Artemis II's Nikon Z9 Solar Corona Images Published in Astrophysical Journal

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Artemis II's Nikon Z9 Solar Corona Images Published in Astrophysical Journal
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Artemis II astronauts used a Nikon Z9 to photograph the solar corona during their lunar flyby, and researchers at Tokyo City University have now published findings from those images in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. The paper draws new conclusions about the Sun's coronal structure from the Z9 footage.

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