The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) first light.

[KingClinton]

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source= ... 7M&ampcf=1

[Altocumulus]

Aye. Spotted that on the BBC website this morning. Impressive!

[Tillibobs]

I saw the images on Facebook last night, I'd rather like to have that telescope but, unfortunately, my cupboard is too small !

[Lowjiber]

I threw my Quark in the pool after I saw that video.

[Don Quixote]

Thank you Clinton. I was unaware of this wonderful telescope.
Anazing!

[helicon]

Fascinating new scope - sounds like it will be contributing a lot to solar research efforts.

[SkyHiker]

At the last RTMC I watched a presentation by someone from the Big Bear Solar Observatory. That telescope has been operational for a decade and produced images with a similar level of detail as the Inouye, for instance http://www.bbso.njit.edu/scinews/fig1_avi_nov2012.png .

Check it out at http://www.bbso.njit.edu/ . The home page's mid section can be scrolled, it has amazing images and video too, for instance http://www.bbso.njit.edu/scinews/har100_jj_2.gif . They are both NSF telescopes. Adaptive optics plays a big role.