If you were as far away from the Sun as Pluto is, what colour would the Red Giant Gun be to a human eye?

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On Earth we usually say yellow, partially filtered by the atmosphere but it is in reality more white.

I know Pluto does have a significant nitrogen atmosphere but hopefully that won’t affect the results too much. Make it the dwarf planet Charon if you need to.

Comments

  1. theawesomedude646 Avatar

    The appearance of the red giant is from yellow-white to reddish-orange

    if there’s nothing distorting the image then it looks the way it looks.

  2. mfb- Avatar

    > I know Pluto does have a significant nitrogen atmosphere

    Around ~0.001% of Earth’s atmosphere. White -> yellow -> red as its surface temperature drops.