NASA’s Dim View of Stars

This artist's concept shows the dimmest star-like bodies currently known
This artist's concept shows the dimmest star-like bodies currently known

“..astronomers can tell the temperature of the central regions of the Sun and of many other stars within a few percentage points and be quite sure about the figures they quote.” —A Star Called the Sun, George Gamow. The cone nebula shows a star at the top of a conical-shaped dusty plasma, festooned with lights.…