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October 6, 2005
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This sunspot image shows what the new camera and adaptive optics system can do.
This high-resolution sunspot image was produced on Sept. 23 using a new CCD camera attached to the Dunn telescope's adaptive optics system.
Credit: Friedrich Woeger, KIS, and Chris Berst and Mark Komsa, NSO/AURA/NSF
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