Solar Photosphere: Granulation

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke2008b&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2008. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Sun, Solar Atmosphere

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Under good atmospheric seeing conditions observations of the Sun's surface with a telescope of at least 30 cm aperture reveal a rugged or polygonal pattern of bright elements separated by darker lanes that form an interconnected network; this pattern is called GRANULATION and was first described by Sir William Herschel in 1801. The granulation represents the top of the solar convection zone (see ...

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