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Author:      anthony
I need to know where I can get information on current solar activities like
flares and the such.  I need to know the cycle that it is in currently. 
Related to cosmic rays.

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Author:      rcwinther
Here are a couple of places to get data via anonymous ftp: ftp.uleth.ca 
Look in the directory /pub/solar (and below) for daily solar activity
reports.  From a Unix machine you can also get the daily report using the
command   finger daily@xi.uleth.ca | more   For sunspot counts, go to 
ftp.sunspot.noao.edu   Look in the directory    /pub/solar   I found these
sites very readily using the AstroWeb index on Mosaic.  I highly recommend
Mosaic as a search tool.