What is Limb darkening?
'''Limb darkening''' is an effect where the middle part of a star (as well as the [[Sun]]) looks brighter than the edge, or ''limb''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roun |first1=Daniel |editor1-last=Gargaud |editor1-first=Muriel |editor2-last=Amils |editor2-first=Ricardo |editor3-last=Quintanilla |editor3-first=José Cernicharo |editor4-last=Cleaves |editor4-first=Henderson James |editor5-last=Irvine |editor5-first=William M. |editor6-last=Pinti |editor6-first=Daniele L. |editor7-last=Viso |editor7-first=Michel |title=Encyclopedia of Astrobiology |date=2003 |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin, Heidelberg |pages=925-926 |url=https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-642-11274-4_885 |chapter=Limb Darkening}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{sci-stub}} [[Category:Astronomy]]