The Sun
Fold your own star — the Sun's full surface from NASA's SDO and STEREO spacecraft, active regions and all.
Drag to spin — this is what yours looks like folded.
About this globe
The Sun's entire surface, combining NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (watching nonstop since 2010) with the STEREO mission's far-side view. No single spacecraft can see a whole star at once — SDO only sees the face turned toward Earth, so STEREO fills in the hemisphere hidden on the far side.
A note for perfectionists: the Sun spins faster at its equator than at its poles, so any full-surface map is a mosaic stitched across roughly one 27-day rotation.
How the data was captured
Photographed in extreme-ultraviolet light by two missions at once: the Solar Dynamics Observatory watching the Earth-facing side from Earth orbit, and the twin STEREO spacecraft filling in the far side from their vantage points around the Sun.
Download free — pick your paper size
Print at 100% scale. Cut along solid lines, fold along dashed lines, glue the tabs. Your PDF can take up to a minute to prepare — hang tight after clicking.
In the US? Print the A4 file and choose “fit to page” — it scales cleanly onto Letter paper.
Sharing this globe?
Free for personal use, classrooms, and gifts — not for resale. If you post it on your site or share it online, please credit Folding Globes with a link. Copy-paste blurb:
"The Sun" folding paper globe — free from Folding Globes, https://foldingglobes.com/globes/sun · Imagery: NASA SDO + STEREO (SVS)