Stellar atmosphere
Photo taken in France during the 1999 solar eclipse
The stellar atmosphere is the outer region of a star. It is found above the convection zone.
Structure
The stellar atmosphere is divided into several layers:
- The photosphere is the lowest and coolest layer of the stellar atmosphere.[1] The Sun's photosphere has a temperature of 5,770 K to 5,780 K.[1]
- The chromosphere is the next layer after the photosphere. The chromosphere is above the photosphere. Its about 10 times the temperature of the photosphere.
- The transition region is the next layer after the chromosphere. It is hotter than the chromosphere.[2]
- The outermost part of the stellar atmosphere is the corona. It has a temperature of 1,000,000 K.[3] It seems that only some giant stars, and very few supergiant stars, have a corona.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Beyond the Blue Horizon" -- A Total Solar Eclipse Chase (in en). ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- ↑ Mariska, John T.. The solar transition region (1992). Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-38261-0. OCLC 25317631.
- ↑ Altrock, Richard C.. The Temperature of the Low Corona During Solar Cycles 21–23 (in en). Solar Physics 224 (1–2) (2004). p. 255–268. doi:10.1007/s11207-005-6502-4.
- ↑ Science. imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
