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Bright points (BPs) are manifestations of small magnetic elements in the solar photosphere. Their brightness contrast not only gives insight into the thermal state of the photosphere (and chromosphere) in magnetic elements, but also plays…

We detected 2.8 bright points (BPs) per Mm$^2$ in the Quiet Sun (QS) with the New Solar Telescope (NST) at Big Bear Solar Observatory; using the TiO 705.68 nm spectral line, at an angular resolution ~ 0.1'' to obtain 30 min data sequence.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Aleksandra Andic , J. Chae , K. Ahn , P. R. Goode , W. Cao , V. Yurchyshyn , V. Abramenko

We present a visual determination of the number of bright points (BPs) existing in the quiet Sun, which are structures though to trace intense kG magnetic concentrations. The measurement is based on a 0.1 arcsec angular resolution G-band…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-16 J. Sanchez Almeida , J. A. Bonet , B. Viticchie , D. Del Moro

Bright points (BPs) are ubiquitous, small-scale energetic events with multithermal signatures, typically observed in the chromosphere and linked to both photospheric structure and coronal composition. Their evolution is influenced by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-25 Llŷr Humphries , Huw Morgan , David Kuridze

Surface photometry of the quiet Sun has achieved an angular resolution of $0".1$ with the New Solar Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory revealing that a disproportionate fraction of the oscillatory events appear above observed bright…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-07-05 A. ~Andic , P. R. Goode , J. Chae , W. Cao , K. Ahn , V. Yurchyshyn , V. Abramenko

Bright points (BPs) in the solar photosphere are radiative signatures of magnetic elements described by slender flux tubes located in the darker intergranular lanes. They contribute to the ultraviolet (UV) flux variations over the solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-11 T. L. Riethmüller , S. K. Solanki , S. V. Berdyugina , M. Schüssler , V. Martínez Pillet , A. Feller , A. Gandorfer , J. Hirzberger

A solar X-ray Bright point (BP) was observed with the SUMER-spectrograph of the SOHO-observatory. The data consist of four far-UV spectral lines formed between 2 10^4 - 6 10^5 K, with 2 arcsec spatial, 2.8 min temporal and 4 km/s spectral…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 O. Vilhu , J. Huovelin , S. Pohjolainen , J. Virtanen , W. Curdt

By use of the high-resolution spectral data and the broadband imaging obtained with the Goode Solar Telescope at the Big Bear Solar Observatory on 2013 June 6, the spectra of three typical photospheric bright points (PBPs) have been…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-21 Q. Hao , C. Fang , M. D. Ding , Z. Li , W. Cao

Bright small-scale magnetic elements found mainly in intergranular lanes at the solar surface are named bright points (BPs). They show high contrasts in Fraunhofer G-band observations and are described by nearly vertical slender flux tubes…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-15 T. L. Riethmüller , S. K. Solanki

Bright points (BPs) are small-scale, dynamic features that are ubiquitous across the solar disc and are often associated with the underlying magnetic field. Using broadband photospheric images obtained with the Visible Broadband Imager at…

In this study, we propose methods for the automatic detection of photospheric features (bright points and granules) from ultra-violet (UV) radiation, using a feature-based classifier. The methods use quiet-Sun observations at 214 nm and 525…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-10 Mohsen Javaherian , Hossein Safari , Ali Amiri , Shervin Ziaei

High resolution G-band images of the interior of a supergranulation cell show ubiquitous Bright Points (some 0.3 BPs per Mm^2). They are located in intergranular lanes and often form chains of elongated blobs whose smallest dimension is at…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. Sanchez Almeida , I. Marquez , J. A. Bonet , I. Dominguez Cerdena , R. Muller

We have investigated properties of photospheric Bright Points (BPs) observed in an Active Region during its decay phase and in a quiet Sun region. We have analyzed two sets of photospheric observations taken with IBIS (Interferometric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-23 S. Criscuoli , D. Del Moro , F. Giorgi , P. Romano , F. Berrilli , I. Ermolli , B. Viticchié , F. Zuccarello

Context. Photospheric bright points (BPs), as the smallest magnetic element of the photosphere and the footpoint tracer of the magnetic flux tube, are of great significance to the study of BPs. Compared with the study of the characteristics…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-09 HaiCheng Bai

CONTEXT:The footpoints of quiet Sun Transition Region (TR) loops do not seem to coincide with the photospheric magnetic structures appearing in traditional low-sensitivity magnetograms. AIMS: To look for the so-far unidentified photospheric…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Sanchez Almeida , L. Teriaca , P. Suetterlin , D. Spadaro , U. Schuehle , R. J. Rutten

Our observations of the quiet Sun with the NST have yielded unanticipated results on smal-scale solar dynamic. Althought small-scale solar dynamic have been well-studied, the NST is enabling us to probe finer scale dynamic exploiting higher…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-23 Aleksandra Andic

Context. Bright points (BPs) are small-scale, magnetic features ubiquitous across the solar surface. Previously, we have observed and noted their properties for quiet Sun regions. Here, we determine the dynamic properties of BPs using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-02 Peter H. Keys , Mihalis Mathioudakis , David B. Jess , Duncan H. Mackay , Francis P. Keenan

CONTEXT: The quiet Sun magnetic fields produce ubiquitous bright points (BPs) that cover a significant fraction of the solar surface. Their contribution to the total solar irradiance (TSI) is so-far unknown. AIMS: To measure the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 J. A. Bonet , I. Cabello , J. Sanchez Almeida

Magnetic Bright Points (MBPs) are among the smallest observable objects on the solar photosphere. A combination of G-band observations and numerical simulations is used to determine their area distribution. An automatic detection algorithm,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 P. J. Crockett , M. Mathioudakis , D. B. Jess , S. Shelyag , F. P. Keenan , D. J. Christian

The main small-scale elements observed in the solar photosphere at high resolution are discussed: granules, faculaes, micropores. As a separate element of the fine structure, a continuous network of dark intergranular gaps is considered.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-07 A. A. Soloviev , L. D. Parfinenko , V. I. Efremov , E. A. Kirichek , O. A. Korolkova
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