In astronomy, stellar classification is the classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics. Electromagnetic radiation from the star is... 103 KB (11,333 words) - 00:13, 12 April 2024 |
scientific classification system Virus classification, naming and sorting viruses Galaxy morphological classification Stellar classification Categorization... 1,015 bytes (139 words) - 11:08, 24 April 2024 |
Star (redirect from Stellar radius) classifying stars into spectral types. The modern version of the stellar classification scheme was developed by Annie J. Cannon during the early 1900s.... 146 KB (16,321 words) - 04:24, 9 May 2024 |
Astrophysics (redirect from Stellar physics) 1885, Edward C. Pickering undertook an ambitious program of stellar spectral classification at Harvard College Observatory, in which a team of woman computers... 30 KB (3,291 words) - 15:52, 7 May 2024 |
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... 29 KB (1,594 words) - 23:40, 3 May 2024 |
Hertzsprung–Russell diagram (redirect from Hertzsprung-Russell classifications) between the stars' absolute magnitudes or luminosities and their stellar classifications or effective temperatures. The diagram was created independently... 23 KB (2,771 words) - 20:37, 11 May 2024 |
Astrograph (section Stellar classification) as reference points for deep-space imaging. Astrographs used for stellar classification sometimes consist of two identical telescopes on the same mount... 8 KB (986 words) - 14:35, 28 October 2023 |
List of planet types (redirect from Planetary classification) science fiction § Planet types Stellar classification Sub-Neptune Substellar object Sudarsky's gas giant classification The terms "inferior planet" and... 13 KB (547 words) - 16:25, 21 April 2024 |
Luminosity (redirect from Stellar luminosity) reddening from the interstellar medium. In the current system of stellar classification, stars are grouped according to temperature, with the massive, very... 24 KB (3,039 words) - 15:48, 7 April 2024 |
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... 49 KB (6,424 words) - 20:50, 5 March 2024 |
RR Lyrae (section Other stellar classifications) over time. When its resulting stellar classification enters a range known as the instability strip—typically at stellar class A—the outer envelope can... 14 KB (1,178 words) - 18:55, 1 November 2023 |
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,... 4 KB (207 words) - 03:44, 1 October 2023 |
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,... 390 bytes (82 words) - 18:10, 25 July 2021 |
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... 2 KB (328 words) - 10:03, 27 January 2024 |
Henry Draper Catalogue (redirect from Draper Catalogue of Stellar Spectra) forth. Between 1910 and 1915, new discoveries increased interest in stellar classification, and work on the Henry Draper Catalogue itself started in 1911.... 15 KB (1,818 words) - 12:50, 7 October 2023 |
O-type star (section Classification) O-type star is a hot, blue-white star of spectral type O in the Yerkes classification system employed by astronomers. They have temperatures in excess of... 30 KB (3,350 words) - 09:26, 22 April 2024 |
Germany The Morgan-Keenan-Kellman system, a stellar classification system also known as Yerkes spectral classification Search for "mkk" , "m-kk", "mk-k", or... 654 bytes (137 words) - 10:22, 18 September 2023 |
List of astronomy acronyms Astronomical symbols Stellar classification Galaxy morphological classification List of astronomical catalogues Glossary of astronomy... 5 KB (483 words) - 01:09, 6 February 2024 |
A whitish-blue class of stars in the Morgan–Keenan system; see Stellar classification Part of the provisional designation of a comet (e.g., C/1760 A1)... 12 KB (1,645 words) - 13:42, 23 April 2024 |
than about 13 Jupiter masses. Chandrasekhar limit Dwarf planet Stellar classification Sub-brown dwarf Subdwarf star Ultra-cool dwarf Brown, Laurie M.;... 5 KB (579 words) - 20:08, 17 February 2024 |
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... 39 KB (3,435 words) - 21:08, 12 May 2024 |
studies have given various different values. The primary star has a stellar classification of B2III-IV. The luminosity class matches the spectrum of a star... 26 KB (2,512 words) - 19:38, 1 May 2024 |
massive young stars, usually OB supergiants (see stellar classification), that emit a radiation driven stellar wind from their surface. The neutron star is... 8 KB (1,073 words) - 15:08, 12 April 2024 |