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Stars twinkle because of distortion due to the Earth's atmosphere. Just as distant objects seem to shimmer in the heat of the desert, the atmosphere bends the path of light from the stars on a second-by-second basis. The effect of this, to the human eye, is a twinkling appearance. In a telescope, this distortion causes blurring of a star's image and slight shifts in its position.
It is because of this distortion that telescopes are put into space (high above the atmosphere). Techniques in adaptive optics are proving effective at compensating for this distortion to the aid of ground-based telescopes.
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Some animals that hunt in the dark appear to have eyes that twinkle the twinkiling is caused by a substance that coats the retina and looks like silver what is this substance called?
Tapetum
What are the release dates for Stars on Stars - 2007 The Best of Stars on Stars 1-9?
Stars on Stars - 2007 The Best of Stars on Stars 1-9 was released on: USA: 11 May 2007
They come at night without being called and are lost in the day without being stolen?
Stars
How do you beat superscribblenauts 9-3?
Put in Star signs. There's PISCES (stars), VIRGO (stars), ARIES (stars), CANCER (stars), SAGITTARIUS (stars), LIBRA (stars), GEMINI (stars), LEO (stars), SCORPIO (stars), CAPRICORN (stars), AQUARIUS (stars), and TAURUS (stars). I think that's all the Star signs. Good luck!
How do some stars become shooting stars?
Shooting stars are not stars. They are bits of dirt and dust that burn up in our atmosphere, briefly making them look like stars. Most of that is debris is from comets or others bits of dirt in space, but they are not stars and were not stars. So stars do not become shooting stars.
Which is cooler the blue stars or the red stars?
Red stars are cooler than blue stars
What type of stars are most stars?
main sequence stars
Who were the stars in the 6th season of Dancing with the Stars?
stars alligning
Are most stars giants?
No, most stars are not giants. The group with more stars is Main Sequence Stars.
How many stars stars are in our galaxy?
Estimated at 200-400 billion stars.
Which stars are red?
The stars that are red are the coolest of all stars temperature wise. The hottest stars are blue, and medium cool stars are white or yellow.
The smallest stars are called what stars?
They are called Core Burning Stars the smallest one is OGLE-TR-122b.
