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The NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) mission consists of one sun observing spacecraft with three instruments which is located in a geosynchronous orbit around Earth. The AIA and HMI instruments provide us with solar imagery of unprecedented detail. Below you will find numerous images of the Sun from these instruments in many different wavelengths, revealing many different solar phenomena like solar flares, coronal holes, sunspots and filaments. The numbers on the images below indicate the location of different sunspot groups. If there are no numbers then the Sun is currently devoid of numbered sunspot regions.

HMI Intensitygram

HMI Intensitygram Flattened

HMIIF (4096x4096) HMIIF (3072x3072) HMIIF (2048x2048) HMIIF (1024x1024) HMIIF (512x512)
HMII (4096x4096) HMII (3072x3072) HMII (2048x2048) HMII (1024x1024) HMII (512x512)
HMIIC (4096x4096) HMIIC (3072x3072) HMIIC (2048x2048) HMIIC (1024x1024) HMIIC (512x512)
48 hours HMIIF (1024x1024) 48 hours HMIIF (512x512)
48 hours HMII (1024x1024) 48 hours HMII (512x512)
48 hours HMIIC (1024x1024) 48 hours HMIIC (512x512)

HMI Magnetogram

HMI Colorized Magnetogram

HMIBC (4096x4096) HMIBC (3072x3072) HMIBC (2048x2048) HMIBC (1024x1024) HMIBC (512x512)
HMIB (4096x4096) HMIB (3072x3072) HMIB (2048x2048) HMIB (1024x1024) HMIB (512x512)
48 hours HMIBC (1024x1024) 48 hours HMIBC (512x512)
48 hours HMIB (1024x1024) 48 hours HMIB (512x512)

AIA 094

AIA Wavelength 094

4096x4096 3072x3072 2048x2048 1024x1024 512x512
4096x4096 PFSS 2048x2048 PFSS 1024x1024 PFSS 512x512 PFSS
48 hours (1024x1024) 48 hours (512x512)

AIA 131

AIA Wavelength 131

4096x4096 3072x3072 2048x2048 1024x1024 512x512
4096x4096 PFSS 2048x2048 PFSS 1024x1024 PFSS 512x512 PFSS
48 hours (1024x1024) 48 hours (512x512) 48 hours High Cadence (1024x1024) 48 hours High Cadence (512x512)

AIA 171

AIA Wavelength 171

4096x4096 3072x3072 2048x2048 1024x1024 512x512
4096x4096 PFSS 2048x2048 PFSS 1024x1024 PFSS 512x512 PFSS
48 hours (1024x1024) 48 hours (512x512) 48 hours High Cadence (1024x1024) 48 hours High Cadence (512x512)

AIA 193

AIA Wavelength 193

4096x4096 3072x3072 2048x2048 1024x1024 512x512
4096x4096 PFSS 2048x2048 PFSS 1024x1024 PFSS 512x512 PFSS
48 hours (1024x1024) 48 hours (512x512) 48 hours High Cadence (1024x1024) 48 hours High Cadence (512x512)
48 hours Difference (1024x1024) 48 hours Difference (512x512)

AIA 211

AIA Wavelength 211

4096x4096 3072x3072 2048x2048 1024x1024 512x512
4096x4096 PFSS 2048x2048 PFSS 1024x1024 PFSS 512x512 PFSS
48 hours (1024x1024) 48 hours (512x512)

AIA 304

AIA Wavelength 304

4096x4096 3072x3072 2048x2048 1024x1024 512x512
4096px PFSS 2048px PFSS 1024px PFSS 512px PFSS
48 hours (1024x1024) 48 hours (512x512) 48 hours High Cadence (1024x1024) 48 hours High Cadence (512x512)

AIA 335

AIA Wavelength 335

4096x4096 3072x3072 2048x2048 1024x1024 512x512
4096x4096 PFSS 2048x2048 PFSS 1024x1024 PFSS 512x512 PFSS
48 hours (1024x1024) 48 hours (512x512)

AIA 1600

AIA Wavelength 1600

4096x4096 3072x3072 2048x2048 1024x1024 512x512
4096x4096 PFSS 2048x2048 PFSS 1024x1024 PFSS 512x512 PFSS
48 hours (1024x1024) 48 hours (512x512)

AIA 1700

AIA Wavelength 1700

4096x4096 3072x3072 2048x2048 1024x1024 512x512
4096x4096 PFSS 2048x2048 PFSS 1024x1024 PFSS 512x512 PFSS
48 hours (1024x1024) 48 hours (512x512)

AIA 094 335 193

AIA Composite 094 - 335 - 193

4096x4096 3072x3072 2048x2048 1024x1024 512x512
4096x4096 PFSS 2048x2048 PFSS 1024x1024 PFSS 512x512 PFSS
48 hours (1024x1024) 48 hours (512x512)

AIA 304 211 171

AIA Composite 304 - 211 - 171

4096x4096 3072x3072 2048x2048 1024x1024 512x512
4096x4096 PFSS 2048x2048 PFSS 1024x1024 PFSS 512x512 PFSS
48 hours (1024x1024) 48 hours (512x512)

HMI Magnetogram AIA 171

AIA Composite 211 - 193 - 171

4096x4096 3072x3072 2048x2048 1024x1024 512x512
4096x4096 PFSS 2048x2048 PFSS 1024x1024 PFSS 512x512 PFSS
Courtesy of SDO (NASA) and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams.
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