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Night Lanterns: A Look on Stars
The document summarizes the life cycle of stars and provides examples of different types of stars. It includes images from NASA of a protostar forming in the Eagle Nebula as captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, giving insights into how stars are born. It also provides a table comparing the surface temperatures of different colored stars, from red stars like Proxima Centauri to blue stars like Ainilam.
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- 1. Night Lanterns (ALook on Stars)
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- 7. The Sun asseen on earth The photograph of the Sun in outer space (NASA)
- 9. Towering pillars ofgas and dust in an interstellar cloud known as the Eagle Nebula (below) contain PROTOSTARS (circled). These are newly forming stars as revealed in a photograph taken by the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope. Released in November 1995, the images are providing astronomers with new insights into how stars are born.
- 23. RED GIANT YELLOWDWARF BLUE-WHITE STAR PROTOSTAR RED SUPERGIANT WHITE DWARF BLACK DWARF NOVA BLACK HOLE SUPERNOVA Birth & Death of a Star
- 26. Star Color Surface Temperature in Celcius Sun Yellow 5,700 Proxima Centauri Red 2,300 Epsilon Iridani Orange 4,600 Vega White 9,900 Sirius White 10,000 Ainilam Blue 27,000
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