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Our Galaxy
Stars
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Our Sun
The stars you see in the night sky all vary in colour, this is a direct relationship to there temperature. The same way you see a candle burning with a yellow flame indicates a cooler temperature to your gas ring on your oven burning blue, a hotter temperature. The chart below gives the temperatures of stars in the night sky and the class each star belongs to. 0 Kelvin = -273.15C or -459.67F |
| Class of Star | Temperature Range (Kelvin) | Sample Star |
| O | 100,000 - 30,000 | Alnitak (Orion) |
| B | 25,000 - 12,000 | Achernar (Eradinus) |
| A | 11,000 - 8,000 | Vega (Lyra) |
| F | 7,800 - 6,200 | Procyon (Ursa Minor) |
| G | 6,000 - 4,600 | Our Sun |
| K | 4,900 - 3,350 | Aldebaran (Taurus) |
| M | 3,400 - 2,600 | Betelgeuse (Orion) |
| Night sky image of Taurus, which is a winter constellation. Aldebaran is the orange coloured star at the bottom, the pleides are to the left shining blue/white. |
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| Webpage last updated 05 May 2012 |