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    Views of the Sun as seen by the Solar Dynamics Observatory
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    Eye On The Sky Solar Dynamics Observatory reveals solar activity in multiple wavelengths

    Coronal Mass Ejection as viewed by the Solar Dynamics Observatory on June 7, 2011. Image Credit: NASA/SDO
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    Solar Cycle 25 has begun, say solar astronomers

    A view of the Sun captured by ESA's Solar Orbiter, 30 May 2020. Credit: Solar Orbiter/EUI Team (ESA & NASA); CSL, IAS, MPS, PMOD/WRC, ROB, UCL/MSSL
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    Eye On The Sky ESA's Solar Orbiter first light images released

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    Image processing How to photograph activity on the solar limb

    NASA 10-year Sun time lapse. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/SDO
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    Solar citizen science: advanced observing and imaging of the Sun

    How to safely photograph the Sun. Credit: Pete Lawrence
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    What is the Solar Cycle and what can it tell us about the science of the Sun? This image of the Sun was captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory. Credit: Solar Dynamics Observatory, NASA
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    What is the Solar Cycle? Understanding the science of the Sun

    A view of the Sun's surface captured by the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope. Credit: NSO/AURA/NSF
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    Eye On The Sky New telescope reveals the surface of the Sun in greater detail than ever before

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    Composite image of Mercury transiting across the sun on 9 May, 2016, as seen by HMI on NASA's Solar Dynamics Obersvatory. Credit: NASA/SDO
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    Transit of Mercury 2019 Livestream

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    Eye On The Sky NASA captures a Halloween Sun

    A focal length of 1,000mm (or above) is needed to define Mercury against the Sun’s disc. Credit: Pete Lawrence
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    How to photograph the transit of Mercury

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