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A stellar atmosphere is the outer region of a star, which includes the layers above the opaque photosphere; stars of low temperature might have outer atmospheres containing compound molecules. The atmosphere of Earth is composed of nitrogen (78%), oxygen (21%), argon (0.9%), carbon dioxide (0.04%) and trace gases. [2]
Omega Capricorni is radiating 6,300 [1] times the luminosity of the Sun from its bloated photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,915 K. [1] It is a barium star, [6] showing an overabundance of the s-process elements. This suggests that Omega Capricorni has an orbiting white dwarf companion. [14]
The atmosphere of Earth is composed of a layer of gas mixture that surrounds the Earth's planetary surface (both lands and oceans), known collectively as air, with variable quantities of suspended aerosols and particulates (which create weather features such as clouds and hazes), all retained by Earth's gravity.
The O-B stars, which do not have surface convection zones, have a strong X-ray emission. However these stars do not have coronae, but the outer stellar envelopes emit this radiation during shocks due to thermal instabilities in rapidly moving gas blobs. Also A-stars do not have convection zones but they do not emit at the UV and X-ray wavelengths.
Atmosphere of Venus in UV, by Pioneer Venus Orbiter in 1979. Venus' atmosphere is mostly composed of carbon dioxide. It contains minor amounts of nitrogen and other trace elements, including compounds based on hydrogen, nitrogen, sulphur, carbon, and oxygen. The atmosphere of Venus is much hotter and denser than that of Earth, though shallower.
ω Sagittarii (Latinised to Omega Sagittarii) is the star's Bayer designation. This star, together with 60 , 62 and 59 Sagittarii , formed the asterism called " Terebellum ". [ 13 ] According to a 1971 NASA memorandum, Terebellum was originally the title for four stars: Omega Sagittarii as Terebellum I , 59 Sagittarii as Terebellum II , 60 ...
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The atmosphere is composed of molecular oxygen gas (O 2) produced when ultraviolet light from the Sun interacts with water ice in the rings. Chemical reactions between water molecule fragments and further ultraviolet stimulation create and eject, among other things, O 2. According to models of this atmosphere, H 2 is also present.