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December 13, 2013

A rendering of the planned Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope.

A rendering shows the planned Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope. When completed in 2019, it will be the world's premier ground-based solar observatory--more powerful than any other solar telescope in the world.

Credit: Tom Kekona, K.C. Environmental, Inc., and National Solar Observatory/AURA/NSF


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