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Some examples of blue stars: Delta Circini, V560 Carinae, Theta1 Orionis C. They have weaker hydrogen and neutral helium lines in their spectra than B-type stars.īecause of their mass and temperature, they have short life spans that end in a supernova explosion resulting in either black holes or neutron stars. They usually reside in the arms of spiral galaxies and are characterized by the strong Helium-II absorption lines in their spectra. They usually have a mass around 2.5 to 90 times that of the sun and last about 40 million years. Their temperatures are around 30.000 K, with luminosities around 100 to 1 million times that of the Sun. These types of stars are quite rare with spectral types of either O or B. They usually range from one-tenth to 200 times the Sun’s mass. About 90% of the stars in the Universe are main-sequence stars, including our sun. The main sequence stars are powered by the fusion of hydrogen into helium in their cores. The temperature of each spectral class is then subdivided by the addition of a number, 0 stands for the hottest while 9 for the coolest. They are classified based on their temperature the hottest is O and the coolest is M. Stars are classified in this system using letters O, B, A, F, G, K, and M.

There are many star classification systems in use today, however, the Morgan-Keenan system is the easiest to understand. Most stars form in groups called star clusters, many are eventually ejected from these clusters. The heat generated by this nuclear fusion causes the gas to expand and when hydrostatic equilibrium is reached, the star is born. Temperatures and pressure continually grow until hydrogen can be fused.

This causes the matter to heat up and glow while the mass increases. As these materials accumulate in the center, density raises and pressure increases. Gravity causes these clouds to contract thus drawing the gas closer. Stars form in huge clouds of gas and dust. The sheer variety of stars is simply overwhelming. Since then, stars have been categorized into many divisions, and many mysteries were revealed to us. In 1925, Cecilia Payne first proposed that stars were primarily made out of hydrogen and helium. In 1913, the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram was developed and in 1921 Albert Michelson made the first measurements of a stellar diameter using an interferometer. In 1838, the first direct measurements of the distance of a star – 61 Cygni – were made by astronomer Friedrich Bessel using the parallax technique. They were the first to build large observatory research institutes. Later, medieval Islamic astronomers gave Arabic names to many stars that still remained used to this day. They grouped the stars into constellations and used them to track planets and the inferred position of the Sun. Stars have been used for celestial navigations and religious practices with many ancient astronomers believing they were immutable. Even supernovas were recorded since ancient times, for example in 185 AD, Chinese astronomers recorded a supernova that is now classified as SN 185. One of the oldest star charts and surprisingly accurate charts appeared in ancient Egyptian astronomy in 1534 BC.

With the naked eye, we can perceive around 2.000 – 2.500 stars.Īs long as man could gaze into the night sky, stars have been observed, dated, and analyzed.

As far as the human eye can tell, there are no green stars.

This is usually caused by Earth’s turbulent atmosphere instead.

Stars have life cycles based on their initial mass.

They are binary stars that orbit a common barycenter.

The majority of stars, at least until now observed, are typically red dwarf stars.

Our Sun is a main-sequence star, and so are our nearest neighbors, Sirius and Alpha Centauri A.

The majority of all stars in our galaxy and even the Universe are main-sequence stars.

This is known as the Morgan–Keenan (MK) system. In order of decreasing temperature, O, B, A, F, G, K, and M.

Stars are classified by their spectra and their temperature.

Stars are usually birthed in hydrogen-based dust clouds called nebulae.

They nonetheless last for billions of years in general.

Observations concluded that stars with high mass usually have shorter life spans.

Our galaxy the Milky Way contains an estimated 300 billion stars alone.

Stars are the building blocks of galaxies and in a sense life as we know it.

Each and every one of them is light-years away from us and much brighter than our own star, the Sun.

Aside from our Sun, stars appear as dots of light in the sky.

Stars are huge celestial bodies made mostly of hydrogen and helium that produce light and heat from the churning nuclear forges inside their cores.