Sun- Elements in the Stars

The Sun
Explanation: First star I thought of and biggest in our solar system.

Star Name: The Sun

Chemical Components: hydrogen and helium; they account for 74.9% and 23.8% of the mass of the Sun in the photosphere, respectively. All heavier elements, called metals in astronomy, account for less than 2% of the mass, with oxygen (roughly 1% of the Sun's mass), carbon (0.3%), neon (0.2%), and iron (0.2%) being the most abundant.

Location: The sun in unique in that each day, it appears to traverse the full length of the sky from east to west. Its exact time of rising and setting differ based on earth's position in relation to the sun.

Spectrum analysis:    

Stellar classification: G2V

Photograph:

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun


http://www.umop.net/spctelem.htm


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