The explanation is that stars are basically point sources because they are so far away, so the diffraction within the atmosphere creates these optical effects. The idea is that for planets and the sun their sources are disks rather than points, so the effects of diffraction average out across the apparent surface. This seems plausible but the video you show seems to show coherent structure at each frame rather than random colors and points as one might expect. My guess is that what we are seeing is an artifact of the detection mechanism and zoom algorithms employed by the camera. Some kind of averaging effect might be occurring between each sampled frame which makes each frame seem to have a coherent structure.
I believe this is the regular “twinkling” (whatever the hell that is) just astonishing seeing it super zoomed in. I have some photos on my iPhone of a star and it has some crazy shit going on like this, although much further back and less clear. Hard to say if any of this is actually happening or just the cameras best interpretation of what it is detecting. Either way, stars be wild, yo.
sun looks different because its local. same reason the moon doesn't twinkle. its local
The explanation is that stars are basically point sources because they are so far away, so the diffraction within the atmosphere creates these optical effects. The idea is that for planets and the sun their sources are disks rather than points, so the effects of diffraction average out across the apparent surface. This seems plausible but the video you show seems to show coherent structure at each frame rather than random colors and points as one might expect. My guess is that what we are seeing is an artifact of the detection mechanism and zoom algorithms employed by the camera. Some kind of averaging effect might be occurring between each sampled frame which makes each frame seem to have a coherent structure.
Distant objects operate at lower framerate to save server power in the simulation
This is cool, I had dubbed this star the "disco star" cause of how it flashes and changes colors to the naked eye.
Awesome to see it up close and slowed down. Thx for sharing!
Theres twinkling, and then there's whatever the hell this star is doing. It's noticeably different than almost all the other visible stars in the sky.
I believe this is the regular “twinkling” (whatever the hell that is) just astonishing seeing it super zoomed in. I have some photos on my iPhone of a star and it has some crazy shit going on like this, although much further back and less clear. Hard to say if any of this is actually happening or just the cameras best interpretation of what it is detecting. Either way, stars be wild, yo.
So cool thanks for sharing
Sirius is a binary star system. Brightest star in our sky.
Populated.
Friendly to us in the past. (Astronomical knowledge transfer).
Authenticity proved when we launched hubble. (confirmed that sirius was a binary star as the tribe had claimed).