50 years ago, astronomers saw the surface of a distant star for the first time

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Excerpt from nan December 21, 1974 & December 28, 1974 rumor of Science News

Blurry ray from nan reddish elephantine prima Betelgeuse successful nan constellation Orion.

This image of nan prima Betelgeuse successful nan constellation Orion was taken successful 2009 by nan European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope.

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Cover of nan December 21, 1974 & December 28, 1974 rumor of Science News

Surface features of a distant star — Science News, December 21, 1974 & December 28, 1974

Thanks to high-speed photography and modern information processing, [astronomers] are opening to beryllium capable to suppress nan effects of [a star] twinkling….

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