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Yellow Dwarf Stars
Yellow Dwarf Stars
Temperature: 0 - 1,800 C
Luminosity: ~0.00001
Spectral Types: G, F
Prevalence: 10%
Spectral Types: O, B, A
Spectral Types: K
Prevalence: 0.7%
Prevalence: 11%
Evolution: late
Spectral Types: M, K
Radius: 20 - 100
Mass: 0.3 - 10
Spectral Types: M
Prevalence: 0.4%
Prevalence: 73%
4. Brown Dwarfs
Evolution: late
Spectral Types: K, M
Mass: 10 - 40
Prevalence: 0.0001%
8. White Dwarfs
Prevalence: 4%
Evolution: dead
Luminosity: infinitesimal
Prevalence: ~0%
Luminosity: ~0.000001
Radius: 5 - 15 km
Prevalence: 0.7%
2.Size
Most stars, such as the sun, are
medium-sized stars.
Very large stars, also known as
supergiant stars, if located where
the sun is, would fill up the whole solar
system as far out as Jupiter.
9. Black Dwarfs
5.Brightness Variables
The brightness of the star
depends on the size and
temperature, so even if the star
is huge it may not burn the
brightest or is the star is smaller
it my burn brighter then any
other
6.Absolute Brightness
Absolute brightness or
luminosity is the brightness
of the star from standard distance. To
find a stars absolute brightness an
astronomer must find the
apparent brightness and distance from
the earth. The absolute brightness can
vary greatly and the brightest of stars
are brighter than even the dimmest of
the stars.
7.Apparent Brightness
Apparent brightness is is the
brightness of the star seen from
9.Constellation
Astronomers use constellations to
measure objects in space. Constellations are a
pattern of a group of stars . Greeks thought of
these stars as mythological objects or figures.
We are in the milky way constellation. Also
known as Sagittarius . There is 300 billion stars
in the milky way.
8.Measuring stars
Astronomers use parallax to
measure
distances from nearby stars .
Parallax is
a way to view an object from
a different
perspective.
V: main-sequence stars
VI: subdwarfs