Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope
LocationUSA (Hawaii)
Year2019
Size4 m mirror
OperatorNSO/NSF
About Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope
The largest solar telescope in the world, on Haleakala, Maui at 3,055 m. Resolves features on the Sun as small as 20 km across. Its first sunspot images are the sharpest ever taken of our star. Adaptive optics reshapes its mirror 2,000 times per second.
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