Melcher Stars
Published on Feb 12, 2016
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The Sun
Photo by NASA Goddard Photo and Video
the sun is in the middle of our solar system
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to us the sun is huge but compared to other stars it is really small
Photo by VinothChandar
stars
Photo by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
a white dwarf is extremely dense
one square inch of one would be about a ton (or a small car)
Photo by james_clear
a light year is 9.6 trillion km (or 6 trillion mi depending on were you're from)
Photo by Håvar og Solveig
stars
- the closest star to our galaxy is Proxima Centauri, 4.3 light years away
- Betelgeuse a red giant, is 200 light years away
- Rigel a super giant is 540 light years away
- Rigel and Betelgeuse are in the constellation Orion
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