The Yohkoh satellite is an observatory for studying X-rays and gamma-rays from the Sun. Launched on August 31, 1991, Yohkoh was built in Japan and the sun-observing instruments have contributions from the U.K. and America.
| Beautiful, exotic shapes can be observed on the Sun in X-rays. |
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| The changing sun, from maximum to minimum activity (79 Kb) |
Courtesy of the Yohkoh Public Outreach Programme.
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