Every day, every sunrise, we have a chance to appreciate the star which makes all life on Earth possible.

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/spaceweather/suntoday.html
What does the Sun look like today?

http://www.lmsal.com/YPOP/Spotlight/SunInfo/Star.html
The Sun as a Star: how the Sun compares to other stars

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/sun/sun.html
Window's to the Universe solar facts, as well as lots of other relevant background.

http://www.nineplanets.org/sol.html
The Nine Planets: contains the most up to date information on all objects in the solar system, as well as historical data.

http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/exhibits/sun/sunframe.html
Information about interesting facts about the Sun, how we depend on the Sun, and how the Sun works from NASA's Observatorium.

http://solar-center.stanford.edu/vitalstats.html
The Sun's Vital Statistics