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Yohkoh Public Outreach Project

Welcome to the Yohkoh Movie Theater!

The Yohkoh Movie Theater (YPOP) is designed to bring you images and movies depicting our nearest star, the Sun, as seen by an X-ray telescope that was carried on board the Yohkoh satellite. The YPOP site includes a range of activities for youngsters, parents, teachers and anyone interested in learning more about the Sun. You can make your own movies, see solar images, take a tour of the Sun and much much more. This is a public domain site.

The Yohkoh satellite was an observatory for studying X-rays and gamma-rays from the Sun. Yohkoh was launched from Kagoshima, Japan on August 31, 1991, and was lost on December 14, 2001. In over ten years of observing the Sun (much longer than the proposed mission life) _Yohkoh_revolutionized our understanding of solar activity. Yohkoh is a project of the Institute for Space and Astronautical Sciences. The spacecraft was built in Japan and the observing instruments have contributions from the U.S. and from the U.K. The name Yohkoh is Japanese for "sunbeam".

	Latest Solar Images Have a look at the most recent collection of images from observatories around -- and above -- the world.		X-ray movies of the Sun A theater wouldn't be a theater without showing some movies. Check out some of the fascinating features of the Sun in our Film Festival room.
	Solar Tour Take a tour of our nearest star and learn about the Sun from the inside out.		The Solar Classroom Why not learn about the Sun and enjoy yourself at the same time? Our classroom has a variety of hands-on learning activities for you to try out.
	Spotlight We shine the Spotlight on some of the highlights of our site.		The YPOP Theater Lobby See what our site has to offer.
	Solar WeekEncouraging young women to pursue science.		Science NuggetsWeekly Science Notes from the Yohkoh Soft X-Ray Telescope.

We also provide some navigational guides for your convenience.

This site has two identical locations, one in California and another in Montana. If your connection is slow, try our other site!