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FACULAR GRANULES [1 record]

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Record 1 1986-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physics
  • The Sun (Astronomy)
DEF

Limb observed bright convective cells, often appearing in clusters or chains, that are more closely packed and that have much longer lifetimes than the surrounding photospheric granules.

CONT

... not all facular granules occur in clusters: many occur as completely isolated structures, surrounded by photospheric granules of normal brightness.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique
  • Soleil (Astronomie)
CONT

Les granules faculaires sont de petits points brillants apparaissant en quelques minutes à l'intérieur d'une facule bien développée.

Spanish

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