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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5121. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Sun, Solar Activity

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Patches of enhanced brightness in the solar photosphere that are often seen in white light images of the Sun. They can normally be observed only when located relatively close to the edge of the visible disk (the limb) where the background brightness of the photosphere is less intense than at the center of the disk. They form inside active regions where localized magnetic fields heat their materia...

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