The YPOP Homepage The Classroom - Educational solar activities The Film Festival - See the latest footage of the sun The Film Archives - Archived solar movies The Guest Book - Tell us what you think! Intermission - Check out some other interesting stuff Program - A more detailed navigation aid The Projection Room - The Spotlight - See what's new
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 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 the latest solar images, take a tour of the Sun and much much more. This is a public domain site.

The Yohkoh satellite is an observatory for studying X-rays and gamma-rays from the Sun. Launched from Kagoshima, Japan on August 31, 1991. 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".


Visit the Solar Events Web-site for exciting
information on upcoming solar activities.




Latest Solar Images from Space
Have a look at the most recent collection of images from the Yohkoh and SOHO spacecraft
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 Week
Encouraging young women to pursue science.




Science Nuggets
Weekly Science Notes from the Yohkoh Soft X-Ray Telescope.

We also provide some navigational guides for your convenience.



YPOP Classroom
Film Festival
Film Archives
Guestbook
Intermission
Program
Projection Room
Spotlight


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

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YPOP is brought to you by the Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Lab and the Physics Department of Montana State University.



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YPOP is NASA funded, and part of the Learning Technologies Project. YPOP has been awarded the STAR award by Griffith Observatory NSTA has selected YPOP Classroom activities for inclusion in their sciLINKS program


ypop@mithra.physics.montana.edu