The Sun: New High Resolution Images | Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope

The Sun: New High Resolution Images | Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope

A high-resolution image of solar sunspots captured by the Inouye Solar Telescope on May 11, 2021 (not from the first science observation). The data leading to this image were acquired with the Visible Broadband Imager blue channel at a wavelength of 450 nanometers.

The first images of the chromosphere—the area of the Sun’s atmosphere above the surface—taken with the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope on 3 June 2022. The image shows a region 82,500 kilometers across at a resolution of 18 km. This image is taken at 486.13 nanometers using the hydrogen-beta line from the Balmer series.

The surface of the Sun taken with the Visible Broadband Imager at the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope. The image shows a region 82,500 kilometers across at a resolution of 18 km. The image is taken in the Fraunhofer “G Band” at 430 nanometers.

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope has produced the highest resolution observations of the Sun’s surface ever taken. These are the latest images that have been released during the telescope's commissioning stage. Interestingly, they are reminiscent of Vincent van Gogh's famous "sunflower" paintings (1888-1889) that he made in France.

Learn about the world's most powerful solar telescope in Maui, Hawai’i:

https://nso.edu/telescopes/dki-solar-telescope/  

Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflower" paintings: 

https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/collection/s0031v1962

Credits: NOIRLab, National Solar Observatory (NSO)/National Science Foundation (NSF)/Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)

Release Date: April 19, 2024

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