Publication Date:
2019-07-12
Description:
The contrast of solar faculae near the limb is measured on direct video images made with the 65 cm vacuum reflector at the Big Bear Solar Observatory. Six broad band filters with different wavelengths from red to violet are used. About 300 images were measured from observations made during the summers of 1983 and 1985. Over 20,000 faculae were measured. By averaging the contrast of faculae and plotting them vs heliocentric angle, it is found that contrast increases monotonically toward the limb for the shorter wavelengths; for longer wavelengths, contrast has a tendency to peak around mu = 0.15, and then decrease toward the extreme limb. The contrast increases as wavelength decreases.
Keywords:
SOLAR PHYSICS
Type:
Solar Physics (ISSN 0038-0938); 110; 2 19
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