 In our Anchor Explorer series talk, Dr. Rebecca Centeno will talk about keeping an eye on the sun's magnetism. In my talk, I'll discuss why magnetism is so important to the sun and to space weather. And I'll explain how scientists like myself use the magnifying power of telescopes and instruments to quantify these magnetic forces. I would like people to understand the fundamental role that magnetism plays both in the dynamics of the sun and in space weather itself. Space weather has the capability to disrupt technologies on Earth and it's very important for us to be able to forecast it. When people think about an astrophysicist, they always think about a nighttime astronomer. There's a whole branch of astrophysics out there that is devoted to studying the star at the centre of our solar system.