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Using high-resolution pictures of the core of a unipolar sunspot observed with several cos θ values, we studied the center limb effect on the form of the bright umbral dots. The ratio of the apparent sizes in radial and tangential direction do not show the foreshortening effect typically observed in granular structures.
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On leave from University of Tabriz, Iran.
Observational part of this work was done during a stay of S.K. at Sacramento Peak Observatory, U.S.A., as NRC Resident Research Associate.
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Adjabshirzadeh, A., Koutchmy, S. About the foreshortening effect on sunspot umbral dots. Sol Phys 75, 71–74 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00153460
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00153460