Solar Photosphere: Supergranulation

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke2258s&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2258. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Sun, Solar Atmosphere

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The surface of the Sun is covered by convection cells called GRANULATION, which can easily be seen in white light through a telescope under good SEEING conditions. These cells, typically 1 Mm in diameter, are visible because their centers are hotter (brighter) than their cooler (darker) boundaries. Granules float on top of a much larger convection pattern called supergranulation. Supergranules, w...

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