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Each star type has it's own emission spectrum. There are stars that are very hot and look blueish to the eye (but have a lot of ultra violet if you have a sensor that can detect those wavelengths) and there are stars that look reddish because they are not as hot on the surface, they still can appear bright because they are so large and can be (relatively) close to us too.

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