Sunspot Penumbra: Structure and Activity

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2081. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Sun, Solar Activity

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As viewed in white light, a sunspot consists of the dark, central umbra
surrounded by the brighter, radially striated penumbra. The structure of
the penumbra is generally more complicated that that of the umbra, and
our understanding of penumbral structure has developed slowly as
observations have provided us with increasing spatial resolution....

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