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Are stars luminescent

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Strictly speaking, no; stars are incandescent (light resulting from heat) as opposed to luminscent (light resulting from non-thermal based effects). One might, however, safely describe stars as "luminous" in a metaporical sense.

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Yes, they are luminous. Some of them are more luminous than the Sun and some are less luminous than the Sun.

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Luminous stars are luminous. Below a certain luminosity, we call them "brown dwarves" and such.

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