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From: bill@utastro.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Question about fusion in stars
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Date: Tue, 20-Sep-83 15:45:27 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 20 15:45:27 1983
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f the stars that one sees with the naked eye are
intrinsically bright, and are not representative of the stellar
population as a whole.  In my elementary astronomy class I sometimes
have the students plot (on the Temperature-Luminosity diagram) the
positions of the 20 nearest stars, and then the positions of the
20 brightest (to the naked eye) stars.  The distribution is entirely
different.

It's sort of like reading the obituary column in Newsweek.  One seldom
finds the average Joe or Jane there.

	Bill Jefferys  8-%
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