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Does the luminosity of a star have the form of a Planck curve?
Figure shows the intensity of the radiant energy emitted from stars A and B over a unit time according to the wavelength. The area between the graph and the horizontal axis is S and 4S, respectively.
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Would a red dwarf star resemble our own Sun at sunset to an observer on a nearby planet?
Suppose you're observing a red dwarf star at Noon from the surface of an Earth-like planet orbiting in the red dwarf's habitable zone, so that the red dwarf's luminosity is equal to our own Sun.
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