The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-30
CoLORED SUNS.
Planets Lighted by Blue, Green or
Red, as Well as by Yellow Suns.

Dorothy Leonard. In st. Nicholas
We are so familiar with the light OF our
there are in the universe number Of suns
which shine with blue. green, purple, yellow
or red light These colors are noticed when
we examine them through the telescope.
When we look at the heavens On a clear
night We see great many stars, more than
we can possibly count; and all these. except
the planets, are great, glorious suns. some
of them many times larger than our own
Most OF them shine with white light. like
viewed through the telescope, are found TO
be of various brilliant hues. The most strik-
ing and beautiful effects in coloring are met
with in what are called the double stars
There are stars which appear single TO US.
on account of their extreme distance, but on
examination, are found to consist OF two or
more stars comparatively near together: and
when one or both OF a pair are colored, they
are of course, exceedingly beautiful In tia
constellation called the Southern Cross. one
astronomer discovered group. TOO Tar away
or too small 10 be seen with the naked eye.
which appeared TO him like an elaborate
piece Of Jewelry! For among number or
the ordinary stars were five green. one
greenish blue and two beautiful red ones In
one OF our northern considerations there 10
large white star accompanied oy one OK
consisting of an orange-red sun. with two
companions Of bright emerald green; while
in another z double star has a large Grange
sun with q small blue mate
Among the single stars. some or the
! brightest (Which are famous enough 10 have
| Christian era) are of quite decided color.
For instance Sirius is blush white: so also
are Affair Deneb. and Vega; Arcturus Is
red: Capella is yellow; Rigel and several
| Others are blue; and Aldebaran. Betelgeuse
| and Antares shine with bright red beams.
IL any or all of these stars have planets
| circling around them, as the earth and other
planets reyolve around our sun, the color
| ing must be brilliant indeed, In planets re-
voiying around the double suns we can I'M
agine almost anything. One sun might rise
| in orange. green. or blue. while another set
| in red or purple and at times the two suns
might mingle their beams a red sun with a
/ blue sun giving purple light for part OF the
| day, or a blue sun and a yellow sun giving
/ green light.
| Changes have also been noticed I'm some
| of the colored stars: for have ancient
| records Of Sirius being decided red, later
| IL was white while now IL Is blush white.
Another star. now blue. changed from red
1 to yellow before II reached its present color.
| IL Is generally believed that IL IL some con-
dition OF the atmosphere around these stars
that causes the coloring; that Is. that q red
/ star has an atmosphere that absorbs all
1 the rays OF light except the red rays blue
an atmosphere that absorbs all but the blue
/ rays; but how. why IL f. so. or why tho
| colors should sometimes change. we do not
know We know enough. however. 70 show
| US that more wonderful things exist In the
universe and more wonderful changes oc-
| cur. than we could possibly imagine