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Striking sunspot looks like a Star Wars sarlacc pit in telescope image – CNET

The Gregor solar telescope got a makeover and delivered some brilliant high-res views of the sun.

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The Gregor telescope picked up this lovely view of a sunspot.
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We’re in a golden era for studying the sun. 
We’ve sent spacecraft to get a better look at our star. Earlier this year, a telescope in Hawaii delivered the highest-resolution image of the sun’s surface ever captured. And now Gregor, a solar telescope is Spain, is getting in on the festivities. 
Gregor’s team obtained “the highest-resolution images of the sun ever taken by a European telescope” after the telescope received an o…

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