facula
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He considers it indeed "highly probable that the preparatory sign of a new spot is always a small, bright patch of facula."
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke
"In addition to the contamination from stellar spots and faculae, we saw a stellar flare, an unpredictable event during which the star looks brighter for several minutes or hours," said Lim.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2023
Stellar contamination refers to the influence of the star's own features, such as dark spots and bright faculae, on the measurements of the exoplanet's atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2023
So if the small faculae start to fade, too, that would have an even stronger effect on the total energy production of the sun.
From Science Magazine ● May 26, 2011
Even during a prolonged minimum, they claim, an extensive network of very small faculae on the sun’s hot surface remains to keep the energy output above a certain threshold level.
From Science Magazine ● May 26, 2011
How do the groups of brilliant points called faculae come, change, and grow?
From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Simon Newcomb
