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The first glance at a starry sky shows that the stars are distributed irregularly, more scarcely in some parts, more abundantly in other parts of the heavenly vault. Some are very bright, others are difficult to make out. If you look carefully you can see that stars are also differently coloured: some are yellow, some white, there are some which are redder, some more orange and even some bluish ones.
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de Almeida, G. (2004). The Constellations. In: Navigating the Night Sky. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-85233-898-5_1
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