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Solar Disk of the Sunspot Group

Target Name:  Sun
Produced by:  Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Copyright: See Below
Date Taken:  15 July 2002
Date Released: 25 January 2003

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This image of the whole solar disk shows the sunspot group size illustrated on with the article Sharpest View of the Sun. The diameter of the Sun is 100 times larger than the diameter of the Earth. The image was recorded with a finder telescope at about the same time as the images and movies.

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The following statement was taken from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences web page.
All images are free for publication. Please credit the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences unless personal credit information is stated for a particular image. Here is the name of the academy in a couple of languages: Swedish: Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien. German: Die Königlich Schwedische Akademie der Wissenschaften. French: L'Académie Royale des Sciences de Sučde. Spanish: Real Academia de Ciencias de Suecia.

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