The Color of the Sun

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The Color of the Sun

Post #1by GigaG » 25.01.2012, 02:36

http://www.cracked.com/article_19649_6- ... ovies.html

Be careful, this has some bad language. But it says that the sun is white instead of yellow, but Celestia renders it as it is yellow... The sun article is near the bottom. Now this got me thinking - if a star burning at the temperature of the Sun is white, then is blue star (which is hotter) white or blue? And are red stars less red than people think they are? Sorry if this is the wrong forum, but I wanted to tell the Celestia community about this anomaly.

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Re: The Color of the Sun

Post #2by John Van Vliet » 26.01.2012, 04:48

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Re: The Color of the Sun

Post #3by GigaG » 26.01.2012, 23:51

So essentially, the Sun has a real color and the color we see? So the Sun is yellow from Earth, brighter yellow from space, but truly white?

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Re: The Color of the Sun

Post #4by Fenerit » 27.01.2012, 14:46

GigaG wrote:So essentially, the Sun has a real color and the color we see? So the Sun is yellow from Earth, brighter yellow from space, but truly white?

If I look at the sun with the naked eye, for the time enough to be not blinded, I see it black in the centre.
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