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• 7 Feb 2013
  The UKSSDC has recently concluded that the solar images on glass plates in its collection of solar images on glass and print were most likely taken by Cambridge Solar Observatory.
• 19 Dec 2012
  The UK CHIANTI Atomic Database for Spectroscopic Diagnostics of Astrophysical Plasmas is no longer hosted at the UKSSDC. Please use http://www.chiantidatabase.org in future.
• 21 Nov 2012
  Recent UKSSDC service problems were due to a local power cut and subsequent damage to systems. Real time Chilton ionosonde data was restored on 20th Nov 2012.
• 11 Oct 2012
  New historical solar data and images catalogue available online including Photo-heliospheric reports from 1874 to 1976 and a catalogue of solar images from 1903 to 1942.

UKSSDC

• 19 Dec 2012
  The UK CHIANTI Atomic Database for Spectroscopic Diagnostics of Astrophysical Plasmas is no longer hosted at the UKSSDC. Please use http://www.chiantidatabase.org in future.
• 21 Nov 2012
  Recent UKSSDC service problems were due to a local power cut and subsequent damage to systems. Real time Chilton ionosonde data was restored on 20th Nov 2012.
• 23 September 2009
  A history of data revisions is now available. Downloading data that has been affected by a revision will also offer a link to this information.

WDC

• 04 Jul 2012
  1917 sunspot observation confirmed with UKSSDC data
• 1 Dec 2011
  Take a tour of some of our physical data archive with Backstage Science - Treasure in the Basement

Ionospheric Data

• 21 Nov 2012
  Recent UKSSDC service problems were due to a local power cut and subsequent damage to systems. Real time Chilton ionosonde data was restored on 20th Nov 2012.
• 17 December 2009
  Prompt database of near realtime ionospheric data now includes manually scaled parameters, height profiles from manually scaled data and ionograms, where they are available from a station.

Geophysical Data

• 23 April 2009
  Polar Cap Index North now available at 1 minute resolution.

Solar

• 7 Feb 2013
  The UKSSDC has recently concluded that the solar images on glass plates in its collection of solar images on glass and print were most likely taken by Cambridge Solar Observatory.
• 19 Dec 2012
  The UK CHIANTI Atomic Database for Spectroscopic Diagnostics of Astrophysical Plasmas is no longer hosted at the UKSSDC. Please use http://www.chiantidatabase.org in future.
• 11 Oct 2012
  New historical solar data and images catalogue available online including Photo-heliospheric reports from 1874 to 1976 and a catalogue of solar images from 1903 to 1942.
• 15 December 2003
  Some changes to our dataset of 10.7cm Solar Radio Flux Values

Virtual Library

• 12 October 2004
  The Aeronomy, Solar-Terrestrial Physics and Chemistry Virtual Library is now hosted and maintained by the UKSSDC

STP Community, UK

• Information on MIST (Magnetosphere, Ionosphere and Solar-Terrestrial) community.