BBSO Data Center
We have an online data archive that contains several full disk H-alpha images, observer's logs, full list of full-disk H-alpha data and quick look movies. GST data are presented in the GST Catalog (see below). All data may be requested via online data request systems.
In general, BBSO follows the SoHO convention (see below), except that the observation time will have six characters with format HHMMSS instead of four characters, and the miscellaneous info code will be modified to represent different spatial resolution and calibration data.
Example:
bbso_WAVE_TYPE_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.fts
Following are a list of data WAVE codes:
| tio | GST TiO 705 nm Broadband Images |
| hab | Blue-shifted H-alpha images |
| har | Red-shifted H-alpha images |
| heb | Blue-shifted He 10830A images |
| her | Red-shifted He 10830A images |
| 000, 020, ..., 120 | Shift: 0.0nm, 0.02nm, ..., 0.120 nm |
The TYPE codes:
| pco | Data from Broadband Filter Imager |
| vis | Data from VIS instrument |
| niris | NIRIS Data |
| i | raw data |
| sel | Selected Images |
| sr | Speckle Reconstructed Images |
NIRIS Polarimetry data:
| cals | NIRIS AR polarimetry Data |
| cal | NIRIS quiet Sun polarimetry Data |
| 15600 | 1.56 micron data |
GST Data may be requested via the data request form that is also available through the data catalog. We do recommend reviewing data prior to requesting it. Full disk H-alpha data (FDHA) may be requested via the FDHA project page.
Along with various relevant links and information, a GST catalog data page shows data coverage, several snapshots of acquired data as well as quick look movies. "Previous Day" and "Next Day" links allow users to jump to the next observing day.
The use of BBSO Ha images for public education efforts and non-commercial purposes is strongly encouraged and requires no expressed authorization. Since we are interested in the work that other people do with our data, we also would ask that authors send us a copy, reference, URL, etc. of their papers that use GST data. Details of Data Policy are presented in this document.
If you use BBSO data or some product based on the data, we ask that you include the following acknowledgement:
We gratefully acknowledge the use of data from the Goode Solar Telescope (GST) of the Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO). BBSO operation is supported by US NSF AGS-2309939 and AGS-1821294 grants and New Jersey Institute of Technology. GST operation is partly supported by the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute and the Seoul National University.