When to Use Sunspot Activity 3D Explorer - Best Sessions and Limits
Open the Sunspot Activity 3D Explorer when you need the photosphere spot cycle - ~11 yr Schwabe period, Maunder Minimum 1645-1715 - and skip it when you need solar interior layers or a black-body spectrum.
A five-minute classroom demo
A five-minute classroom demo starts when you open Sunspot Activity 3D Explorer, scrub the cycle-year slider from 0 to 11, and pause so students see spot counts rise and fall while the belts stay pinned to their latitudes.
Differential-rotation literacy in Sunspot Activity 3D Explorer
Differential-rotation literacy in Sunspot Activity 3D Explorer stays readable when you keep the facts panel open for equator ~25 d and poles ~35 d while toggling Maunder Minimum to nearly clear the spots.
Sessions Sunspot Activity 3D Explorer does not fit
Sessions Sunspot Activity 3D Explorer does not fit are MHD dynamo modeling, live sunspot-number data, or storm forecasting. Use Sun Structure 3D for interior layers or Black Body Radiation 3D for the spectrum. Walk the controls in the Sunspot Activity 3D Explorer step-by-step guide.