Using three highly advanced solar telescopes, the Japanese Hinode Solar-B satellite was launched in 2006 to measure the strength and direction of the magnetic field in the Sun's photosphere (lower atmosphere).
Download + build your own free papercraft Hinode Solar-B satellite (by National Astronomical Observatory of Japan):
(download instructions: scroll down to the "太陽観測衛星ひので" header about halfway down the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan site)
(old link: http://hinode.nao.ac.jp/free_stuff_e/)

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