February 24, 2017

Comparison between the Sun and the ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1

Comparison between the Sun and the ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1

This image shows the Sun and the ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 to scale. The faint star has only 11% of the diameter of the Sun and is much redder in colour.

Image Credit: ESO

2 comments:

  1. Why sientests focused dwarf Traappist not looking for similar our sun , in case there are millions of stars in our Milky Way only ? I think they need some more appearance !

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  2. Suppose we finding a sutable star and sutable perfect plant , can we reach it if we can not touch our humble moon ?

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