FLARECAST at the European Space Weather Week in Oostende
Just a bit over a week after the terrorist attacks in Paris, the ESWW12 took place as planned. Fortunately, not too many people had cancelled their participation. Governments of different coutries had issued very different travel recommendations, ranging from no...MOSWOC Anniversary
The Met Office Space Weather Operations Centre (MOSWOC) is one year old! Although MOSWOC forecasters had been producing space weather guidance for the past few years, the centre was officially opened by the UK’s Minister of State for Universities, Science and...Sunspotter @ TCD
There has been plenty of activity with Sunspotter this year amongst other FLARECAST consortium members. Dr Shaun Bloomfield at Trinity College Dublin and Dr Sophie Murray at the Met Office are both members of the Sunspotter Science Team. Trinity College Dublin has...Sunspotter @ FHNW
This summer, we conducted four pilot workshops introducing kids to space weather forecasting and classifying magnetograms. We used Sunspotter, the Zooniverse citizen science project developed by FLARECAST’s Irish project partners. Sunspotter is a platform for...International Year of Light – Exhibition in Paris
FLARECAST partner Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale contributed to the exhibition L’Odyssée de la Lumière at Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie in Paris. It is open from March 17 to November 1, 2015. The exhibition is dedicated to the International Year...Solar Eclipse 2015
This year’s solar eclipse attracted a lot of interest both from the media and the public. FLARECAST consortium partners in countries where the Moon covered the Sun to a considerable extent participated in a variety of outreach activities: school visits,...Satellite animation: weather conditions and eclipse at a time
This satellite animation shows the solar eclipse experienced over Europe as viewed from Space. Created using EUMETSAT Rapid Scan Service imagery provided by the Meteosat-9 geostationary satellite. By MET Office (thank you Sophie.)Eclipse 2015 last minute activity
No telescope, eclipse glasses sold out, more visitors than expected? Here is a simple activity that works with common materials such as card board and household items. Projecting the Sun by the dozen What’s the idea? Create the effect of the Sun shining...Sharing FLARECAST public engagement activities
One of the strengths of FLARECAST public engagement is the diversity of activities project members are engaged in. Here, we can share current activities and resources. Topical breath is in the nature of public engagement. So this section will not exclusively be about...
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The latest image of the Sun in white light
SunSpotter Citizen Science
Become a scientist and help us classify sunspots using SunSpotter. Citizen science project by FLARECAST's Irish partners.
Science on a Table
A communication tool to facilitate the dialogue between scientists and visitors at public events. By FLARECAST's Swiss partners.