facula
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He considers it indeed "highly probable that the preparatory sign of a new spot is always a small, bright patch of facula."
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)
Quippe aliquo, reor, ille novus jam nictat in astro, Et se nocturna parvus habet facula.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
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