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Live Coronal PredictionAugust 12th, 2026 Total Solar Eclipse<br>A Data-Assimilative<br>Continuously Running Prediction Model<br>Updated in Near Real Time
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Current Prediction<br>Current Prediction, Solar North Up Total Brightness (K-Corona)Current Prediction, Palencia, SpainTotal Brightness (K-Corona)
This is our latest prediction of the solar corona for the August 12, 2026 total solar eclipse. The above images show two versions of the predicted white light brightness in the corona at totality; the left is with solar north up, and the right is for Palencia, Spain. Check out the Local View map widget to see the orientation of the corona for your location. The images have been processed with a radially-graded filter, to approximate what a human eye might see during the eclipse.
Evolving Prediction<br>How the Prediction has Evolved in TimeTotal Brightness (K-Corona)Evolving View as Seen from Earth, Solar North UpTotal Brightness (K-Corona)<br>f 0 /– · 0.0s0.25×0.5×1×2×
The Sun is near the maximum phase of the solar cycle, so the solar magnetic field is evolving rapidly. To better capture the dynamic nature of the Sun at this time, we are using a time-dependent MHD model that is updated in near real-time with the latest measurements of the surface magnetic field. These animations show how the Sun and our prediction are evolving with time. The animation on the left shows how the prediction at totality has evolved to the present. The animation on the right shows the modeled evolution of the Sun from the start of the prediction.
Magnetic Structure<br>How the Prediction has Evolved in TimeMagnetic StructureEvolving View as Seen from EarthMagnetic Structure<br>f 0 /– · 0.0s0.25×0.5×1×2×
These animations are the same as those above but show a special visualization of the three-dimensional (3D) magnetic field. By tracing magnetic field lines at extremely high resolution, we can calculate a 3D map of the so-called squashing factor (Q) - a scientific measure designed to indicate the presence of complex structuring in the magnetic field. We then integrate the map along the line-of-sight, with special weightings to create a composite that resembles solar eclipse images. This is intended to highlight the inherent complexity of the Sun's magnetic field and its intimate connection to visible emission from the solar corona.
Acknowledgements<br>This research is funded by NASA and NSF. We are grateful to Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) for providing a dedicated allocation at the LaPalma supercomputer and proud to support the North African Telescope Eclipse (NATE) project, led by IAC. We also acknowledge dedicated resources from the ACCESS program and Expanse supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC). We thank NASA's Advanced Supercomputing Division (NAS) for allocations on the Athena supercomputer that enabled many of the visualizations on this page to be produced rapidly in real-time. We also thank the SDO/HMI team of the Solar Physics Group at Stanford University for their support in providing timely access to HMI vector magnetograph data. Lastly, we are particularly excited to work with the " data-astro-cid-vh53awxz>Solar Orbiter PHI team, to conduct the farside assimilation experiment in near-real-time.