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Well, a sunspot is not really dark but it is at a lower temperature than the surrounding gases on the surface of the Sun. So it only looks dark by contrast with the area round it.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 8y agoA sunspot is about 1200 degrees (Celsius, or Kelvin) colder than its surroundings.
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Dark spot on sun?
Sunspots.
Where is the dark cool spot on the sun?
They are transitory.
How does a solar flare appear in x-rays?
solar flares appear as a dark spot
When any spot on the surface of the earth faces the sun that spot is dark and it is night?
No. That spot is light and it is day.
An area seen as dark spot on the photosphere of sun?
A "sunspot."
What dark cool spot on the sun?
Sunspots. They are only "cool" relative to the rest of the Sun.
Have you seen the dark spot on the sun what is it called where it is formed what causes it?
Yes I have seen a dark spot on the Sun. It is called a "Sunspot". It is formed on the Sun's surface which is called the "photo-sphere" and is caused by a loop of the Sun's magnetic field poking though the Sun's surface.
What are dark spots that appear on the surface of the sun?
Sunspots
Idenitify two conclusions Galileo drew from his observation of sun spot dark spot on the sun?
He looked at the sun and observed dark blemishes on its surface, which are now called sunspots. From the movement of these, he was able to determine that the sun has a rotation period of about one month.
When will the dark sun appear?
The dark sun will not appear in real life, it is part of the video game Dungeons and Dragons. It is a campaign setting which feature a fictional desert world of Athas.
What are dark spots on the sun where gas is cooler?
The cooler dark spots on the sun are called sunspots.
What are dark spots that appear on the surface of the sun called?
Sunspots
