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Sun surface features

(features on the Sun's surface)

These are some of the numerous terms for features and activity on the Sun's surface (and above) with a bit about how they are interrelated. The Sun's surface features and activity are complex and our understanding is still limited and this outline is incomplete and simplified. Within the photosphere:

Within the chromosphere:

Within the corona:

Beyond:

Solar activity:


(Sun)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_phenomena
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun#Atmosphere
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_corona
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronal_loop
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Sun
http://www.astrosurf.com/luxorion/Media/sun-book-ch2-jenkins.pdf
https://www.britannica.com/place/Sun/Prominences
https://moodle2.units.it/pluginfile.php/423309/mod_resource/content/1/1_Sun-SolarWind_a.pdf
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/content/space-weather-glossary
https://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/
https://www.telescope.com/Solar-Observing-Terminology/p/102837.uts
http://www.igpp.ucla.edu/public/rwalker/ESS200C_2007_winter/The%20Sun.pdf

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