Spotlight

• A Tour of the Sun: "Surfing for Sunbeams" (directed at a young audience)
  • Begin the Tour!
  • The Sun is a Star
    • The Sun is a Star -- more details
  • The Sun Emits Light at Many Wavelengths
  • Layers of the Sun
    • Photosphere
      • Sunspots
    • Chromosphere
      • Filaments and Prominences
    • Corona
      • Active Regions
      • Coronal Loops
      • Coronal Holes
    • Clickable JAVA imagemap of the Sun
      • Photosphere
        • Sunspots
      • Chromosphere
        • Filaments and Prominences
      • Corona
        • Active Regions
        • Coronal Loops
        • Coronal Holes
    • Non-JAVA map of the Sun
      • Photosphere
        • Sunspots
      • Chromosphere
        • Filaments and Prominences
      • Corona
        • Active Regions
        • Coronal Loops
        • Coronal Holes
    • Movie showing different layers of the Sun
  • The Corona is Hot
    • The Corona
    • The Photosphere
    • About Yohkoh
      • Translation of Yohkoh
  • Our Sun Rotates
    • Movie of the rotating Sun
    • Yohkoh's most recent picture
  • The Solar Cycle
    • Large graph showing variation with the solar cycle
  • Links Page

• The Magnetic Sun
  • What is a magnetic field?
  • Magnetic field lines
  • Magnetic fields on the Sun
  • Magnetic loops in the Sun's corona
  • The Sun's magnetic field changes

• Solar images from around the world: Our Sun at many wavelengths
  • X-rays
  • Ultraviolet
  • Visible light
  • Infrared
  • Microwave and radio

• "The Sun as a Star" -- A more technical description of how our Sun is like other stars
  • Composition
    • Scientific Notation
  • Observing Stars
  • Luminosity
  • Stellar Fingerprinting
  • Classification
  • Epilogue

• "The Structure of the Sun" -- An exploration of how the Sun is put together
  • Solar Structure
    • Diagram of the Sun, image
  • Core
    • Fusion, image
  • Radiation Zone
    • Random Walk, image
  • Convection Zone
    • Convection, image
  • Photosphere
    • Photosphere, image
    • Granulation, image
  • Sunspots
    • Photosphere, image
    • Granulation, image
    • Sunspot Cycle, image
  • Chromosphere
    • Chromosphere, image
    • Spicules, image
  • Transition Region
    • Trasition Region, image
  • Corona
    • Helmet Streamers, image
    • Solar Prominences
    • Aurora
    • Soft X-Ray Sun

Intermission

• SXT Home Page
  
  
• Icebreaker activity
  • Image matching key
  
  
• Yohkoh eclipse page
  • Yohkoh eclipse update -- Feb 27, 1998
  • Path of eclipse on 26 Feb 1998
  • Yohkoh eclipse planning
  • How to make a Yohkoh movie of an eclipse
  • Previous solar eclipse movie
  • Yohkoh solar eclipse of 26-february-98
    • Eclipse movie #1
    • Eclipse movie #2
    • Eclipse movie #3
    • Partial-Sun movie
  • Other exciting eclipse links

The Solar Classroom