A B-type subdwarf (sdB) is a kind of subdwarf star with spectral type B. They differ from the typical subdwarf by being much hotter and brighter. They...
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supergiant Hypergiants absolute magni- tude (MV) A subdwarf, sometimes denoted by "sd", is a star with luminosity class VI under the Yerkes spectral classification...
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A subdwarf O star (sdO) is a type of hot, but low-mass star. O-type subdwarfs are much dimmer than regular O-type main-sequence stars, but with a brightness...
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Blue giant (redirect from Blue giant star)
Hertzsprung–Russell diagram Spectral type O B A F G K M L T Brown dwarfs White dwarfs Red dwarfs Subdwarfs Main sequence ("dwarfs") Subgiants Giants Red...
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long-range bomber' (Russian: СДБ, romanized: SDB) Subdwarf B star (sdB), a type of astronomical star /dev/sdb, the second SCSI, SATA or USB disk Shabaki...
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Compact object (redirect from Degenerate star)
In astronomy, the term compact object (or compact star) refers collectively to white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes. It could also include exotic...
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doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.16182.x. Gizis, John E. (February 1997). "M-Subdwarfs: Spectroscopic Classification and the Metallicity Scale". The Astronomical...
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Hertzsprung–Russell diagram Spectral type O B A F G K M L T Brown dwarfs White dwarfs Red dwarfs Subdwarfs Main sequence ("dwarfs") Subgiants Giants Red...
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A star is a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by self-gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked...
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Kepler-451 (redirect from 2MASS J19383260+4603591 b)
post-common envelope binary star system that comprises two stars, a pulsating subdwarf B star and a small red dwarf star. It is located about 1,340 light-years...
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The prototype of this rare class is V361 Hydrae, a 15th magnitude subdwarf B star. They pulsate with periods of a few minutes and may simultaneous pulsate...
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Stellar classification (redirect from Type-B star)
(or VI) for subdwarfs, and class D (or VII) for white dwarfs. The full spectral class for the Sun is then G2V, indicating a main-sequence star with a surface...
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(2013). "Detection of a multi-shell planetary nebula around the hot subdwarf O-type star 2MASS J19310888+4324577". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 552: A25. arXiv:1301...
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V391 Pegasi (category B-type subdwarfs)
blue-white subdwarf star approximately 4,400 light-years away in the constellation of Pegasus. The star is classified as an "extreme horizontal branch star". It...
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Circumbinary planet (redirect from MXB 1658-298 b)
Announced in 2008, the eclipsing binary system HW Virginis, comprising a subdwarf B star and a red dwarf, was claimed to also host a planetary system. The claimed...
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Kepler-429 (redirect from KIC 10001893 b)
Kepler-429 (KIC 10001893) is a variable subdwarf B star in the constellation Lyra, about 5,900 light years away. The brightness of Kepler-429 changes...
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Stellar classification Sub-brown dwarf Subdwarf Ultra-cool dwarf Brown, Laurie M.; Pais, Abraham; Pippard, A.B., eds. (1995). Twentieth Century Physics...
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KPD 1930+2752 (category B-type subdwarfs)
KPD 1930+2752 is a binary star system including a subdwarf B star and a probable white dwarf with relatively high mass. Due to the nature of this astronomical...
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star Be star OB star Subdwarf B star Late-type star Peculiar star Am star Ap and Bp stars Rapidly oscillating Ap star Barium star Carbon star CH star...
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Kapteyn's Star is a class M1 red subdwarf about 12.83 light-years from Earth in the southern constellation Pictor; it is the closest halo star to the Solar...
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LS IV-14 116 (category B-type subdwarfs)
LS IV-14 116 is a hot subdwarf located approximately 2,000 light years away on the border between the constellations Capricornus and Aquarius. It has a...
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L dwarf (redirect from L-type star)
of known L-subdwarfs are substellar objects and ⅔ are low-mass stars. CWISE J1249+3621 (sdL1, 0.082+0.002 −0.003 M☉) is for example a star, because the...
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UY Sextantis (category O-type subdwarfs)
UY Sextantis is a post-AGB blue-white subdwarf star, located in the constellation of Sextans. The star is classed as member of the V361 Hydrae type (or...
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Wolf 1130 (category M-type subdwarfs)
nearby pre-cataclysmic triple star system consisting of a cold subdwarf of spectral type sdM3 (A), an ultramassive white dwarf (B) and a cold brown dwarf of...
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NY Virginis (redirect from NY Virginis b)
NY Virginis is a binary star about 1,940 light-years away. The primary belongs to the rare class of subdwarf B stars, being former red giants with their...
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Subgiant (redirect from Subgiant star)
Hertzsprung–Russell diagram Spectral type O B A F G K M L T Brown dwarfs White dwarfs Red dwarfs Subdwarfs Main sequence ("dwarfs") Subgiants Giants Red...
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A pole star is a visible star that is approximately aligned with the axis of rotation of an astronomical body; that is, a star whose apparent position...
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Hertzsprung–Russell diagram Spectral type O B A F G K M L T Brown dwarfs White dwarfs Red dwarfs Subdwarfs Main sequence ("dwarfs") Subgiants Giants Red...
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