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  2. Luminosity - Wikipedia

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    A star like Deneb, for example, has a luminosity around 200,000 L ⊙, a spectral type of A2, and an effective temperature around 8,500 K, meaning it has a radius around 203 R ☉ (1.41 × 10 11 m). For comparison, the red supergiant Betelgeuse has a luminosity around 100,000 L ⊙ , a spectral type of M2, and a temperature around 3,500 K ...

  3. List of common astronomy symbols - Wikipedia

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    Temperature description: . T eff - Temperature Effect, usually associated with luminous object; T max - Temperature Maximum, usually associated with non-luminous object; T avg - Temperature Average, usually associated with non-luminous object

  4. List of most luminous stars - Wikipedia

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    The first list shows a few of the known stars with an estimated luminosity of 1 million L ☉ or greater, including the stars in open cluster, OB association and H II region. The majority of stars thought to be more than 1 million L ☉ are shown, but the list is incomplete. The second list gives some notable stars for the purpose of comparison.

  5. Main sequence - Wikipedia

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    At a stellar core temperature of 18 million kelvin, the PP process and CNO cycle are equally efficient, and each type generates half of the star's net luminosity. As this is the core temperature of a star with about 1.5 M ☉ , the upper main sequence consists of stars above this mass.

  6. Light in painting - Wikipedia

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    Port with the disembarkation of Cleopatra in Tarsus (1642), by Claude Lorrain, Musée du Louvre, Paris. Light in painting fulfills several objectives like, both plastic and aesthetic: on the one hand, it is a fundamental factor in the technical representation of the work, since its presence determines the vision of the projected image, as it affects certain values such as color, texture and ...

  7. Glossary of astronomy - Wikipedia

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    A category of stars which form a continuous and distinctive band on plots of stellar temperature versus luminosity, in particular the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram. These stars are characterized by being in hydrostatic equilibrium and undergoing nuclear fusion of hydrogen-1 in their core region. The Sun is a main-sequence star. major axis

  8. Hypergiant - Wikipedia

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    The Keenan criterion is the one most commonly used by scientists today; [1] hence it is possible for a supergiant star to have a higher luminosity than a hypergiant of the same spectral class. Hypergiants are expected to have a characteristic broadening and red-shifting of their spectral lines, producing a distinctive spectral shape known as a ...

  9. List of nearest stars by spectral type - Wikipedia

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    The scope of the list is still restricted to the main sequence spectral types: M, K, F, G, A, B and O. It may be later expanded to other types, such as S , D or C . The Alpha Centauri star system is the closest star system to the Sun .