Astronomy

Stars

The stars you see in the night sky all vary in colour, this is a direct relationship to there temperature. The same way you see a candle burning with a yellow flame indicates a cooler temperature to your gas ring on your oven burning blue, a hotter temperature.

The chart below gives the temperatures of stars in the night sky and the class each star belongs to. 0 Kelvin = -273.15C or -459.67F

Class of Star	Temperature Range (Kelvin)	Sample Star

O	100,000 - 30,000	Alnitak (Orion)
B	25,000 - 12,000	Achernar (Eradinus)
A	11,000 - 8,000	Vega (Lyra)
F	7,800 - 6,200	Procyon (Ursa Minor)
G	6,000 - 4,600	Our Sun
K	4,900 - 3,350	Aldebaran (Taurus)
M	3,400 - 2,600	Betelgeuse (Orion)

Night sky image of Taurus, which is a winter constellation. Aldebaran is the orange coloured star at the bottom, the pleides are to the left shining blue/white.

Argyll House B & B is situated in North West Skye and is the perfect base to see all that the Isle of Skye has to offer.
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Herebost, Dunvegan, Weather Station Latitude: 57 24' 51.07" | Longitude -6 32' 09.79" | Altitude 18 meters.

Astronomy

Herebost, Dunvegan, Weather Station
Latitude: 57 24' 51.07" | Longitude -6 32' 09.79" | Altitude 18 meters.