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These stars also evolve through the core helium burning stage at constant luminosity, first increasing in temperature then decreasing again as they move toward the AGB. However, at the blue end of the horizontal branch, it forms a "blue tail" of stars with lower luminosity, and occasionally a "blue hook" of even hotter stars. [6]
The variation ("polymorphism", in this case, a "color morph") most commonly found is pure blue, dark blue, or light blue, although observers find the aqua, purple, or orange variation throughout the ocean. These sea stars may grow up to 30 cm (11.8 in) in diameter, with rounded tips at each of the arms; some individuals may bear lighter or ...
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White and blue stars with broad heavy hydrogen lines, such as Vega and Altair. This includes the modern class A and early class F. Secchi class I (Orion subtype) A subtype of Secchi class I with narrow lines in place of wide bands, such as Rigel and Bellatrix. In modern terms, this corresponds to early B-type stars Secchi class II
This is a list of blue straggler stars in order of their distance from Earth. [1] [2] [3] List. Milky Way galaxy.
The blue half-ring centered near the left edge represents the orbit of Neptune, the outermost planet of the Solar System. Stars with an initial mass above about 25 M ☉ quickly move away from the main sequence and increase somewhat in luminosity to become blue supergiants. They cool and enlarge at approximately constant luminosity to become a ...
Rigel and the IC 2118 nebula which it illuminates.. It was once believed that blue supergiants originated from a "feeding" with the interstellar medium when stars passed through interstellar dust clouds, [11] [8] although the current consensus is that blue supergiants are evolved high-mass stars, a natural consequence of stellar evolution, larger and more luminous than main-sequence stars.
Star system Nebula Median distance Stars in system Spectral type Apparent magnitude (V) Comments and references P Cygni (34 Cygni) 5251±180: 1: B1-2 Ia-0ep: 4.82: The closest luminous blue variable star to Earth V4029 Sagittarii (HD 168607) 6,000 1 B9Ia + 8.12 to 8.29 [4] [5] near the Omega Nebula: V905 Scorpii (HD 160529) 6,100 1 LBV 6.66 [4] [5]