Solar granulation from the Vacuum Tower Telescope
The National Solar Observatory's Vacuum Tower Telescope (now redesignated as the Richard B. Dunn Solar Telescope) at the Sacramento Peak Observatory produced this picture, showing solar granulation on a scale of about 100km. Image provided by T. Rimmele (see NOAO press release 98-08).
Credit:T. Rimmele/NSO/AURA/NSF
About the Image
| Id: | noao-02641 |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | Sept. 22, 1998 |
| Size: | 1454 x 1439 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Sun |
| Category: | NSF Infrastructures (other) Solar System |
