Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 1994
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American Astronomical Society, 185th AAS Meeting, #123.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 26, p.1523
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The ratio of the area of faculae (or network) to the area of sunspots is an important issue when discussing the energy balance within solar active regions. It is also of importance for the variability of solar-type stars. We have studied the ratio of facular to sunspot area for several years of photometric data from the San Fernando Observatory. The data are from full disk photometric images obtained with the CFDT1 (Cartesian Full Disk Telescope, 5" pixels). The sunspot corrected area is determined from a red image (672.3 nm, bandpass = 10 nm) and the corrected facular area is from a K-line image (393 nm, bandpass = 1 nm). The facular and sunspot areas are from the entire disk without regard to location or association with active regions. We carried out a regression of the following form: $ A_F = a + b A_S + c A_S(2) where A_F is the corrected facular area and A_S is the corrected sunspot area. We find the following: begin {tabular}{ccccccc} period &a &\sigma_a &b &\sigma_b &c &\sigma_c 1989 &19,819 &7,047 &6.89 &1.6 &-0.00074 &0.00033 10/1/91 to 12/31/92 &10,274 &5,904 &10.1 &1.48 &-0.0014 &0.00044 end {tabular} The value of a and \sigma_a are in micro-hemispheres. The negative sign for the coefficient c$ indicates that increase in facular area does not keep pace with the increase in spot area for large spots. However, at no point does the slope go negative. These results are preliminary, as the latest reduction software has not been used. Results for 1990, 1991 and 1993 should be available by the time of the meeting. We find that the ratio of facular to sunspot area is approximately 10 but the detailed fit varies with the solar cycle. There is a significant quadratic term but much smaller than that found by Foukal (1994). This research was supported in part by grants NSF ATM-9115111 and NASA NAGW-3017. Reference Foukal, P. 1994, Science 264, 238.
Chapman Gary A.
Cookson Angela M.
Dobias Jan J.
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