Atmospheric Modelling

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• Do stars have their own atmosphere?
• What are stellar atmospheres composed of?
• What are the regions of the stellar atmosphere?
• What are the layers of a star's atmosphere?
• Do all stars have atmospheres?
• The radius of the sun is 0.7 million km. What percentage of the radius is taken up by the chromosphere?
• What is the photosphere?
• What part of the sun is visible during an eclipse?
• Solar wind is associated with what part of the sun?
• Do Red Giants have Coronas?
• What is a star's corona?
• Why is the corona of the sun rarely visible?