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Why does the light that you see from the stars look very faint?
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∙ 11y ago
because there far
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How can you see stars if they are millions of light years away?
Because 1) they are very bright, most of them are bigger than our sun 2) light travels very quicky when you look at them, you are looking at the star about hundreds of millions of years ago, as that is how long it takes for the light to get to here.
What do stars look like in real life?
The stars in the sky are very much like our Sun.
What causes stars to look smaller than they really are?
Simply put, the stars are very far away.
What appears when colors are absorbed into a stars spectrum?
light appears it feels really hot because of all the stars and they are very big so that appears and lots of light
Which type of stars is very hot but gives off little light?
Dwarfs
Very faint very dense Earth-size stars are?
Red and White dwarf stars.
Why are some of the stars very faint?
Because they are very far away!
Why do we need very dark nights to be able to observe the star?
The faint light from many stars will only really show on a very dark, cloudless night. Light pollution from nearby cities also affect whether you can see the stars clearly. If you are in an area where there are no lights (out at sea, in the countryside, etc) the stars will often appear very bright and their numbers impressive.
Why don't we see many common stars in The Hertzsprung -Russell H-R diagrams?
Most of the stars - the red dwarves - are very faint. Even the star that is closest to us (next to the Sun), Proxima Centauri, is too faint to see with the naked eye, even though the distance is only a little over 4 light-years.
How cats and mice can see in very faint light?
because they have sharp eyes .
Do stars also reflect the sun?
No, stars do not reflect the sun like the moon does. Stars are very similar to the sun and give off their own light. (They look small because they are far away, but they are actually very big).
How does light pollution in cities affect astronomical observations?
The additional lights from street lamps and buildings gets sent into the sky which in turn gets scattered by our atmosphere, and this hinders very faint galaxies, nebula, planets and stars to be seen.
Why do stars take so long to change?
The stars are light years away which is the distance light travels in a year. A light year is about 3x108km. The farther something is from you the slower they seem to travel so the stars don't look like the are moving. In reality, they are moving very fast.
What are the very bright starts in the upper right of an h-r diagram called?
Hot stars are found in the left hand side of the diagram, cool stars the right, bright stars at the top, and lastly the faint stars are located at the bottom.
What do a blown hid bulb look like?
In the part where the electrodes arc will be a little bit black. It may be very faint but if held up to light you should see a little black smudge.
Do all star have the same light? why or why not?
No. Stars of different sizes and composition have different luminosity (light) levels. A very big star will most likely be blue and shines very brightly, while small stars like white dwarf stars emit very white light, but are mostly very dim.
Why does the milky way look like a hazy band of stars in the sky?
The galaxy is covered in dust. A large but very faint layer of stars surrounds the disk and bulge. In addition to stars, the Milky Way contains clouds of gas and dust called nebulae.
