facula

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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

All of the new monikers contain “facula,” which means “bright spot,” because they are brighter than the background terrain, as well as the word “snake” in one of Earth’s various languages.

From Science Magazine

But the absence of other signs of magnetic activity, such as bright patches of very hot gas known as faculae more than compensates for this effect.

From Science Magazine

These markings are known as the faculae, from their brightness.

From Project Gutenberg

He considers it indeed "highly probable that the preparatory sign of a new spot is always a small, bright patch of facula."

From Project Gutenberg