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If a Sunspot Is Half as Bright as the Surrounding

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If a sunspot is half as bright as the surrounding photosphere of the Sun, what is the approximate temperature of the gas in the sunspot if the photosphere's average temperature is 5800 K?

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Using the Stefan-Boltzmann law...

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