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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The intensely bright portion of the sun (or any other star) visible to the unaided eye.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Although the sun appears to have a surface, the photosphere is actually a gaseous layer many  hundreds of kilometers thick from which the [[light]] is emitted.</div><br/> </div>
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Latest revision as of 03:09, 29 March 2024

The intensely bright portion of the sun (or any other star) visible to the unaided eye.

Although the sun appears to have a surface, the photosphere is actually a gaseous layer many hundreds of kilometers thick from which the light is emitted.

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