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8.7 KiB
helioviewer_grab
Small script that downloads a full-disk sun image from Helioviewer for a given point in time.
It looks up the Helioviewer API for the data source matching the given
keyword (e.g. hmi_continuum), fetches the image closest to the requested
time, and saves it as a PNG in the current directory.
Usage
./helioviewer_grab.py 2026-08-12T18:18:00Z hmi_continuum
./helioviewer_grab.py --list # show all available data sources
./helioviewer_grab.py --sources # short explanation of the most useful ones
Without arguments, example values are used (see the docstring in the script).
--sources prints a curated, human-readable description for the most
commonly used sources (AIA wavelengths, HMI, GONG H-alpha), what each one
shows and roughly how detailed it is. For full-disk imaging, SDO/HMI
(0.5"/px) and SDO/AIA (0.6"/px) offer the highest resolution among the
continuously available sources.
Here's a list of all available sources:
0 SOHO/EIT/171 EIT 171
1 SOHO/EIT/195 EIT 195
2 SOHO/EIT/284 EIT 284
3 SOHO/EIT/304 EIT 304
4 SOHO/LASCO/C2/white-light LASCO C2
5 SOHO/LASCO/C3/white-light LASCO C3
6 SOHO/MDI/magnetogram MDI Mag
7 SOHO/MDI/continuum MDI Int
8 SDO/AIA/94 AIA 94
9 SDO/AIA/131 AIA 131
10 SDO/AIA/171 AIA 171
11 SDO/AIA/193 AIA 193
12 SDO/AIA/211 AIA 211
13 SDO/AIA/304 AIA 304
14 SDO/AIA/335 AIA 335
15 SDO/AIA/1600 AIA 1600
16 SDO/AIA/1700 AIA 1700
17 SDO/AIA/4500 AIA 4500
18 SDO/HMI/continuum HMI Int
19 SDO/HMI/magnetogram HMI Mag
20 STEREO_A/SECCHI/EUVI/171 EUVI-A 171
21 STEREO_A/SECCHI/EUVI/195 EUVI-A 195
22 STEREO_A/SECCHI/EUVI/284 EUVI-A 284
23 STEREO_A/SECCHI/EUVI/304 EUVI-A 304
24 STEREO_B/SECCHI/EUVI/171 EUVI-B 171
25 STEREO_B/SECCHI/EUVI/195 EUVI-B 195
26 STEREO_B/SECCHI/EUVI/284 EUVI-B 284
27 STEREO_B/SECCHI/EUVI/304 EUVI-B 304
28 STEREO_A/SECCHI/COR1/white-light COR1-A
29 STEREO_A/SECCHI/COR2/white-light COR2-A
30 STEREO_B/SECCHI/COR1/white-light COR1-B
31 STEREO_B/SECCHI/COR2/white-light COR2-B
32 PROBA2/SWAP/174 SWAP 174
33 Yohkoh/SXT/AlMgMn SXT AlMgMn
34 Yohkoh/SXT/thin-Al SXT thin-Al
35 Yohkoh/SXT/white-light SXT white-light
39 Hinode/XRT/Al_med/Al_thick XRT Al_med/Al_thick
40 Hinode/XRT/Al_med/Be_thick XRT Al_med/Be_thick
42 Hinode/XRT/Al_med/Open XRT Al_med/Open
43 Hinode/XRT/Al_med/Ti_poly XRT Al_med/Ti_poly
44 Hinode/XRT/Al_poly/Al_mesh XRT Al_poly/Al_mesh
45 Hinode/XRT/Al_poly/Al_thick XRT Al_poly/Al_thick
46 Hinode/XRT/Al_poly/Be_thick XRT Al_poly/Be_thick
48 Hinode/XRT/Al_poly/Open XRT Al_poly/Open
49 Hinode/XRT/Al_poly/Ti_poly XRT Al_poly/Ti_poly
54 Hinode/XRT/Be_med/Open XRT Be_med/Open
60 Hinode/XRT/Be_thin/Open XRT Be_thin/Open
62 Hinode/XRT/C_poly/Al_mesh XRT C_poly/Al_mesh
63 Hinode/XRT/C_poly/Al_thick XRT C_poly/Al_thick
66 Hinode/XRT/C_poly/Open XRT C_poly/Open
67 Hinode/XRT/C_poly/Ti_poly XRT C_poly/Ti_poly
69 Hinode/XRT/Open/Al_mesh XRT Open/Al_mesh
70 Hinode/XRT/Open/Al_thick XRT Open/Al_thick
71 Hinode/XRT/Open/Be_thick XRT Open/Be_thick
74 Hinode/XRT/Open/Ti_poly XRT Open/Ti_poly
75 TRACE/171 TRACE 171
76 TRACE/195 TRACE 195
77 TRACE/284 TRACE 284
78 TRACE/1216 TRACE 1216
79 TRACE/1550 TRACE 1550
80 TRACE/1600 TRACE 1600
81 TRACE/1700 TRACE 1700
82 TRACE/white-light TRACE white-light
83 MLSO/COSMO/KCor/735 COSMO KCor
84 SOLO/EUI/FSI/174 EUI FSI 174
85 SOLO/EUI/FSI/304 EUI FSI 304
86 SOLO/EUI/HRI/174 EUI HRI 174
87 SOLO/EUI/HRI/1216 EUI HRI 1216
88 IRIS/SJI/1330 IRIS SJI 1330
89 IRIS/SJI/2796 IRIS SJI 2796
90 IRIS/SJI/1400 IRIS SJI 1400
92 IRIS/SJI/2832 IRIS SJI 2832
94 GONG/GONG/H-alpha/6562 GONG H-alpha
95 RHESSI/3-6keV/Back Projection RHESSI
96 RHESSI/6-12keV/Back Projection RHESSI
97 RHESSI/12-25keV/Back Projection RHESSI
98 RHESSI/25-50keV/Back Projection RHESSI
99 RHESSI/50-100keV/Back Projection RHESSI
100 RHESSI/100-300keV/Back Projection RHESSI
101 RHESSI/3-6keV/Clean RHESSI
102 RHESSI/6-12keV/Clean RHESSI
103 RHESSI/12-25keV/Clean RHESSI
104 RHESSI/25-50keV/Clean RHESSI
105 RHESSI/50-100keV/Clean RHESSI
106 RHESSI/100-300keV/Clean RHESSI
107 RHESSI/3-6keV/Clean 59 RHESSI
108 RHESSI/6-12keV/Clean 59 RHESSI
109 RHESSI/12-25keV/Clean 59 RHESSI
110 RHESSI/25-50keV/Clean 59 RHESSI
111 RHESSI/50-100keV/Clean 59 RHESSI
112 RHESSI/100-300keV/Clean 59 RHESSI
113 RHESSI/3-6keV/MEM GE RHESSI
114 RHESSI/6-12keV/MEM GE RHESSI
115 RHESSI/12-25keV/MEM GE RHESSI
116 RHESSI/25-50keV/MEM GE RHESSI
117 RHESSI/50-100keV/MEM GE RHESSI
118 RHESSI/100-300keV/MEM GE RHESSI
119 RHESSI/3-6keV/VIS CS RHESSI
120 RHESSI/6-12keV/VIS CS RHESSI
121 RHESSI/12-25keV/VIS CS RHESSI
122 RHESSI/25-50keV/VIS CS RHESSI
123 RHESSI/50-100keV/VIS CS RHESSI
124 RHESSI/100-300keV/VIS CS RHESSI
125 RHESSI/3-6keV/VIS FWDFIT RHESSI
126 RHESSI/6-12keV/VIS FWDFIT RHESSI
127 RHESSI/12-25keV/VIS FWDFIT RHESSI
128 RHESSI/25-50keV/VIS FWDFIT RHESSI
129 RHESSI/50-100keV/VIS FWDFIT RHESSI
130 RHESSI/100-300keV/VIS FWDFIT RHESSI
131 PUNCH/WFI+NFI/Total Brightness PUNCH
132 GOES/CCOR-1/CCOR-1/white-light GOES CCOR-1
134 PUNCH/WFI+NFI/Polarized Brightness PUNCH
2000 GOES/SUVI/94 SUVI 94
2001 GOES/SUVI/131 SUVI 131
2002 GOES/SUVI/171 SUVI 171
2003 GOES/SUVI/195 SUVI 195
2004 GOES/SUVI/284 SUVI 284
2005 GOES/SUVI/304 SUVI 304
10001 Hinode/XRT/Any/Any XRT Any/Any
10002 Hinode/XRT/Any/Al_mesh XRT Any/Al_mesh
10003 Hinode/XRT/Any/Al_thick XRT Any/Al_thick
10004 Hinode/XRT/Any/Be_thick XRT Any/Be_thick
10005 Hinode/XRT/Any/Gband XRT Any/Gband
10006 Hinode/XRT/Any/Open XRT Any/Open
10007 Hinode/XRT/Any/Ti_poly XRT Any/Ti_poly
10008 Hinode/XRT/Al_med/Any XRT Al_med/Any
10009 Hinode/XRT/Al_poly/Any XRT Al_poly/Any
10010 Hinode/XRT/Be_med/Any XRT Be_med/Any
10011 Hinode/XRT/Be_thin/Any XRT Be_thin/Any
10012 Hinode/XRT/C_poly/Any XRT C_poly/Any
10013 Hinode/XRT/Open/Any XRT Open/Any
Requirements
Only the Python standard library, no dependencies. With devenv, the right interpreter is available right away:
devenv shell
Author
Aaron Schmocker aaron@0x29a.ch