Recent content by Pulsar67

Our sun is actually white to our eyes. Yes stars emit in all wavelengths, but they have a peak (actually, I believe our own star has a peak in the green wavelength - but a quick look at the Planck curve explains why we don't see green stars). You are right, it's the effect of the atmosphere...

I did Physics and Astronomy, but quite a few of my Astronomy lecturers had Maths only degrees. I would recommend taking Physics and Maths, those are the fundamentals and when you understand those, you can apply them to any branch. Mathman is right, it's quite a fuzzy definition. I've always...