I came across an article that shows how the Sun looks from other planets of our solar system.
Now I am wondering, how does our Sun look from an exoplanet? I am guessing it must be looking like a 'star', but I wanted some reference to support that.
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Sign up to join this communityI came across an article that shows how the Sun looks from other planets of our solar system.
Now I am wondering, how does our Sun look from an exoplanet? I am guessing it must be looking like a 'star', but I wanted some reference to support that.
The sun is a yellow dwarf star, so looking at any yellow dwarf star in the night sky will give a good example. Alpha Centauri A is also a yellow dwarf, albeit a little bigger than the sun, so our view of it should be similar to the view of our sun from Alpha Centauri.
From NASA's page on it, here is a lovely image: