We know that the sun is hot.  Very hot! But, how do scientists' determine the temperature of a star? Follow all the links ahead and you will learn the answer.

Start your investigation here! 

These images of the Sun were taken from three sources,

the joint ISAS/NASA spacecraft Yohkoh, the National Solar Observatory at 

Sacramento Peak in Sunspot, New Mexico, and from SOHO's

EIT (Extreme-Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope) and are courtesy of the

EIT Consortium. Thanks to the National Space Science Data Center

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