It really is What a Sunspot Really Looks as if [Astronomy]

Aug 30th 2010
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It’s how a sunspot really looks, within the most detailed picture of the skin of the sun yet. Hola, Señor Sauron!

The photo, which was taken on July 2 by New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Professor Philip R. Good and the large Bear Solar Observatory team, shows a sun spot at about 3600ºC, surrounded by a mosaic of hell burning at 5800ºC. The BBSO is 5.25-feet in diameter and may manage to resolve sun details as small as 45 kilometers in optimal conditions. The image itself shows details measuring 0.09 arcseconds, that is about 65 kilometers (about 40 miles). [ Cielespace ]

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