What does the color of the star indicate?
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The question is asking about the significance of a star's color and what information it conveys about the star's characteristics, such as its temperature and stage in the stellar lifecycle.
Answer
A star's color indicates its surface temperature.
The final answer is A star's color indicates its surface temperature.
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The final answer is A star's color indicates its surface temperature.
More Information
A star's color provides a direct measurement of its surface temperature; the hottest stars are blue or blue-white, while cooler stars appear red or orange.
Sources
- Star Color and Energy — StarDate Online - stardate.org
- What does the color of a star indicate? - Socratic - socratic.org
- Colors of Stars | Astronomy - Courses.lumenlearning.com. - courses.lumenlearning.com
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