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    M5 (also known as NGC 5904 or the Rose Cluster) is a globular cluster in the constellation Serpens. It was discovered by Gottfried Kirch in 1702. M5 is...
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    X-ray astronomy is an observational branch of astronomy which deals with the study of X-ray observation and detection from astronomical objects. X-radiation...
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    Red dwarf (redirect from M dwarf)
    researchers picked different limits, for example K8–M5 or "later than K5". Dwarf M star, abbreviated dM, was also used, but sometimes it also included stars...
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    DI Chamaeleontis (category M-type main-sequence stars)
    pair of stars separated by only 0.066", about 10 AU, both with spectral type M5.5. Finally, the variable primary star was found to have a faint companion...
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    VY Canis Majoris (category M-type hypergiants)
    Richards, A. M. S; Baudry, A; Maercker, M; Decin, L; Humphreys, E. M (2015). "ALMA observations of TiO2 around VY Canis Majoris". Astronomy and Astrophysics...
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    Stephenson 2 DFK 1 (category M-type supergiants)
    Messineo, M.; Menten, K. M. (2012). "SiO maser emission from red supergiants across the Galaxy . I. Targets in massive star clusters". Astronomy & Astrophysics...
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    Observations - Variables M5, 1896 | HOLLIS for". Project Phaedra: Preserving Harvard's Early Data and Research in Astronomy Harvard College Observatory...
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    List of largest stars (category Lists of superlatives in astronomy)
    Astronomy & Astrophysics. 652: L7. arXiv:2105.13373. Bibcode:2021A&A...652L...7H. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202141376. S2CID 235247984. Levesque, Emily M...
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    Proxima Centauri (category M-type main-sequence stars)
    Hertzsprung–Russell diagram and is of spectral class M5.5. The M5.5 class means that it falls in the low-mass end of M-type dwarf stars, with its hue shifted toward...
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    Westerlund 1 W26 (category M-type supergiants)
    higher than the sun's (L☉), depending on the spectral type between M2 and M5. These luminosities imply a radius 1,530 or 1,580 times the Sun's radius (R☉)...
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    The strongest flares of Solar Cycle 25 (above M5.0 class) and related events Farside flares (above M5.0 class) observed by STIX On 29 May, the first...
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    WOH G64 (category M-type supergiants)
    spectral variation has been found. The spectral type of WOH G64 is given as M5, but it is usually found to have a much cooler spectral type of M7.5, highly...
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    C.; Wolszczan, A.; van den Berg, M.; Hessels, J. W. T. (2008). "A Massive Neutron Star in the Globular Cluster M5". The Astrophysical Journal. 679 (2):...
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    List of nearest stars (category Lists of superlatives in astronomy)
    Kasper, M.; Biller, B. A.; Burrows, A.; Brandner, W.; Budaj, J.; Close, L. M. (2007). "The very nearby M/T dwarf binary SCR 1845-6357". Astronomy & Astrophysics...
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    In astronomy, stellar classification is the classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics. Electromagnetic radiation from the star is...
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    Gliese 65 (category M-type main-sequence stars)
    a Neptune-mass candidate planet in the nearest M-dwarf binary system GJ65 with VLTI/GRAVITY". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 685: L9. arXiv:2404.08746. Bibcode:2024A&A...
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    Wolf 359 (category M-type main-sequence stars)
    classification of M6, although various sources list a spectral class of M5.5, M6.5 or M8. Most M-type stars are red dwarfs: they are visually red because the energy...
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  • GJ 1061 (category M-type main-sequence stars)
    (December 2012). "The nearby population of M-dwarfs with WISE: a search for warm circumstellar dust". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 548: 15. arXiv:1209.0678...
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    as an X1. M-class flares are a tenth the size of X-class flares with the same numeric suffix. An X2 is four times more powerful than an M5 flare. X-class...
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    Gliese 900 (category M-type main-sequence stars)
    Hünsch, M.; Schmitt, J. H. M. M.; Sterzik, M. F.; Voges, W. (1999-03-01). "The ROSAT all-sky survey catalogue of the nearby stars". Astronomy and Astrophysics...
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    List of brightest stars (category Lists of superlatives in astronomy)
    or listed separately if they do not. As with all magnitude systems in astronomy, the scale is logarithmic and inverted i.e. lower/more negative numbers...
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  • to measure the planet's minimum mass. The host star, GJ 1002, is a quiet M5.5V type red dwarf not believed to release flares that could harm the atmosphere...
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    only two M-class flares were recorded. Solar activity increased again this month, with 12 M-class flares ejected, the strongest being an M5.7 flare produced...
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    Alpha Herculis (category M-type bright giants)
    with about 2.175-3.250 M☉. The primary has been specified as a standard star for the spectral class M5 Ib-II. Like most type M stars near the end of their...
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  • K2-415 (category M-type main-sequence stars)
    K2-415 is an M5 red dwarf star located 72 light-years from Earth. K2-415 has a mass that is 16% of the mass of the Sun. The star has one known planet orbiting...
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  • missions were selected for further study: CALICO, HAYDN, M-MATISSE, Plasma Observatory, and THESEUS (M5 candidate). Originally it was intended that Large class...
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  • Galactic Pole. II". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 61: 331–339. Bibcode:1985A&AS...61..331O. ISSN 0365-0138. Johnson, H. M.; Wright, C. D....
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  • Brane (redirect from Membrane (M-Theory))
    Black brane Brane cosmology Dirac membrane Lagrangian submanifold M2-brane M5-brane NS5-brane "brane". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University...
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    equivalent to 0.122 M☉ and a radius of 0.154 R☉ that of the Sun. With an effective temperature of 3,050±100 Kelvin, it has a spectral type of M5.5V. The magnetic...
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  • selected in May 2018 as a finalist to become the fifth Medium-class mission (M5) of the Cosmic Vision programme by the European Space Agency (ESA). The other...
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