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Why does a red star shine red?

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9y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

Stars emit light because they are hot. When a hot object glows the color of light it emits depends on the temperature. The higher the temperature, the shorter the wavelength of light. The shortest wavelength of visible light is red Therefore the stars with the lowest temperature glow red.

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