The Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) located in Big Bear Lake, California high in the San Bernardino Mountains, has achieved "first light" using a deformable mirror in what is called adaptive optics at BBSO. "This photo of a sunspot is now the most detailed ever obtained in visible light," according to Ciel et l'Espace. In September, the publication, a popular astronomy magazine, will publish several more photos of the Sun taken with BBSO's new adaptive optics system. More from the BBSO.
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