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Light is made up of particles known as photons. When you look into the night sky and see the stars, or you see the light from the Sun reflecting off of the Moon or nearby planets, your eyes are actually being struck by photons. Amazingly, these photons were created by nuclear reactions inside of the Sun and other stars and have traveled across vast distances of space and time.
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Kennedy, L.A. (2012). Some Background. In: One-Shot Color Astronomical Imaging. Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3247-0_1
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