SOHO Real Time Images Screensaver Published by The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory Age Group: Age 8 and Up Type: Science License: Free

SOHO REAL TIME IMAGES SCREENSAVER was made available by the European Space Agency. It allows computer users to watch spectacular images of the Sun. Every time the screen saver kicks in, it looks, via the Internet, for the most recent images SOHO has sent to scientists.

The images, come from 1.5 million kilometres away in space. Witness exciting events as they happen on our star: huge expulsions of matter that scientists call Coronal Mass Ejections; sunspots, now growing in number as the Sun reaches the peak of activity in its 11-year cycle; and even the demise of so-called sun-grazing comets, as they disappear forever into the Sun.

PC: Note that for Win 95/98, the screensaver may not be updating the images, specially if Netscape is the web browser. To solve it, go to Start, Settings, Control Panel and double-click on Internet. Click on the Advanced tab, and then, in the Temporary Internet Files section, click on Settings. Under 'Check for newer versions of stored pages', select 'Every visit to the page'.

Now showing: live from the Sun to your computer ...

Download Details

Requires:
Win 95/98

Filename: SohoScreens.exe

Filesize: 1.3 Mb

Download Sites:

US : http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/