I think you are looking for the Photosphere. That is the part of a star that emits visible light.
Gas
A star is a ball of gas that is very hot and very bright.
A star that explodes is called a supernova.
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Chromosphere
Our sun is a star. A start does not have a solid surface, but is a ball of gas.
None of the gas giant planets is a "hot ball of glowing gas".Jupiter's surface temperature is estimated at negative 166° F.Saturn's surface temperature is estimated at negative 220° F.Uranus' surface temperature is estimated at negative 320° F.Neptune's surface temperature is estimated at negative 330° F.The sun is a hot ball of glowing gas. The temperature at its visible surface is estimated at plus 9,980° F.
It is a very bright mass of roiling gas or plasma.
There is no land on Jupiter as it is a gas planet. The visible "surface" is merely clouds.
The Sun does not have a surface as we know it, but a photosphere which is the visible surface of the Sun.
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Spiral Galaxies