The Sun Now

View images of the sun published by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory SDO

App info

Version :

2.0.12

Category :

Education

Update :

July 20, 2025

Installs :

16,768

Developer :

Flatworld

Requires Android :

Android 4.4+

Content Rating :

Everyone

Get it on :

Download APK

App description

Android App Analysis and Review: The Sun Now, Developed by Flatworld. Listed in Education Category. Current Version Is 2.0.12, Updated On 20/07/2025 . According to users reviews on Google Play: The Sun Now. Achieved Over 17 thousand Installs. The Sun Now Currently Has 166 Reviews, Average Rating 4.4 Stars

View images of the sun published by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
Images are updated about every 15 minutes.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
the app shows the images from NASA SDO website.
If the website is malfunctioning the app won't be able to download the images and we can't do anything about that. Usually the issues are fixed in a few hours/days.
Before leaving a negative review please check the website with your browser (the url is available in the about page).
We appreciate your patience.

Features:
Zoom and pan
Set as wallpaper
Image descriptions taken from the SDO website
Browse historical data
Integration with Muzei Live Wallpaper (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.nurik.roman.muzei)
Solar winds basic data

All images and descriptions are courtesy of NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams.
http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Solar winds data by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/

Source code available under the Apache License 2.0 at:
https://github.com/marcopar/SDOViewer

We are currently offering version 2.0.12. This is our latest, most optimized version. It is suitable for many different devices. Free download directly apk from the Google Play Store or other versions we're hosting. Moreover, you can download without registration and no login required.

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What's New

Minor fixes

Rate and review on Google Play store

4.4

166 total

5 73.3

4 11.8

3 7.5

2 1.9

1 5.6

Total number of installs (*estimated)

Estimation of total number of installs on Google Play, Approximated from number of ratings and install bounds achieved on Google Play.

Recent Comments

Brush Haidinger

Great summary of visual data from SDO. It even has the AIA 4500 which is no longer displayed on the official website of the mission because of the pinhole damage. That is good, I would not remove it. There is one small error in the Solar wind part - it should be km/s (kilometres per second), not Km/s (kelvinmetres per second). For future development, I suggest including latest videos for each band, which are available on SDO website.

Antryg Revok

While good, it's missing a couple features it *should* have: OK, you can use an image to set your device's wallpaper, but why it has to be BOTH wallpaper AND lockscreen?? Why can't we decide to have 1, OR other, be current Sun, & other being our favorite place on Earth?? -- Why can't it sleep 6h and auto-update that wallpaper or lockscreen, in background? -- why so many confirmations for wallpaper? -- Why can't it add sides, so we see WHOLE Sun, instead of Android's auto-trim'd version?

Willow Moon

I love keeping an eye on the sun and seeing the different views from SDO. I have one request: can you make a widget? I used to use the Sun and Moon widget but it is very old and isn't working anymore. I would love to use your app as a replacement, but I miss that widget!

Steve Corley

The app is very good.When NASA keeps their certificate for the web updated,this app runs perfectly. It seems that every year,NASA lets the certificate expire,and it make this app appear at fault.I am informed that is not the case.Its NASAs fault.Not this ap. Patience , waiting for NASA to get their head out of...empty space and stay on top of the certificates, will result in the return of perfect performance of this app. Ap reinstalled.

N J Rasmussen

Nice images is there any way to put it in like a video format so somebody can actually see the changes? Or would you have to use third-party software? Otherwise better than a lot of the other apps I've seen

Divinus FiliuS

This is well beyond MIND-BLOWING!!! to be able to withess this gargantuan ball of incredible force of creation in such detail!! What a time!! Thank you!! I'm forever grateful to people that make this possible, it's breathtaking!