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why is the sun yellow while the stars are white?
known as cones - in the human eyes, are considerably less sensitive than the cells responsible for distinguishing light and darkness known as rods.As a result, in dim light we are barely able to discern colour - as the saying goes: at night all cats are grey. Therefore, most stars appear to us to be white- only in the very brightest stars can we see traces of colour. For example, the star Antares in the constellation scorpius appears to be reddish. The colour of a star enables astronomers to gauge its temperature.Red stars are cooler than the sun, while blue stars are very hot