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  • Star Colors Ranked: Hottest to Coolest - A Complete Guide
    Here's the sequence of star colors from hottest to coolest:

    Hottest

    * Blue: These are the hottest stars, often with surface temperatures exceeding 25,000° Celsius (45,000° Fahrenheit).

    * Blue-White: These stars are still very hot, with temperatures ranging from 10,000° to 25,000° Celsius (18,000° to 45,000° Fahrenheit).

    * White: These stars have temperatures between 7,500° and 10,000° Celsius (13,500° to 18,000° Fahrenheit).

    * Yellow: Our Sun is a yellow star, with a surface temperature of about 5,500° Celsius (9,900° Fahrenheit).

    * Orange: These stars are cooler than the Sun, with temperatures around 3,500° to 5,000° Celsius (6,300° to 9,000° Fahrenheit).

    * Red: These are the coolest stars we can see with the naked eye, with surface temperatures from 2,000° to 3,500° Celsius (3,600° to 6,300° Fahrenheit).

    Coolest

    It's important to remember that these colors are just what we see from Earth. The actual color of a star depends on its temperature and the amount of light it emits.

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