/Movies) For more information
see
NOAA/NGDC Solar-Terrestrial Physics
(Space Weather)
DAILY SUN IMAGES: SOHO SUMMARY DATABASE
- The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
(SOHO), NASA Multimedia Daily
SOHO Database (Text & Images)
DAILY SUN MOVIES - TRACE, Lockheed
Martin & the Solar Physics Branch,
NASA Multimedia Daily Sun Images
Database (Text, Images & Videos/Movies)
DAILY SUN IMAGES: SOHO SYNOPTIC DATABASE
- The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
(SOHO), NASA Multimedia Daily
SOHO Synoptic Database (Text & Images)
DAILY SUN IMAGES & SUN QUAKES - The
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
(SOHO), The Netherlands Multimedia
Daily Sun Images Database (Text, Images
& Videos/Movies)
DAILY SUN IMAGES - Big Bear Solar
Observatory Multimedia Daily Sun
Images Database (Text & Images)
DAILY SUN IMAGES - C.E.K. Mees Solar
Observatory, Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii
Multimedia Daily Sun Images Database
(Text & Images)
DAILY SUN IMAGES - Solar Data Analysis
Center, Goddard Space Flight Center,
NASA Multimedia Daily Sun Images
Database (Text & Images)
Auroral
Activity
AURORAL DATABASES, AURORAL ACTIVITY IN NEAR-REAL
TIME
HLMS AURORAL RADAR - Geospace Environment
Data Display System (GEDDS), Poker Flat Research
Center, Geophysical Institute, University
of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska
".Real-Time
Plots are updated automatically with incoming
data from the HLMS Auroral Radar, magnetometer,
and riometer near Anchorage, Alaska."
For
more information see the
Poker Flat Research Center or the
Geophysical Institute
AURORAL ACTIVITY - Space Weather Prediction
Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) Multimedia Aurora Activity Databases
(Text, Images & Videos/Movies)
".Instruments
on board the NOAA Polar-orbiting Operational
Environmental Satellite (POES) continually
monitor the power flux carried by the protons
and electrons that produce aurora in the
atmosphere."
COSMIC RAYS CALCULATORS, APPLETS & DATABASES
EARTH ORIENTATION CALCULATORS, APPLETS & DATABASES
Energetic Particles
ENERGETIC PARTICLES CALCULATORS, APPLETS & DATABASES
Gravitational Lensing - Microlensing
Real-Time Data
GRAVITATIONAL
LENSING CALCULATORS, APPLETS & DATABASES
Heliosphere
Real-Time Data
HELIOSPHERE CALCULATORS, APPLETS & DATABASES
HELIOWEB - Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF),
Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Multimedia
Heliocentric Trajectories for Selected Spacecraft,
Planets, and Comets Databases (Text & Images).
".Positions
are available in Solar Ecliptic (SE) and
Heliographic (HG) (rotating and inertial)
systems for 12 Spacecraft, 2 Planets and
8 Comets. They can be obtained at desired
time period, time resolution."
For
more information see
Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF) or
the
Goddard Space Flight Center
COHOWEB - Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF),
Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA .
".Deep
space hourly merged magnetic field, plasma,
and ephemerides data."
For
more information see
Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF) or
the
Goddard Space Flight Center
OMNIWEB - Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF),
Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Multimedia
Databases (Text & Images)
"."Near-Earth"
solar wind magnetic field and plasma data,
energetic proton fluxes (1-60 MeV), and
geomagnetic and solar activity indice."
For
more information see
Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF) or
the
Goddard Space Flight Center
IONOSPHERE CALCULATORS, APPLETS & DATABASES
MAGENTOPAUSE CALCULATORS, APPLETS & DATABASES
AND
MAGNETOSPHERE NEAR REAL-TIME DATA
SPACE WEATHER NOW - Space Weather Prediction
Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
Space
Weather Prediction Center Data or the
Space
Weather Prediction Center
CURRENT SPACE WEATHER: MAGNETIC ACTIVITY
FORCASTS & REVIEWS - Canadian Space Weather
Forecast Centre, Canada
Canadian Space Weather Forecast Centre
CURRENT GEO-MAGNETIC STORM LEVEL - Space
Physics Research Group, U.C. Berkeley
Real Time Dst Estimate Web Pages or
Space Physics Research Group
CURRENT GEOMAGNETIC CONDITIONS - IPS Radio
& Space Services, Department of Industry
Science and
Resources,
Australian Government, Australia
For
more information see the
IPS Radio & Space Services
ELECTRON AND ION VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION IN
THE EARTH'S POLAR MAGNETOSPHERE (HYDRA)
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, University
of Iowa
ESTIMATED VALUE OF MAGNETIC DECLINATION
- National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC),
NOAA GEOMAGNETISM
REAL-TIME DATA - Geology Division, United
States Geological Survey (USGS)
Geology
Divisions or the
United States Geological Survey
GEOMAGNETIC FIELD DATA PLOT - NICT Space
Environment Information Service, Japan
MAGNETOGRAMS IN REAL TIME - International
Real-time Magnetic Observatory Network
MAGNETOSPHERIC PLASMA ANALYZER (MPA) SPECTROGRAM
- Los Alamos Magnetospheric Plasma Analyzer,
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
MPA
Data or
The Los Alamos Magnetospheric Plasma Analyzer
OMNIWEB - Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF),
Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Space
Physics Data Facility (SPDF) or the
Goddard Space Flight Center
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