/sungif

make a gif of solar activity.

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sungif

Download solar imagery from a certain datespan and create a gif. Data source: suntoday.lmsal.com (SDO)

Usage: python sungif.py [start_date] [end_date] [resolution] [wavelength/combination/src]

  • start_date: date in format YYYY-MM-DD (optional, defaults to 2024-01-01)
  • end_date: date in format YYYY-MM-DD (optional, defaults to today)
  • resolution: 'l' or 'f' (optional, defaults to 'l', l = 1K, f = 4K)
  • wavelength/combination/src: (optional, defaults to '0304')
Avaibable wavelenghts/combinations:

   -  0304
   -  1600
   -  1700
   -  _304_211_171
   -  _094_335_193
   -  094
   -  335
   -  131
   -  _211_193_171
   -  211
   -  193
   -  171
   -  _HMI_cont_aiascale
   -  _HMImag
   -  _HMImag_171

If you set the two dates to be the same, a single image is downloaded and saved as a jpg.

Upcoming

  • Ability to save as image sequence
  • Ability to save as video (mp4, etc)
  • fix option handling
  • ability to specify custom resolution, image of closest resolution is downloaded and is rescaled.