The Sun Now
The Sun Now Summary
The Sun Now is a mobile Android app in Education by Flatworld. Released in Feb 2015 (11 years ago). It has about 17.8K+ installs and 176 ratings with a 4.26★ (good) average. Based on AppGoblin estimates, it reaches roughly 109 monthly active users . Store metadata: updated Jul 20, 2025.
Recent activity: 11 installs this week (60 over 4 weeks) showing steady growth View trends →
Store info: Last updated on Google Play on Jul 20, 2025 .
4.26★
Ratings: 176
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App Description
View images of the sun published by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory SDO
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