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each approximately 1,000 km (620 mi) in diameter with hot rising plasma in the center and cooler plasma falling in the spaces between them, flowing at velocities of 7 km/s (4.3 mi/s). Each granule has a lifespan of only about twenty minutes, resulting in a continually shifting
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As of 2004, although white dwarfs are believed to crystallize from the middle out, none have fully solidified yet; and only neutron stars are believed to have a solid, albeit unstable, crust
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dispersed between granules. These features are too fine to be directly observed on other stars; however, sunspots have been indirectly observed, in which case they are referred to as
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Kanaan, A.; et al. (WET) (2005). "Whole Earth Telescope observations of BPM 37093: A seismological test of crystallization theory in white dwarfs".
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up to 30,000 km (19,000 mi) in diameter with lifespans of up to 24 hours and flow speeds of about 500 m/s (1,600 ft/s), carrying
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A photosphere is the region of a luminous object, usually a star, that is transparent to photons of certain
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bundles to the edges of the cells. Other magnetically related phenomena in the Sun's photosphere include
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The surface of a star is defined to have a temperature given by the effective temperature in the
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meaning "sphere", in reference to it being a spherical surface that is perceived to emit light.
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This article is about the astronomical concept. For the image stitching feature, see
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Jones, P. B. (2003). "Nature of Fault Planes in Solid Neutron Star Matter".
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In the Sun's photosphere, the most ubiquitous phenomenon are
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Animated explanation of the temperature of the Photosphere
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is radiated. It extends into a star's surface until the
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Index

Sun's surface
VR photography
Photon sphere

Sun
G-type star
Core
Radiation zone
Convection zone
Chromosphere
Corona
Sunspot
Granules
Prominence
Solar wind
A miasma of plasma
light
plasma
optical depth
wavelengths
neutron stars
Sun
star
Ancient Greek
Stefanā€“Boltzmann law
Sun
hydrogen
helium
metals
stellar astronomy

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