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Solar astronomers are often asked why it is that so much of the effort in astronomy is lavished on a single star — the Sun. If the Sun were just another star among the several billion in our Galaxy, the question could not be answered in a reasonable way. However, the Sun is not just another star. By virtue of its proximity to Earth, the Sun is, to man, the most unique of all stars. It provides the testing ground for our theories of stellar structure and, ultimately for most of our concepts of the nature of the Universe.
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Athay, R.G. (1976). Introduction. In: The Solar Chromosphere and Corona: Quiet Sun. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 53. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1715-2_1
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