(Granted, one can make
some inferred solar observations on a longer scale based on tree ring data, etc..)
Not exact matches
Those
observations, using the ginormous Gemini 8 - meter telescope, were among the first exoplanets directly imaged (as opposed to
inferred using indirect techniques), and they made up the first exoplanet
solar system ever directly seen.
Recent advancements in satellite
observations of
solar - induced fluorescence, a proxy for photosynthesis, enabled the team to
infer vegetation activity.
Turning to the outer reaches of the
solar system: in the icy cold and lonely Kuiper Belt was observed a difference in Pluto's atmospheric thickness,
inferred from two occultation
observations 14 years apart.