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    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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  • approach in asteroseismology. II. Structure and internal dynamics of the hot B subdwarf component in the close eclipsing binary system PG 1336-018". Astronomy...
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  • Kepler-70 (redirect from KOI-55 b)
    requires a telescope with an aperture of 40 cm (20 in) or more. A subdwarf B star, Kepler-70 passed through the red giant stage some 18.4 million years...
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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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  • 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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    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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    (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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    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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  • 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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    Sun (redirect from Local Star)
    The Sun is the star at the centre of the Solar System. It is a massive, nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion...
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  • L dwarf (redirect from L-type star)
    known L-subdwarfs are substellar objects and two-thirds are low-mass stars. CWISE J1249+3621 (sdL1, 0.082+0.002 −0.003 M☉) is for example a star, because...
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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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  • 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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    Brown dwarf (redirect from Brown subdwarf)
    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 neutron star is the gravitationally collapsed core of a massive supergiant star. It results from the supernova explosion of a massive star—combined with...
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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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    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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    Marleau, Gabriel-Dominique; Mamajek, Eric E.; Vigan, Arthur (June 2019). "The B-Star Exoplanet Abundance Study: a co-moving 16–25 MJup companion to the young...
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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • hypothetical stage in red dwarf interstellar evolution O-type subdwarf B-type subdwarf Blue star (disambiguation) Blue giant (disambiguation) This disambiguation...
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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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    Red giant (redirect from Red 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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    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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