The Sun's Colour

[FireOccator]

I recommend changing the colour of the Sun to white. It would be realistic.

[A Fat, Angry Serval]

The whole "color of the sun" thing is a double-misconception. The sun appears yellow because of our atmosphere, but due to the shear amount of light it's emiting its true apparent color is white as would be the true apparent color of any star

However, if you look at a spectrograph of the sun's light, you would see that it does indeed peak in the yellow frequencies. Imaging equipment with solar filters in orbit, including the SOHO satelite, also show the sun as being yellow when not focusing on only one frequency of light.

So basically, the sun peaks in the yellow part of the visible light spectrum, but its overall luminosity is so high that we can't tell the difference between individual colors anyway. As far as human vision is concerned, it's white.

[bpivk]

Originally posted by Techpriest VestedGamr:

As far as human vision is concerned, it's white.

But Kerbal see the world in green tints (I made it up but what the heck) so I motion to make it green.

[Sovereign]

Correction!

The sun's output does actually peak in the green, barely. The factoid that it peaks in the yellow is something of a myth.

http://solar-center.stanford.edu/SID/activities/GreenSun.html
http://www.universetoday.com/18689/
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/29/why-are-there-no-green-stars/#.UpOPxOKp1gw

[A Fat, Angry Serval]

Originally posted by Sovereign:

Correction!

The sun's output does actually peak in the green, barely. The factoid that it peaks in the yellow is something of a myth.

http://solar-center.stanford.edu/SID/activities/GreenSun.html
http://www.universetoday.com/18689/
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/07/29/why-are-there-no-green-stars/#.UpOPxOKp1gw

Either way, it has a definate peak, but we can't see it as its total luminosity in the visible light spectrum is greater than what we can normally percieve as anything but white.

On another note, it could be assumed that Vega, though actually peaking in the orange and red frequencies, would also appear white within its habitable zone. Heck, Rigel appears white from here without a filter.

[orb]

Why does it matter in a fictional star system?

[Nels0]

Just get universe replacer if it matters to you.

[bpivk]

Originally posted by Duckofthem00n:

Just get universe replacer if it matters to you.

Or wear those nifty cardboard shades. You can find them in different "3D" magazines.

[Tom S]

Our sun, the real sun actually outputs mostly in the green light part of the spectrum. Our eyes are evolved to see it as "white" light That is why plants are green. The chlorophyll is green to take advantage the largest light output from the sun, which is green.

[Booty & Drinks]

I want a zombie green colored sun!!! plz a mod!

[koimeiji]

I love Kerbol being yellow. 'Tis the only yellow place I can easily reach to have my Kerbals die in a horrifying fire oh god why walk across.

[dunbaratu]

Originally posted by Techpriest VestedGamr:

As far as human vision is concerned, it's white.

As far as human vision is concerned, it's black. As is everything else after you try to look at it too long.

[A Fat, Angry Serval]

Originally posted by madings:

Originally posted by Techpriest VestedGamr:

As far as human vision is concerned, it's white.

As far as human vision is concerned, it's black. As is everything else after you try to look at it too long.

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