Sentences with phrase «bright faculae»

In years of maximum solar activity, it is the bright faculae that prevail, raising the levels of both total and UV radiation.

Their surfaces change; dark starspots bubble and bright faculae simmer.

Not exact matches

There are more than 300 bright areas, called «faculae,» on Ceres.

One explanation for the postulated reduction in solar radiation during the 17th century Maunder Minimum is that the Sun's surface was not only largely devoid of spots and faculae, but also less bright, overall.

A picture of dark sunspots and bright diffuse faculae (best seen around the edges).

It is the smaller bright spots (faculae) that increase the Sun's output and these were not recorded until more recently.