Solar facula
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Solar faculae are bright spots in the photosphere that form in the canyons between solar granules, short-lived convection cells several thousand kilometers across that constantly form and dissipate over timescales of several minutes.
Faculae are produced by concentrations of magnetic field lines. Strong concentrations of faculae appear in solar activity, with or without sunspots. The faculae and the sunspots contribute noticeably to variations in the solar constant. The chromospheric counterpart of a facular region is called a plage.[1][2][3][4]
References
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- ^ Solov'ev, A A; Kirichek, E A (1 February 2019). "Structure of solar faculae". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 482 (4): 5290–5301. doi:10.1093/mnras/sty3050.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ Kostyk, R. I. (February 2013). "What are solar faculae?". Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies. 29 (1): 32–36. doi:10.3103/S0884591313010030.
- ^ Hirzberger, J.; Wiehr, E. (August 2005). "Solar limb faculae". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 438 (3): 1059–1065. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20052789.