Myth vs Reality: Star Types

 

 

Produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute’s Office of Public Outreach.

 

All images, illustrations, and videos courtesy of NASA, ESA, and STScI except:

 

·       Taurus constellation drawing from Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia by Johannes Hevelius, courtesy of the United States Naval Observatory

·       Winter Circle star field image created with Stellarium

·       Omega Centauri ground-based image courtesy of F. Lehman (South Florida Dark Sky Observers)

·       Photo of night sky at twilight courtesy of ESO/H. H. Heyer

·       Milky Way star field photo courtesy of ESO/C. Malin

·       Orion Nebula 3D animation courtesy of ESO/M. Kornmesser

·       Star formation animation courtesy of NCSA/NASA/A. Kritsuk and M. Norman (UC San Diego) and A. Boley (Univ. of Florida)

·       Photo of the Milky Way over the Austrian Alps copyright Babak A. Tafreshi (TWAN)

 

 

Written by Vanessa Thomas

Designed by John Godfrey

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 Top left, a black and white picture of a minotaur. Top right, a color picture of stars. 

Text, MYTH versus REALITY 

Myth side 

Text, Stars are all the same. 

Reality side 

Text, There are a wide variety of stars in the universe, from red dwarfs to blue supergiants. They have different colors, temperatures, compositions, ages, masses, and sizes.