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Yes, the peak of their black body spectrum is in the UV band but to our eyes the color looks blue or blue white depending on how far into the UV band the black body peak is.

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Why is an iceberg white when ice is colourless?

Actually, very large amounts of ice have a very pale blue color. But the outer layer of an iceberg or glacier consists of ice with a lot of air, giving it a white color. Same reason that snow is white.


What type of star is most likely to be found on the main sequence?

The curve that contains most stars is called the "Main sequence". The stars on that curve are known as "main sequence stars". Their main characteristic is that they get their energy from fusing hydrogen-1 into helium-4.


What color a star us based on the stars surface temperature?

Yes the color of a star does afect the temp. of a star Blue stars such as Sirus B are the hottest, stars such as Polaris (AKA the North Star) are cooler than the blue ones. Also, stars such as that are yellow-white such as the sun are medium temp.


The coolest stars in the sky are in color?

they can be a vary of different colours been as though stars are suns and no sun is the same so a shooting star could be knock out of orbit and super nova p.s what orbit you ask I'm talking about the galaxies orbit around the center of the universe and as the universe is so big we will never know were the center is.


What spectral class of stars are the hotteset?

Type-O are the hottest but there are very few. Then type-B, there are more of them but still not a lot. Then you have type-A, which are very common, then F, then G like the Sun, then K and then the coolest common ones, type M which are the red stars like Betelgeuse.

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Very hot stars are a blue-white color?

yes


What color are the brightest stars in the night sky?

The 20 brightest stars in the night sky cover the range of star colors: Red, yellow white and blue-white. The single brightest star is Sirius, which is blue-white. Antares and Betelgeuse, both in the top ten, are very red stars, to the naked eye. And so on.


Star flickering red blue and green?

Stars flicker all sorts of colors, and the color of the star tells how hot it is. For example, blue and white stars are extremely hot, red stars aren't very hot (but not enough for you to walk on), and green stars are in the middle.


What color of the star is hottest?

the color of the hottest star is blue


What color are very heavy stars?

Generally, the more massive a star is, the more luminous they are. The most luminous stars appear blue.


What can scientists learn from a stars light?

Scientists learn the temperature of the stars light for exampleif the star is red- it's cold but it's blue- it's hot and if it's WHITE- IT'S VERY HOT ! that's how you know the temperate of stars (Determining the color)


What color is the dumbo octopus?

Peach White Blue VERY light purple


What are the school coolors of BYU in Utah?

Just a very, very dark shade of blue; almost black. Their other color is white.


What color do you mix with pink to get blue?

Mixing pink, blue, and green should yield a very white-ish color with a tint of blue, something like a very light green-blue, the related link i added should help to answer.


What is Elizabeth Gillies's natural eye color?

A very light blue that it almost seems dark


What causes the color of a star?

The color of any start is a direct result of the stars internal temperature. The hottest stars are bluish-white, very hot stars are white, the yellow stars, like out sun, not quite as hot, and finally red stars, which while still very hot, are the coolest of the stellar types. It is analogous to heating a steel bar in a forge, First it will get red hot, then yellow, and so on until it reaches white or bluish-white in heat.


What color was the titantic?

The Titanic was a red color at the very bottom , then it was a navy blue above that , then above that it was white, then yellow, and then it was black at the very top.