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CORE

• Nuclear fusion occurs here
• 1.57 * 10^7 Kelvin
• (15.7 million)

RADIATIVE

• Temperature ranges from 7 to 2 million
• Temperature is exchanged through thermal radiation

CONVECTIVE

• Heat transfers through convection currents
• Ranges from 2.1 million to 6000 Kelvin

PHOTOSPHERE

• Visible surface
• About 6000 Kelvin

CORONA

• Visible only during an eclipse
• Averages 1-2 million Kelvin
• Can get as hot as 20 million