Letters to the Editor 19702 Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterPinterestPocketRedditPrint By Science News June 28, 2006 at 7:24 pm The photo in this article looks to me more like a solar eclipse, complete with a clear-cut circular blackout in the center and flares. Mike PattersonGrand Rapids, Mich. The similarity is because astronomers used an occulting disk on the telescope to block the glare of the central star .—R. Cowen