Sunspot as seen by the Vacuum Tower Telescope
Picture of a sunspot taken with the National Solar Observatory's Vacuum Tower Telescope (now redesignated as the Richard B. Dunn Solar Telescope) at the Sacramento Peak Observatory, showing features on a scale of about 100 km. Image provided by T. Rimmele (see NOAO press release 98-08).
Credit:T.Rimmele/NSO/AURA/NSF
About the Image
Id: | noao-02642 |
Type: | Planetary |
Release date: | Sept. 22, 1998 |
Size: | 880 x 880 px |
About the Object
Name: | Sunspot |
Category: | NSF Infrastructures (other) Solar System |