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plage

A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | 289 words | Copyright

plage A brighter, hotter patch in the Sun's chromosphere, visible in Hα light and the calcium K line. Plages are the chromospheric equivalent of faculae on the photosphere, as can be seen when an active region is near the limb. They are regions of particularly strong magnetic field.

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