New Sunspot Picture Is Most Detailed To Date

New Sunspot Picture Is Most Detailed Ever

Researchers at Big Bear Solar Observatory have tuned their adaptive optics array and achieved first light, capturing this image of a sunspot that is now the most detailed ever captured in visible light. The image was captured with Big Bear's New Solar Telescope (NST), a brand new instrument (as the name implies) with a resolution of just 50 miles on the sun's surface.

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