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Originally Posted by The Bad Astronomer
Unfortunately, nature rarely gives us something as nice and neat as a laboratory/textbook example of an object.
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Well, one thing is clear - it isn't clear what color the sun really is!
The computer modeling based on a blacbody curve done
here is doubtful. "Peach pinkish" they call it. Is it a girl star??? They even end their page with.. "So maybe the Sun is really white?".
The absorption line problem you mention certainly has to be a factor.
However, how hard would it really be to duplicate the (pre-atmosphere) radiation? #-o
I would think multiple lighting with filters for the major aborsption lines would yield a true rendering.
This particular topic I think is important since the Sun impacts all of us. The general public would have to stop and realize that what we see is not what is real. Of course, there are other lessons (i.e. magic tricks, gravity house). But these do not point our minds skyward toward Good Astronomy.