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Yup. > "The color of a star, as determined by the most intense frequency of the visible light, depends on the temperature of the star's outer layers, including
by grzm 6y ago
Yup.
> "The color of a star, as determined by the most intense frequency of the visible light, depends on the temperature of the star's outer layers, including its photosphere."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star#Radiation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star#Radiation
- endogui 6y agoThe poster's question should be interpreted as: can the color of the stars be distinguished with the naked eye?
- grzm 6y agoAgain, yes. Particularly in clusters, I can detect differences in the colors of stars.
- tmp538394722 6y agoWow - sounds like you have more sensitive than average color perception. Do you think you might be a tetrachromat?
- grzm 6y agoNope. It probably helps to live away from cities and such, in that there's a lot of stars visible at night. And it's not like looking at a rainbow: they're tints, not intense color differences. 'endogui linked to an article that talks about this: I don't think it's all that unusual. https://earthsky.org/?p=2875 https://earthsky.org/?p=2875