Solar System: Sun: Page 2

In-depth illustrated description of the Sun, its surface, atmosphere, sunspots, solar prominences and solar flares.

The Solar Physics Branch of Marshall Space Flight Center's (MSFC) Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) is composed of 15 scientists involved in various studies of the physics of the Sun.

Daily pictures from the SOHO and Yohkoh space platforms, the US National Solar Observatory, and the Mauna Loa Solar Observatory.

The site describes the solar orbit and consequences which result out of this movement of the sun. Detailed description and downloadable program allow you to investigate further details.

Presents a collection of educational activities based on Solar Oscillations Investigation (SOI) and Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) data.

Calculates Sun azimuth and altitude for a given location and date.

An analemma photograph is featured with a detailed description of how it was created.

From NASA Science News, experiment on board shuttle mission STS-107 is monitoring the Sun's variable brightness and its link to terrestrial climate change.

Provides results and science of an experiment flown on the SOHO spacecraft to study solar oscillations.

General information, some statistical data and links.