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Old 15-February-2007, 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Michael Huster View Post
I'm not willing to concede the sun is yellow. I challenge my students to look at it. It's white!
Welcome to BAUT, Michael. You are sounding like a future heliochromologist already!


There is a poll regarding how others see the sun's color which you might enjoy. Please place your vote, too.

Here is a post that includes a picture of an unfiltered solar projection taken at the world's largest solar telescope: the McMath-Pierce at Kitt Peak. It sure looks white to me.

Serious Warning: The rods and cones within the eye are easily damaged by excessive direct sunlight. Using a solar projection via a pinholed sheet is the safest.
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Lighten up! This is a stellar board! Author: duh.

"The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the universe to do..." Author: Galileo supposedly.
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