limb darkening

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limb darkening in the Sun

Photosphere of the Sun with limb darkening, image taken by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory satellite, Oct. 29, 2003.

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Spiral Galaxy type Sa-Sb or Sa/Sb in the constellation Virgo. The majestic Sombrero Galaxy Messier 104 (M104) or NGC 4594. The team took six pictures of the galaxy, stitched them together to create the final composite image. Photo from May-June 2003

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Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

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Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

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limb darkening in the Sun

limb darkening in the Sun

Limb darkening on the disk of the Sun. The planet Mercury can be seen as a small...

Mila Zinkova

Photosphere of the Sun with limb darkening, image taken by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory satellite, Oct. 29, 2003.

Photosphere of the Sun with limb darkening, image taken by the Solar and Heliospheric...

SOHO/NASA

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