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We present continuum intensity-magnetic field distributions for a decaying sunspot. It is shown that a very simple model accounts for the observed correlation. The Wilson depression is determined.
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Based on observations made with the Vacuum Gregory Telescope (V.G.T.) and the Vacuum Newton Telescope (V.N.T.) operated on the island of Tenerife by the Universitäts-Sternwarte Göttingen and the Kiepenheuer-Institut at the Observatorio del Teide of the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias.
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Martínez Pillet, V., Vázquez, M. On the continuum intensity-magnetic field relation along the decay phase of sunspots. Astrophys Space Sci 170, 75–79 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00652648
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