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Star Cooler Than Venus Found
crossconnects writes to mention that Discovery is reporting that astronomers have found a nearby star with a mild surface temperature of 660 degrees fahrenheit. "The spectacularly unspectacular object is of special interest because it falls right smack in the middle of the final frontier that divides mega-planets from the puniest stars. Stars in that realm theoretically qualify as an entirely new stellar type -- what's called a Y class dwarf."
Seriously, this is interesting.
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The bad English is sad -- you would think that they'd employ a copy editor.
But that wouldn't do anything to prevent using that image and caption. The image is of something bizarre, a red planet-looking thing with something spouting from the poles. It looks more like a candy in a clear plastic wrapper than an extra-cold star.
And the caption is even worse. Put a picture of a red candy with the caption "Ambiuguous Star", and I'm not thinking astronomy. I'm thinking Katamari. Royal Rainbow!
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I agree, that was what surprised me the most and I was also surprised the article didn't mention that, because to me that's not what I would have expected in this case.
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Literally (for a star)