The color temperature of a sunspot penumbra |
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Authors: | Bruce W Lites |
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Institution: | (1) Sacramento Peak Observatory, 88349 Sunspot, NM, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | The new Multi-Diode Array and the recently modified Universal Birefringent Filter were used at the Vacuum Tower Telescope at the Sacramento Peak National Observatory to measure the continuum color temperature of a sunspot penumbra between 428.4 and 667.6 nm. The results show that the color temperatures within the penumbral structures closely follow a measure of the wavelength average of the brightness temperature. These observations suggest that, if the dark penumbral filaments overlie a normal quiet photosphere, they are opaque to the radiation from below.Operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under contract AST 78-17292 with the National Science Foundation. |
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