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Tutorial

Welcome to Views From Observatories. You will be able to get images of the Sun taken by professional telescopes in Colorado, California, Maryland, and Mexico that are part of the TIE (Telescopes In Education) Program. You can use these images to compare with your own observations at school (Views From Students) or with images from one of NASA's satellites, SOHO (Views From Satellites).

To get images click on
Observatory Images

What to do with the images
Grades K-5
Grades 5-12

More Activities
There are also activities available in the Live From the Aurora Educators Guide that can be obtained when you register for SON and online by clicking the button to the left.

Vote for your Sunspot Suspect
The Sunspot Suspect button to the left will allow you to cast your vote for the sunspot most likely to be the location for an energetic flare that might affect Earth. Your vote will be combined with votes from schools across the nation. The Sunspot Suspect with the most votes will be announced daily at Space Weather Alert System.