In astronomy, stellar classification is the classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics. Electromagnetic radiation from the star is...

between the stars' absolute magnitudes or luminosities and their stellar classifications or effective temperatures. The diagram was created independently...

classifying stars into spectral types. The modern version of the stellar classification scheme was developed by Annie J. Cannon during the early 1900s....

reddening from the interstellar medium. In the current system of stellar classification, stars are grouped according to temperature, with the massive, very...

Stellar dynamics is the branch of astrophysics which describes in a statistical way the collective motions of stars subject to their mutual gravity. The...

1885, Edward C. Pickering undertook an ambitious program of stellar spectral classification at Harvard College Observatory, in which a team of woman computers...

recognized expert on the topic of hot, massive stars, particularly their stellar classification. Walborn served as a researcher at the Space Telescope Science Institute...

velocity of +10 km/s. This is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A9VkA7mA6. This notation indicates it has the Hydrogen lines...

Stellar evolution is the process by which a star changes over the course of time. Depending on the mass of the star, its lifetime can range from a few...

as reference points for deep-space imaging. Astrographs used for stellar classification sometimes consist of two identical telescopes on the same mount...

American astronomer who is known for her work on the Yerkes system of stellar classification, also called the MKK system. Edith Kellman was born on April 4,...

forth. Between 1910 and 1915, new discoveries increased interest in stellar classification, and work on the Henry Draper Catalogue itself started in 1911....

Class M (or M-class) planet, a classification used in the Star Trek media franchise Class M star, a stellar classification Class M, a driver's license,...

List of astronomy acronyms Astronomical symbols Stellar classification Galaxy morphological classification List of astronomical catalogues Glossary of astronomy...

Stellar structure models describe the internal structure of a star in detail and make predictions about the luminosity, the color and the future evolution...

development of contemporary stellar classification. With Edward C. Pickering, she is credited with the creation of the Harvard Classification Scheme, which was...

star or bluestar may refer to: O-type star (a.k.a. blue star), a stellar classification Linckia laevigata, a sea star from the Indian and West Pacific Oceans...

called the main-sequence stars on the diagram. A refined scheme for stellar classification was published in 1943 by William Wilson Morgan and Philip Childs...

over time. When its resulting stellar classification enters a range known as the instability strip—typically at stellar class A—the outer envelope can...

Yellow star may refer to: A yellow star in stellar classification A yellow badge, a cloth patch that Jews were ordered to wear on their clothes Any plant...

solar twins are stars that are particularly similar to the Sun. The stellar classification is a hierarchy with solar twin being most like the Sun followed...

relative to the local standard of rest. This ancient star has a stellar classification of G2 V, matching a G-type main-sequence star. It has 78% of the...

spectral patterns. From this concept, he developed the first system of stellar classification: the five Secchi classes. While his system was superseded by the...

She published an important early catalog of stellar spectra using her own system of stellar classification, which was later adopted by the International...

defunct class in minor league baseball in North America Class C stellar classification for a carbon star Class C drugs, under the Misuse of Drugs Act (disambiguation)...

measurements which reveal objects' astrophysical properties, such as stellar classification and placement of a celestial body on its Wien curve. Most astronomical...

harbor magnetic dynamos. As a consequence, because they do not have strong stellar winds, they lack a means to generate X-ray emissions. The revised Yerkes...

Y-chromosomal Adam and Haplogroup A (Y-DNA) A0, a subdivision in stellar classification A0, sometimes written as 0xA0, is the hexadecimal representation...

Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, [Pluto]). The sequence of stellar classification: "Oh, be a fine girl [or guy], kiss me!" – where O, B, A, F, G,...

component is a blue-white hued B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B0.5V or B1V. It has 19±7 times the mass of the Sun (M☉) and...