Sun is not a star

In order to be a star, one needs to be above average, special even....I don't think the Sun rates such status, being a yellow dwarf, and thus not even up to sticking up for its putative rights in the HR regime. Nor does it loudly proclaim itself with radiant intensity but slinks along energetically at a slow crawl. Yeah, maybe it shines brighter perhaps than some red dwarfs, but what kinda claim to fame is that, huh? Gimme a blue supergiant any day. Star, schmarr- the Sun on the set is an extra at best.

Jess Tauber

Jess,

Love it or leave it!

Alex

The sun is brighter than what 70% of the Stars in the Milky way. The vast majority of the Stars in the milky are Red Dwarfs. So the sun does do a pretty good job of proclaiming it self and it will be around for another 5 billion years or so. The really bright stars are here and gone in less than a million years. Who remembers the ones that formed the heavy elements making up our sun and system of planets. nopw those same lowly Red Dwarfs will still be here 100 billion years from now and will still be plugging away with there meager outputs with the occasional flare to remind everyone "Hey we are here too! :-)

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Dwight L Bogan