Myth vs Reality: Star Types
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This short video addresses the misconception that stars are all the same.
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Above and Beyond: Star Cluster Omega Centauri
01:19
Above and Beyond: Stars in our Galaxy, the Milky Way
00:45
Above and Beyond: Star Cluster Pismis 24
01:01
Myth vs Reality: Star Life and Death
00:40
Myth vs Reality: Star Types
00:40
Celestial Tour: A Star’s Fight for Life—Star Life Cycles
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At a Glance: Star Color and Temperature
01:02
Insight Into: Sizes of Stars
01:17
Stars
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.
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.