Xref: csiph.com rec.arts.sf.written:424040 sci.physics:524343 Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written,sci.physics Path: csiph.com!optima2.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!kithrup.com!djheydt From: djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) Subject: Re: green stars Message-ID: Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 02:29:16 GMT References: <560E3D7D.3AA6@ix.netcom.com> Organization: Kithrup Enterprises, Ld. X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Lines: 65 In article , Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy wrote: >djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote in >news:nvM5yI.1sLq@kithrup.com: > >> In article , >> Yousuf Khan wrote: >>>On 02/10/2015 4:17 AM, The Starmaker wrote: >>>> Now, I know this is differcult >>>> for yous to understand... >>>> >>>> you should be able to take a picture >>>> of the universe and see a half second >>>> of after the big bang... >>> >>>The closest that we can conceivably see towards the Big Bang is >>>380,000 years afterwards. That's the time of the Cosmic >>>Microwave Background radiation. Before that time, the entire >>>universe could be thought of as one huge star by itself. All of >>>the photons of the universe were confined to getting captured >>>and recaptured by all of the matter in the universe, which was >>>mainly in the form of just loose hydrogen and helium nuclei, and >>>electrons. It was only at the 380,000 year mark that the matter >>>had dropped enough in temperature and density that photons were >>>able to escape into free space unimpeded. There was no way that >>>there were any organized structures like stars and galaxies that >>>could've formed so soon after the BB. >>> >>>> you would be able to see stars >>>> and galaxies 'moving' in all directions >>>> from 'the center' of the big bang. >>>> >>>> A color photo would be shown as >>>> red stars moving and galaxies, and green stars stable... >>> >>>There would be no stars at all at this point in time, not even >>>380,000 years later when the cosmic fog lifted. It's still too >>>early. >>> >>>> i'm not sure what are the green stars, ..it's a mystery to me. >>> >>>Yes, and it will remain a mystery to you because there won't be >>>any such things yet. No red stars, and no green stars. >>> >>>> (science hasn't caught up with me yet so I'm confronted >>>> with the mysteries first.) >>> >>>Okay then, good luck with that. >> >> As a matter of fact, I believe green stars aren't possible. In >> this universe anyway. >> > >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_star_(astronomy) > >Short answer: you are, as usual, correct. > Thanks. I probably got it from some article by Phil Plait on _Slate._ -- Dorothy J. Heydt Vallejo, California djheydt at gmail dot com Should you wish to email me, you'd better use the gmail edress. Kithrup's all spammy and hotmail's been hacked.