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    Re: Happy Valentine's Day!

    Quote Originally Posted by piperdbh View Post
    What kind of camera/telescope/whatever was used to take that picture, Dr. T?
    I'm guessing that it's a hydrogen-alpha image; but if it's from something like Solar Dynamics Observatory, they have lots of wavelengths available! SDO is 2 years old this week, by the way.

    White light images tend to look like this (much less resolution, of course).


    Thanks, Barb. That is a treat!
    Last edited by fluter; 15th February 12 at 08:58 PM. Reason: SDO birthday note
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    gainfully unemployed systems programmer

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