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Definition of Faculae

Faculae
Faculae Fac"u*l[ae], n. pl. [L., pl. of facula a little torch.] (Astron.) Groups of small shining spots on the surface of the sun which are brighter than the other parts of the photosphere. They are generally seen in the neighborhood of the dark spots, and are supposed to be elevated portions of the photosphere. --Newcomb.

Meaning of Faculae from wikipedia

- Look up facula or faculae in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Facula (pl. faculae) is a bright spot on the surface of a planet or a star. It may refer...
- Solar faculae are bright spots in the photosphere that form in the canyons between solar granules, short-lived convection cells several thousand kilometers...
- Slang Faculae is a bright region on the surface of Mercury, located at 24.5° N, 179.3° W. It was named by the IAU in 2018.Slang is the Afrikaans word...
- magnetically driven solar phenomena follow the solar cycle, including sunspots, faculae/plage, network, and coronal m**** ejections. The Sun's apparent surface...
- deities of wisdom. Faculae (bright spots) are named after islands on Earth that are not politically independent. Groups of faculae are named after archipelagos...
- in contrast to dark flocculi, and as chromospheric faculae, in contrast to photospheric faculae. The term plage is often believed to be poetically taken...
- its east, Vinalia Faculae. Occator possesses a pit 9–10 km wide, partially filled by a central dome. The dome post-dates the faculae and is likely due...
- fossae and are named after works of architecture; bright spots are called faculae and are named after the word snake in various languages. See also list...
- related phenomena in the Sun's photosphere include sunspots and solar faculae dis****d between granules. These features are too fine to be directly...
- Photosphere Supergranulation Granule Faculae Sunspot Ellerman bomb Chromosphere Plage ****ule Moreton wave Corona Transition region Coronal hole Coronal...