Why Are Stars Different Colors? | Star Gazers

Ever wondered why stars come in different colors? Join us in this captivating journey to explore the vibrant hues of stars and uncover the science behind their colors.

☀️ Our Closest Star: The Sun ☀️
The Sun, our closest star, is a miasma of incandescent plasma. While it can appear yellow, orange, or red due to our atmosphere, astronauts see it as a bright white source of light and heat.

🌌 Star Colors in the Night Sky 🌌
When you gaze at the night sky, you’ll notice stars aren’t just white. Look closer, and you’ll see a spectrum of colors – red, orange, yellow, and blue. The color of a star reveals a lot about its temperature and composition.

🔴 Betelgeuse: The Red Giant 🔴
Located in the constellation Orion, Betelgeuse is the top left star and shines a bright red. As a dying red giant, Betelgeuse is cooler than our Sun and can expand up to 900 times larger. If it were in our Solar System, we’d be inside its surface!

🔵 Rigel: The Blue Supergiant 🔵
Also in Orion, Rigel is the bottom right star and emits a brilliant blue light. This blue supergiant is 70 times larger in diameter and 40,000 times brighter than our Sun. It’s twice as hot and would incinerate us if we orbited at the same distance as our Sun.

🔥 Star Colors and Temperatures 🔥
The color of a star is determined by its temperature. Cooler stars appear red, while hotter stars glow blue. Our Sun is a mid-range yellow star at about 6,000 Kelvin, Betelgeuse is a cooler 3,000 Kelvin, and Rigel is a scorching 11,000 Kelvin.

🌠 More Colorful Stars to Explore 🌠
Look for Spica, Vega, Alpheratz, and Bellatrix for more blue stars. These are hotter stars. For stunning red stars, find Mirach, Antares, Aldebaran, and Arcturus. These cooler stars offer a beautiful contrast in the night sky.

Produced in partnership with Florida Atlantic University: @fauscience

*Thumbnail image credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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[jasminejohnson]

Thanks for this, straight to the point.

[gregmead]

I'm putting this into my class web page on stars. Thanks!

[valeriamarrerodiaz]

I like this because its a good explanation. Its like everything you would want in a video

[purplenurp]

When a star is almost the size of your entire solar system holy crap

[brethrenjc.]

I'm In online school watching this right now (Hello fellow students)

[jonm]

My uncle used to love this show when it was the other guy

[maryamvanderboom]

wow I never knew these fact they are amazing and cool and interesting

[imshqet]

1 Corinthians 15: 41
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in

[xthukuh]

I've seen multicolored stars. Or something is wrong with my eyes.

[tgx]

I like all colours, all stars, all type of people!! What Is the colour? Only pfysic efect, !

[SwaziPrince]

My lord, God, the God of flames, the Lord of light

[drd]

We are all going to die #dark #sad #true #rinse #risparty #spelling #wrong #yeahboi

[deletedaccount]

It's not blue it's white ...it's end of red star as prophet Muhammed mentioned pBUh

[nauticaladventurer]

Red stars are republican, blue stars are democrat