Gallery: He Drew the Sun for 40 Years, But Now His Telescope Is Dying

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    Robert Williams, 10, center, traces sunspots on a projected image of the sun as docent Bob Eklund, Nora DeMuth, left, and Robert's mother Jeanette Klein, right, watch in the Snow Horizontal Solar Telescope at the Mount Wilson Observatory.
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    March 29, 2016, Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
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    March 29, 2016, Mount Wilson
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    November 30, 1999, Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
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    November 30, 1999, Mount Wilson
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    December 31, 2012, Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
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    December 31, 2012, Mount Wilson
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    May 30, 2008, Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
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    May 30, 2008, Mount Wilson
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    February 6, 2007, Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
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    February 6, 2007, Mount Wilson
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    August 27, 2006, Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
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    August 27, 2006, Mount Wilson
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