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    The HertzsprungRussell diagram (abbreviated as H–R diagram, HR diagram or HRD) is a scatter plot of stars showing the relationship between the stars'...
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    Hertzsprung, developed the HertzsprungRussell diagram (1910). In 1923, working with Frederick Saunders, he developed Russell–Saunders coupling, which is...
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    supermassive black holes and their surrounding galaxies. HertzsprungRussell diagrams (H–R diagrams) of globular clusters allow astronomers to determine many...
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    Color-magnitude plots are known as HertzsprungRussell diagrams after Ejnar Hertzsprung and Henry Norris Russell. After condensation and ignition of...
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    HertzsprungRussell 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 1911 Hertzsprung developed the HertzsprungRussell diagram, independently developed in 1913 by Henry Norris Russell. In 1913 Hertzsprung determined...
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    The Hertzsprung gap is a feature of the HertzsprungRussell diagram for a star cluster. This diagram is a plot of effective temperature versus luminosity...
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    HertzsprungRussell 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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    clusters, HB stars lie along a roughly horizontal line in a HertzsprungRussell diagram. Because the stars of one globular cluster are all at essentially...
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    star will sit at a specific point on the main sequence of the HertzsprungRussell diagram, with the main-sequence spectral type depending upon the mass...
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    HertzsprungRussell 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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    HertzsprungRussell 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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    HertzsprungRussell 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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    and laboratories. Around 1920, following the discovery of the HertzsprungRussell diagram still used as the basis for classifying stars and their evolution...
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  • Thumbnail for Galaxy color–magnitude diagram
    HertzsprungRussell diagram for stars, galaxy properties are not necessarily completely determined by their location on the color–magnitude diagram....
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    The red clump is a clustering of red giants in the HertzsprungRussell diagram at around 5,000 K and absolute magnitude (MV) +0.5, slightly hotter than...
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  • such, color-color diagrams can be used as a means of representing the stellar population, much like a HertzsprungRussell diagram, and stars of different...
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    HertzsprungRussell 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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    during the first decades of the twentieth century. In 1913, the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram was developed, propelling the astrophysical study of stars. Successful...
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    optically visible, and appears on the stellar birthline in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. At this point, the star has acquired nearly all of its mass...
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    HertzsprungRussell 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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    HertzsprungRussell 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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    Objects in that spectral range can be difficult to categorize. HertzsprungRussell diagram Spectral type O B A F G K M L T Brown dwarfs White dwarfs Red...
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  • main sequence, or ZAMS, a main sequence stage in astronomy's HertzsprungRussell diagram 0 allomorph, also null allomorph, a special kind of allomorph...
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    HertzsprungRussell 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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    The turnoff point for a star refers to the point on the HertzsprungRussell diagram where it leaves the main sequence after its main fuel is exhausted –...
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    HertzsprungRussell 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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  • closed orbit of any radius. evolutionary track A curve on the HertzsprungRussell diagram that a solitary star of a particular mass and composition is...
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  • nuclear fusion. A Hertzsprung-Russell diagram displays a plot of a star's surface temperature against the luminosity. On this diagram, the Hayashi limit...
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    The asymptotic giant branch (AGB) is a region of the HertzsprungRussell diagram populated by evolved cool luminous stars. This is a period of stellar...
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