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Brightness Observations of the Sun

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Jeffrey R. Kuhn
Jeffrey R. Kuhn*
Affiliation:
National Solar Observatory/Sunspot, NM 88349, USA

Abstract

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There are few solar surface brightness observations with sufficient accuracy to have direct bearing on the question of the origin of the Sun’s bolometric luminosity and irradiance changes (the correlative observations have been reviewed elsewhere in these proceedings). This paper contrasts these observations with a model for the solar variability and illustrates our clear need for high precision surface photometry, in combination with helioseismic data and numerical experiments.

Type
Observational Programs for Solar and Stellar Irradiance Variability
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 143: The Sun as a Variable Star: Solar and Stellar Irradiance Variations , 1994 , pp. 130 - 137
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1994

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