Astronomers get the most detailed photos of the Sun

American astronomers got the most detailed images of the sun's surface. They managed to capture a section of incandescent plasma measuring 19,000 × 10,700 kilometers. It clearly shows a "honeycomb-like" structure, which is in constant motion - this is due to the transfer of heat from the inside of the Sun to its surface.

The images were obtained using the new ground-based telescope of the US National Science Foundation Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) located in Hawaii. Its mirror is 4 meters in diameter, making it the largest solar telescope in the world. It is five times the resolution of the previously used Dunn Solar Telescope.

With such equipment, in just 5 years, scientists will be able to collect more data about the Sun than has been obtained in the entire history of study, starting with the time of Galileo. In the near future, the new telescope will map the atmospheric magnetic fields and the inner corona. stars. This will give a chance to study in detail the impact of solar storms on earthly life.