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Nice. If grand scale and unimaginable heat are what make stars impressive, then this must be the least impressive star. In fact, we might never find a star less
by mtdewcmu 12y ago
Nice. If grand scale and unimaginable heat are what make stars impressive, then this must be the least impressive star. In fact, we might never find a star less impressive than this one, because this is close to the least impressive star that's physically possible. At least we got it out of the way.
- bnegreve 12y ago> J0523 has the lowest possible mass for fusion, so it’s taking its sweet time using up its hydrogen fuel. [...] It could literally still be fusing merrily (though feebly) away even a trillion years from now! The good thing about astronomy is that there's always something impressive.
- mtdewcmu 12y agoAbsolutely. This star has an impressive feature. But it is the least observable of all such impressive features. Thus fitting the least impressive star. :)