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82 Rybák et al.1.0000CONTINUUM INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION1.0000FWHMDISTRIBUTION0.10000.10000.0100SIMs0.0100SIMs0.0010OBSs0.0010OBSs0.00010.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2NORMALIZED I c0.00010.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6NORMALIZED FWHMFigure 4. Average distributions of the continuum intensity (left panel) andthe full-width at half minimum (right panel) for the degraded simulation data(thin line) and for the observational data (thick line) for a a heliocentric angleof µ=0.65. Distributions are normalized to the mean value of the particularspectral characteristic.the European Solar Magnetism Network (EC/RTN contract HPRN-CT-2002-00313). This work was supported by the Slovak grant agency VEGA(2/6195/26)and by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG 436 SLK 113/7). The authorsthank D.Soltau for the Mercury transit data used in this work and theNSO/SP workshop organizers for kindly providing valuable support.ReferencesBonet, J. A. 1999, in Astrophy. Spa. Sci. Lib. Vol. 239, Motions in the Solar Atmosphere,ed. A. Hanslmeier & M. Messerotti (Dordrecht: Kluwer), 1Brandt, P. N. & Wöhl, H. 1982, A&A, 109, 77Brandt, P. N., Mauter, H. A., & Smartt, R. 1987, A&A, 188, 163Deubner, F. L. & Mattig, W. 1975, A&A, 45, 167Keller, C. U. 1994, in Solar Surface Magnetism, ed. R. J. Rutten & C. J. Schrijver(Dordrecht: Kluwer), 43Keller, C. U. & Johannesson, A., 1995, A&ASS, 110, 565Luehe, O. von der 1992, in Solar Observations: Techniques and Interpretation, ed.F. Sanchez, M. Collados, & M. Vazquez (Cambridge: CUP), 3Rodríguez Hidalgo, I. & Ruiz Cobo, B. 2003, in ASP Conf. Proc. Vol. 307, Solar Polarization,ed. J. Trujillo-Bueno & J. Sanchez Almeida (San Francisco: ASP),145Rybák, J., Wöhl, H., Kučera, A., Hanslmeier, A., & Steiner, O. 2004, A&A, 20, 1141Steffen, M. & Freytag, B. 1991, Rev. Modern Astron, 4, 43Soltau, D. 2005, private communicationWedemeyer, S., Freytag, B., Steffen, M. et al. 2004, A&A, 414, 1121Zwaan, C. 1965, Rech. Astronom. Observ. d’Utrecht, 17(4)