The photosphere is the layer we can see.
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The "photosphere".
The farthest most outer part of the sun is the corona. It extends about 10-12 from the sun's next layer.
The photosphere
The photosphere.
The name of the sun's surface layer is called the chromosphere. The other layers of the sun is called photosphere and convection zone.
The photosphere is considered the sun's surface because it is the visible layer of the sun that emits light and heat into space. It is where most of the sun's energy is produced and is the layer that we see when we look at the sun.
The layer of the sun's atmosphere that gives off light is called the photosphere. It is the lowest visible layer of the sun and emits the sunlight that we see here on Earth.
We can only see the sun's corona (the outer layer of its atmosphere) during a solar eclipse. During the regular day, the sun's photosphere (inner layer of its atmosphere) and cromosphere (middle layer of its atmosphere) are brighter than the corona so it can't be seen. People actually shouldn't even be looking at the sun directly to try and see the corona.